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Mozart Fans Only
Renee Fleming... just did the national anthem at the SB the way it should be done, maybe for the first time ever there. Maybe there is hope.... 
Hi-Fi Fuses - SNAKE OIL? - or something in it?
Geof,Unfortunately, whatever the facts may be about fancy fuses, it doesn't make the crap you sell any more credible. But keep on trying, you never know. 
Something similar to Mahler
"If you say so Map. About like saying you need some rat-poisonto top off a yumpous piece of NY cheesecake to me."Rat Poison - way less calories, sugar and saturated fat. Mahler - Pine Nut Roll, perhaps?:^) 
Dynaudio contour with 30 watt amp
There is good 87 db and not so good.More power and current = better 87 db with dynaudios.Tube amps best apply elsewhere. 
Something similar to Mahler
We need rock music like Captain Kirk's yin needed his yang in order to function as he should in that old Star Trek episode. 
Something similar to Mahler
Hearing a good complete Mahler 3rd live is high on my list of things to do.Heard the musical box genesis cover band do a complete repro of suppers ready a few years back. Heaven! 
Mozart Fans Only
I'll agree with Schubert's assessment of Schubert's music. 
Something similar to Mahler
Schubert, you are on a roll today putting Mahler and rock music in the same boat of ne'er-do-wells, eh?Oh well, at he is in GOOD rock music company.Mahler 3rd is unmatched on its turf in my book. Nothing else sucks me in as deeply as quickly and t... 
Classical music - starting points
"Peter and the Wolf" was a childhood favorite of mine ( the old Bernstein NY phil. recording on Columbia Masterworks). "The Moldau" by Smetana followed. My older sister had these records and I had none, so I got to listen only to those they had al... 
Dynaudio contour with 30 watt amp
Any speaker can be damaged (usually to tweeter) by any amp when it clips, and all amps clip at some point.30 watts to Dynaudios certainly has practical potential to clip and damage speakers if volume of peak dynamic levels gets too high. More powe... 
Marantz Pearl Lite for LS50, or..
"Also, as I'm totally new in this thing, will a pure Class A tube amp with 18 Watt sufficient for my room?"Good quality small speakers with extended bass, like these KEFs, tend to have very low efficiency and all like power and current, the more t... 
Speaker imaging
Plastic Surgery may be in order for the TRUE audiophile.Look good, hear great.....When the women start flocking around though, to hell with this silly hobby! 
building a system around dynaudios?
Its true, Sphinx delivers a lot on paper in a small and affordable packages, and I have never heard any Rogue gear sound less than very musical (I have heard various other integrateds and amps, but not SPhinx yet), so I am a big Rogue fan when it ... 
building a system around dynaudios?
Have not heard either amp, but regardless the Dynaudios will like the additional power that the Class D hybrid Rogue has to offer. If it were me, I'd go with that over the Rega as a no brainer based on the published specs. The Rogue tube hybrid de... 
Need help with Squeezebox Touch
Maboon,Try rebooting the unattached SB again now that the server is clearly running and the other atteched.Use the menu on teh device to select and attach to the server if needed. Its possible this might be needed even if only one server is detect...