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Audio stores in Washington DC???
Deja Vu Audio, Mclean, Va for tubes and analog, Gifted Listener Audio (703) 818-8000, 5720 Pickwick Rd., Centreville, Va for Linn, Levinson, Ayre, and Thiel. Deja Vu has a website, but I'm not sure the address. Soundworks (301) 929-8600, 10526 Con... 
How should I set up my system?
I'm afraid when Listener went under they took their decoder rings with them. 
could someone recommend some good acoustic music
Pick up some David Grisman from his label Acoustic Disc. Great music and outstanding recording quality. 
What Tube Amp Looks Coolest?
Graaf GM 200 OTL, bristling with cools and a Lamborghini paint finish! Definitely not affordable but ultra trick. 
Any thoughts on a Audiogon covention?
Tireguy, were you nominated for anything? I don't think they have a "best system" award! 
Three days until Christmas
Happy holidays to everybody in the Audiogon family, this is a great place to be, and here's to a great 2003!Gunbei, I'd sure like to get my hands on the Conoisseur Definitions 4.0 Phono and Linestage combo! 
$1,500 to spend on a tubed full function pre
If you can stretch, there's an Air Tight ATC 1 out here for 2K. I have one and it's a great sounding preamp with a MM phono stage using 3 12ax7's. 
Burnin CDs? Sound loss/degration question
Wmcmanus,I haven't tried the gold but I've had excellent results with the silver. Good sound quality and a failure rate of zero. Because I have a Philips CDR880 which only uses consumer grade discs, I haven't tried regular data grade, but I'm sure... 
Burnin CDs? Sound loss/degration question
I get Mitsuis online at Terrapin Tapes. www.ttapes.com. They are definitely the best! 
Kharma with or without grills: Am I crazy?
If they sound better to you with the grills on then they sound better! A good speaker designer should take the presence of grills into account and it sounds like the designers at Kharma did. Don't feel you need to listen without grills because "ev... 
NJ record stores
I second the Princeton Record Exchange, great store! 
Filling speaker cavities with cat litter
Not recommended if you have cats! 
Lead shielding
Please don't use lead, it's quite poisonous! 
Laser Turntables; Opinions Please
I thought there was a fairly recent review on this in TAS? Maybe I'm wrong, perhaps it was Stereophile. Whichever, I don't think the review was very complimentary, your records need to be fantastically clean or you get tons of surface noise. In fa... 
Ever Have One Of Those Evenings?
Wow!!!