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Pet audiophile peeves - name yours
Abucktwoeighty,Looking at your sytem, I find it hard to believe that it gets bashed. It looks like a great system and I bet the sound is also great(even without tubes)Jeff 
Help me pick out music for a party
Beatles, Beach Boys, Elvis, Stones. Hermans Hermits, Buckinghams, Kinks, Who.............look up some hits from the mid to late 60's- early 70's- should bring back many memories for all of you. 
Tube Pre-amp BAT, ARC, EAR, Sonic Frontiers
Give VTL a listen. 
Derek Trucks
I think I heard a couple suggestions for "Live at Georgia Theater", I will pick that one up this week-end. I probably will end up playing it all week-end, if it is anyway near as good as "Songlines"I didn't see any comments about Jason Isbell, thi... 
Derek Trucks
Thanks for the link Slothman. 
Derek Trucks
Took your advice and checked DT's schedule. They are coming to St. Paul April 21st. Got tickets and the bonus is that they are playing with Santana! This is going to be a banner year Santana, DT and I'm also going to see Mark Knoffler in July. I h... 
Need advice on my next upgrade
I would start with a used pre/pro for now, you will see a huge difference and that will help you determine what your next upgrade should be. Get a Theta Casanova, Proceed AVP, Merridian 561 or something comparable. These can be had for under $1000... 
Odyssey Lorelei vs Von Scheikert Vr4jr
I have had the Lorelei's now for a few months and I am extremely happy with them. I sold the VR4's and I am thinking that the muddiness was caused by the room/placement. I enjoyed them while I had them and I don't feel that there is a huge differe... 
Sound-Smith retip time frame??
I also waited 8-10 weeks and was told 5. I am very happy with the re-tip, just wish they would quote true leadtimes. 
Digital Video Essential DVE Disc
It might be the video signal that it is getting. What is your source material? The best pictures are live sports and Blu-Ray or HD DVD's, which also depend on the production processing or editing.Jeff 
The rout is on for Blu-Ray
I have both so I didn't really care who "won". I do believe that Blu has the better hd picture (movie dependent), but the Toshiba Hd players do a much better job with upconversion of std DVD's. Since it looks like the end of Hd, I would recomend h... 
Best Towers Under $4,000 / pair
I will put a plug in for Odyssey Lorelei's. I owned VA Beethoven Grands and Von Schweikert VR4jr's and prefer the Lorelei's. You can get them new for under $3000 with a 30 day trial.Good LuckJeff 
Wife wants a black faced receiver to replace Rotel
Congrat's on the XBR, they're really nice units. 
Affordable Power Cords
I have only attempted a Zu Birth and nothing more expensive than that and am curious to hear what others have to say about the Power 3's. I have heard about pc differences but have not yet heard any improvements myself. I realize that I have not l... 
Holy Moly Blu-Ray Disc Players below $300
Just remember that when the 1st progressive scan players came out, they were very expensive also. Now you can get them for under $100. Hd and Blu Ray players will be dropping steadily and will probably end up down to what std players sell for now....