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Fleetwood Mac
I love this thread!!G-Bless and Mapman, you guys are hilar-e-ous!I hate Abba!! I hated Abba as a kid, I hated them as teenager, I hated them as a young adult, I hated them as an adult, and middle age is not changing my opinion!!I do love all of th... 
Album Sides
Elton John - side 1 Goodbye Yellow Brick RoadU2 - side 2 The Joshua TreeLed Zeppelin - side 1 Led Zeppelin IIStone Temple Pilots - side 1 CorePink Floyd - DSOTM both sidesThe Police - side 2 Synchronicity 
Fleetwood Mac
ABBA? ABBA? ABBA?? They are not even the best pop band from Sweden. Styx wasn't good, I'll give you that, but Abba? Really, Abba the best pop band ever?Dude, plug in your copy of Mamma Mia and have another glass of whatever you are drinking.There ... 
High Efficiency Speakers Your top 3 or more
Klipschorn Klipsch La ScalaCain and Cain Abbey 
Is there a good 5 disc CD player out there ???
the 5 disc Sony ES from about 5- 6 yrs back sounded very good. 
Decent budget turntable?
Project Debut III, with a cartridge and a great arm. An excellent table. 
recommendations for TT + arm + cart, around $3.5k
My VPI Classic is in a differnt league from the Scoutmaster Sig or the Aries I that I had previously. Much better sounding table.For you budge pick one of many great cartridges, including the Sumiko Blackbird, or many of the Grado or Dynavectors 
Cartridge for VPI Scoutmaster and Bottlehead gear.
I had a Blackbird and loved it, if that helps. 
Which songs/albums take you back to college?
So we are correcting spelling now for slights from another thread? Classic!! I love this thread all over again. 6550c, could you direct me to the mentioned offensive literal slight? I would love to investigate further.Man, I hope my grammer and sp... 
Best Multi channel amp under $2,000 used or new
Parasound a51, best I have heard in that price range. For about half that much the Parasound 2205 is stellar as well. 
Magnepan 1.6 vs. B&W 805N
When I had the 1.6's and bought an Innersound ESL amp, I couldn't believe the sound. The bass that came out of those speakers was just astounding, comparatively.Upgrade your amp before you change speakers. There is a reason that Maggies are almost... 
Whats on your turntable tonight?
The Pixies - Doolittle (MFSL)The Pretenders - The SinglesJimmy Hendrix - Are You ExperiencedVampire Weekend - Contra (not sure on this yet)John Coltrane - Blue Train (love this)Chet Baker - Chet is Back 
Quick poll How long have you been in this hobby?
You know, we need some new blood, this thread is making me feel young. I know this is a hobby that takes some $$ to get into but, where are the young guys??Anyone under 40 out there?? 
High Quality Fuses: Real Gains?
OK, I just removed the fuses (Isoclear not HiFi Tuning, but I have those around here somewhere) on the back of my too resolving and refined Maggies, and tried the standard fuses again. Yeah, no change, still sounds the same. I'll find those HiFi T... 
High Quality Fuses: Real Gains?
I bought the HiFi Tuning ones (not silver) as I said, I heard no difference good or bad, switching back and forth between fuses.Yes, I am blessed with sublime resolution, thanks for the kind words.