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Favorite song to demo or test drive speakers?
Supertramp: "Bloody Well Right", the XTC album, "Apple Venus Part 1", Ocean Colour Scene: "The Riverboat Song" 
is this the greatest live band of all time?
That's just creepy and disturbing and cheesy all at once. In real life, I have been to probably a thousand or more concerts in 46yrs. Many, many, different genres - big pop bands, alternative, Speed metal, arthouse, whatever Die Antwoord is lol. B... 
Seeking advice on Speakers that create an intimate 2 channel listening experience
+1 to Maggie's. With your budget and room you can go pretty high up the product list as well as match amps to them.Do people actually think Maggies are aesthetically challenged? Haven't heard that in 45 yrs in the hobby. At worst, even as if as th... 
Why Don't More People Into Music Reproduction At Home Play Around With Musical Instruments
1. Read the book "Musicophilia" 2. What stimulates in the brain the listener/critic types is very different from musicians but obviously they overlap.  
What are the sexiest components ever made?
Hi/Rabco ST8 TT in black.  
Should people who can't solder, build or test their speakers be considered audiophiles?
Top Gear is still on and the old Top Gear guys are on "The Grand Tour" on Amazon.. 
Should people who can't solder, build or test their speakers be considered audiophiles?
Funny how "improved" cars, especially Porsches, are always worth less than unmolested cars. Not to mention unimproved cars are called: "unmolested."   
Should people who can't solder, build or test their speakers be considered audiophiles?
Should people not be Formula 1 fans because they can't build an F1 car? Should people not go on holidays because they can't design a plane? Dumbest, most trolly question ever in this forum. Further I am actually dumber for having read and responde... 
Best tube preamplifier for under $15k
Anything CJ 
Affordable US Made Tube Pre/Power or Integrated Options
Why does US-made have any bearing whatsoever? 
New Preamplifier
Again. Parts made all over the world. Who cares if you like the sound? Ridiculous.  
Affordable US Made Tube Pre/Power or Integrated Options
Used Conrad Johnson? 
Speakers that are a great value!
Magnepan 1.7s or. 7s all day long.  
Youngsters these days.
I am 59. I delayed going to CDs in the '80s as a LP purist. Then kicked myself ever since because LPs and CDs were a huge PIA. How many hours of my life were lost just cleaning LPs, how many hisses and pops did I hear even with upgrading TTs, cart... 
How many NICE looking high end floor standing speaker are there at present
Why does it matter, at all, what they look like? What they sound like to your tastes is the only thing that should matter.