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Good component video cables....?
Harmonic Technology! http://www.harmonictech.com/ 
experience with Sonic Horizons pc s?
I have three Skylines, one Hurricane, and a Silver Moon. I believe that the Skyline is the best value for the money. I have had two Harmonic Tech A/C-11n's and two Synergistic AC Master couplers ( one with WATTaGATE plugs ) and the Skyline really ... 
Monitors are falling
These are all excellent answers. I am handicapped and the second day that I had my new Dynaudio 1.3 SE's in Bird's eye maple, I backed up and knocked one off of the stand. It fell on top of the sub and only gouged a piece out of the rear fascia an... 
Vans Evers vs. Monster
You don't really believe that Amadeus story do you? 
Would I benefit from biamping?
SORRY!! That is a KAV-250a. A little brain fart. 
John Dunlavy On "Cable Nonsense"
Harmonic Technology has a specific process for drawing the wire through the die in a cooling process so as not to do violence to the crystalline structure. In fact, their process creates the "Single Crystal" copper wire for all of their product. I... 
How much do you listen?
10 to 20 hours a week. Sometimes more, sometimes less. You still need to read your bible and talk to your family you know. It is difficult because, and I am sure that many of you are the same, when I listen to music, that is all I want to do. No r... 
How much does your system retail for?
$20,400 for my audio only system which makes me dizzy but happy. ( Is that delirious? ) And my wife approves! Under $1000 for the HT but I moved my NHT 2.9's over to the HT after I bought the Dynaudios so it increased by osmosis. 
John Dunlavy On "Cable Nonsense"
I do admit that I think that the MEGA priced cables are so far out of line. So I set out to find the best speaker ( or interconnect for that matter ) cable that I could for the money. I set my speaker cable price at $500. And I found some very goo... 
Where to buy new rock LP s?
Do a search on the net for Simply Vinyl. They have hundreds of 180g reissues. I bought my Alan Parsons "I Robot" and some Van Morrison's and they are excellent. I bought all of the U2 releases on MoFi but the recordings are not that great to start... 
Best driving music.
In Southern California? Punk of course! Especially Blenderhead. 
Favorite Audio Ad
I must confess, I have the "Blown Away" ad copied as a 60" poster, framed and tagged to the wall about my rig. It is a guilty pleasure. I thought that it was Life imitating Art, or Art entertaining music, or something. Dale 
Vynil store in Anaheim
The only place that I know of at this point is that Digital Ear does have a sign in their window that they buy used records and they did have a couple of hundred on hand. But they may also be able to tell you where the locals buy used records. 
Am I on the right analog track?
I ws very kind of you to respond to my foolishness. As you may or may not know, the Nad SilverLine is Nad's attempt at the high end. And it is quite respectable. The phono preamp that I am using is the $300 add on to the S100 preamp. I do have som... 
Cones/Bearings for CD player
After trying quite a few, the PolyCrystal has had the most dramatic improvement. If you really want the best, the Aurios MIB's are collecting a lot of attention on that level. It is the bearing that stabilizes electron microscopes. http://www.medi...