jdpalmer1

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Help me build up a jazz album collection. Can you suggest a must have album?
Count Basie - Basie Big Band Toshiko Akiyoshi/ Lew Tabakin Big Band - Long Yellow Road  
Tube Pre/ Class D Amp - Who has done it?
I'm running an ARC LS25 Mk2 pre with a DS225 amp.  It's not reboxed modules, it's ARC's class D design and sounds very tubelike.  I leave the amp on 24/7 and it only draws about 10-15w while idling.  
Looking for my End Game Speaker
ProAc K6 or K6 Signature should be on your list as well.   
How best to arrange cables in this room...
If you go with monoblocks and longer interconnects I'd make sure to use balanced cables, preferably a star quad setup for noise rejection.  
LIST ALL YHE SPEAKERS YOU HAVE OWNED THEN TILL NOW!
Infinity RS8 Infinity RS7 ADS L1590/2 Proac Response 2.5 All over a 43 year span.  
Warmer class D amps for magnepan?
See if you can find an Audio Research DS225 or DS450. ARC's own class D design and the Maggies were designed to mate with the brand.  
Just wow…
This version of "It Happened Quiet" is just unforgettable.    
Best Examples Of Cymbal Decays On A Recording
Tord Gustavson's Karmosin from Being There. The first 30 seconds is the ultimate in soundstaging and percussion delay.  
Class A or Class D solid-state amplifiers (modern designs)
See if you can find an Audio Research DS225 or DS450.  Class D, but their own design - not just ICE modules in a different box.  
What stereo equipment do respected musicians listen to?
Joanna Newsom? Really?  I tried to listen to her a few times and had to tag out about 45 seconds in each time.  I've come to automatically discount the opinions of any music reviewer that gushes all over her stuff.  
Share MYSTICAL, HAUNTING songs
Paddy McAloon (Prefab Sprout) I Trawl the Megahertz  
Solid state amp recommendations for Maggies?
If you can find an Audio Research DS225 or DS450 you'll be in good shape. So much of the Maggie sound was developed with ARC gear.  
You own a store, you sell 2 brands, which?
Audio Research & ProAc. 
Any audiophiles into motorcycles
81 Yamaha XS400 Special 282 Yamaha 650 Seca85 Yamaha FJ110090 Honda CBR100093 Yamaha GTS10002012 BMW K1600GTLWorked in both Stereo and Motorcycle sales over the years, gotta say I don't really miss the stereo sales job. Way too many eccentric know... 
Class D for a Tube Lover
Look for an Audio Research DS225 or DS450. If anyone should know how to make Class D sound close to tunes it'll be them. It's not modules put in a different box, it's their own design.