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Best CD player for under $6000 used?
Um, Chelentano, wrong thread. Your $600 thread is still out there, don't worry. 
Lucinda Williams Fans?
Also I just went to Amazon and ordered it! Now I can't wait! 
Lucinda Williams Fans?
She is great! Fantastic songs and a great voice, though I think Gillian Welch's voice is just a bit better. It's great having them both though! 
How Big is Your Music Collection
CD's- 550SACD's- 2 but listened to as cd'sLP's- 60DVD-V's- 4And always growing! 
What to buy
C123666,The obvious question is, if Lirpa Audio Designs are the absolute best, why aren't they in your system? I don't mean to be a smartass (this time) but with that kind of recommendation I would think that you used those speakers. Hopefully you... 
Cable support poll.
I have a group of very young children doing this for me. It keeps them off the streets and they perform a badly needed service at the same time. Care and feeding's a bitch though! 
strange sounds on rvg recordings/ or i'm crazy
Vocalizing, especially by piano players is quite common. Oscar Peterson in particular does this on almost all of his recordings. I think that as recording and our stereo systems improve we are simply better able to hear things like this, like it o... 
Reimyo CDP vs EMM Labs/Meitner
Dgad,I just wanted to make sure that you realize the Reimyo isn't a SACD player, it's just a redbook cd player. Brianmgrarcom: Reimyo is a line of Japanese electronics made be the people who do the Harmonix cables and anti-resonance products. It's... 
Other Hobbies?
Wine, watching baseball (go O's!) and watching college basketball (go Terps!). That of course assumes that sports viewing is a hobby, perhaps it's not. 
JJ243 Pre-Amp - impressions please
For right around $2K and maybe just a bit under if you keep an eye out, try a Herron VTSP 1A, I have one and think it's just fantastic, as good a preamp as I've heard, as well as dead quiet and reliable. 
Replace CD player or add DAC?
I would sell the Marantz and the MF and combine that $$ with the $1500 you already have and use that money to buy a new player. There are so many great players on here for $15-1800 why not get one, upgrading your tranport and dac at the same time.... 
Do you remember your first cd?
I still have it, Wynton Marsalis, "Standard Time Vol. 3", I bought it from the store I worked at, it had been dropped from the rotation to play in the store and I picked it up for $2. Sadly, being 20 at the time, 1991, I didn't even have a cd play... 
Bose 901
Wow, you sure picked the wrong place to ask that question! I would suggest searching the archives for Bose threads, and be prepared for some rather pointed responses. I have no particular prejudices against Bose but I will say they can't hold a ca... 
RIP Niels-Henning Orsted Pedersen
His work with Oscar Peterson was fantastic. A truly sad day for jazz, may he rest in peace. 
What is the best tube integrated amp?
An Air Tight ATM-1 can be used as a dual input integrated as it has dual mono attenuators. It's a great amp at about 36 watts per channel. For a monitor look for something efficient, perhaps something from Reference 3A or Soliloquy.