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Would vinyl even be invented today?
Cover art is an lp strongpoint. On the digital front one can see read and learn more about music or artists of interest these days as the graphical user interfaces of software controllers continue to evolve and integrate with content and other app... 
Bookshelfs budget is $ 2000.
For just a touch warm and always mellow maybe take a look at some of ohm Walsh bookshelf models offered at ohmspeakers.com. Or maybe even a pair of more conventional refurbed ohm Ls there if available for a lot of bang for the buck compared to say... 
Most sophisticated and intelligent musician
Don't know about moby but his music reflects that to some degree at least compared to the norm these days. 
Freak Me Out
Try the track "yuri". By Oi Va Voi. 
High Fidelity Cables CT-1designed by Rick Schultz
Enough time spent on this topic for me.A unique product here but lots of smoke and mirrors and an price tag to go along with it.Unique using a mu metal like conductor and magnets to do its thing. Both are commodity materials and can be had for not... 
What's the greatest bargain in SET these days?
Reb, nice blog. You are the Lewis and Clark of set amp builders from where I stand. :-) If only they had a web blog back in their day. 
High Fidelity Cables CT-1designed by Rick Schultz
..which is fine. Let's just let the facts, as best those can be determined, speak for themselves 
worst sounding great lps
A lot of Queen I hear is recorded quite well.Days Of Future Past? I can't agree on that one either. 
Most sophisticated and intelligent musician
Would Frank Zappa qualify? 
High Fidelity Cables CT-1designed by Rick Schultz
Not going to happen.... 
High Fidelity Cables CT-1designed by Rick Schultz
"Were you to respect them then they might matter.Wouldn't want anything like respect to become a factor now would we. :^) 
Soundstage - when wide is too wide
yes, good advice! 
Speaker type: is more affected by room acoustics
I'll say floor standers merely because bass drivers can interact heavily with suspended plywood floors commonly used in modern homes to the point of obscuring the rest, and bass drivers tend to be located lower down with floor standers specificall... 
High Fidelity Cables CT-1designed by Rick Schultz
"I don't read stuff by you or mapman or jmcgrogan2. never look at them, so best to you on other threads."Case closed. 
High Fidelity Cables CT-1designed by Rick Schultz
Nice stocking stuffers. :-)