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Cost break down of hifi system
Oops, principle #2 was supposed to amount i’m willing to spend on cables should be correlated with amt i spend on system..  
Cost break down of hifi system
My two cents, based upon my finally paying attention, recently, to cabling on my 3 systems:  1) Though my experience tells me cables can make a significant difference, just the thought of having to experiment with multiple different cables sucks ... 
Best Sound Track Ever Vote for One
Best soundtrack: O Brother Where Art Thou Best Movie: Paris, Texas Guilty Pleasure: A Knight’s Tale  
I'm at the pearly gates and they tell me I can only bring in one jazz cd
one disc? Miles Round Midnight.  one song? Grant Green Idle Moments.  
Sad news.
oh my.  have known him since the Sound Images days, going back over 20 years ago now.  he repaired a tonearm cable lead i clumsily snapped just a few weeks ago. what a terrible loss.    
Are Harbeth the only warm and euphonic speakers in town ?
audio note, of course.  
The Most Philosophical Song You Ever Heard
sunday paper on a saturday night  
OK - Now What…?
have you considered upgrading your DAC?  Don’t get me wrong, the Aurender has a nice reputation, but is it in the same league as your amp and speakers?  Purely on the basis of $, maybe not.  A good friend of mine has dCS Bartok, and it’s extraordi... 
What Is The Most Romantic Song That You Have Ever Listen To?
Time after time 
Opinions wanted: 10-30K Speakers for Jazz/Folk
I have AN-E LX/Signatures (with deja vu custom crossovers and woofers replaced with hemp versions due to cat incident).  Anyway, agree with earlier observations regarding relaxed sound - that’s exactly what i experienced whenever i entered the dea... 
Newbie Can't Decide Which Tube Amp
i have a triode corporation trv-35ser (35 w integrated with pre in, el34 tubes) driving acoustic zen adagio jrs (6 ohm, 88 db) in my second system, and it’s a very nice combo.  triode is a cool niche brand, and the price is within your budget.  th... 
Budget tower speakers that rock!
Music Direct has sale price on Klipsch RP-8000F.  Right at $1000, they’re efficient (i.e., will play loud), and go down to about 30hz. 
Name a few albums which helped determine your musical tastes
@trentmemphis Thanks for your note - yes, it’s not something you recover from, but something you survive.  Re Bonnie Raitt, yeah, she first hit my radar with “Give it up”, in 1972; my sister had it, and I would “borrow” it from time to time.  Re L... 
Name a few albums which helped determine your musical tastes
1967-68 - The Byrds, the 45, “Hey, Mr. Spaceman”:  my first purchase of music, at 7 or 8 years old, at The Grande Place in Brussels, Belgium.  I was the youngest of 4, didn’t have my own record player at the time, but by God I was gonna keep up wi... 
Opening Record Store
Also gotta know how many customers on his list before you can assess what you’re getting for $10k.  And how much marketing has he done to this list of customers previously?  if not much, they come to his store based on convenience of location, hab...