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Are the Grammy's becoming irrelevant?
That is an insult to music lovers, the Grammy's have been irrelevant for years!!! Other than politics, how can one explain the Dixie Sluts getting five mammories, I mean Grammy's...It hasn't been about music for a long time...JMHO:o 
ZYX Live18 and the RS Labs Headshells
To who? If they are worth it to me and I make $8,000,000,000 a year, will it be worth it to you?!?Every ZYX product I have ever purchased was a great value for the money. Every item I have ever purchased from Mehran was, for that matter a great va... 
do blind tests have any practical significance
As a tube guy I don't think you would be welcome on the magic island of Vacuum, you're living in the past!!! : )MrTennis, People want reviews to be inviting, and so reviewers offer personnal anecdotes to pull the reader in, this is all IMNSHO Ms K... 
do blind tests have any practical significance
I don't think you understand the process involved in working for a magazine, or reviewing a piece of gear...The reviewer lives alone, and has to take possession of the amps, get them into place, hook them up, andthen conduct a review. It is imposs... 
do blind tests have any practical significance
So should magazines hire writers who have no preconceived notions about a product? Do you want to read a review written by someone who does indeed live in a vacuum???How can someone without years of listening experience write a review??? You have ... 
do blind tests have any practical significance
Not having been to Sue Kraft's new house I can't state it with absolute certainty, but I'm pretty sure she does not live is a vacuum!Sue has been an audiophile for longer than I have, and has owned and auditioned a lot more equipment than most peo... 
Top 5 Song Writers Of The 80's
I was waiting for someone to notice...:o 
Top 5 Song Writers Of The 80's
Bob DylanRoy OrbisonTom PettyJeff LynneGeorge Harrison... 
HiFi lacking social recognition?
IME most people rate Audiophiles only a very little bit higher than child molesters... which I find hard to understand. Why are audiophiles so easy to marginalize???:o 
Do dealers believe in their products?
Duke - don't try to interject logic into the discussion... 
LP "Cutouts"
The company printed too many copies of an LP, and they cannot sell them for full price because the market is not there so they punch a hole or cut the corner and pretent it happened accidentally in the factory...No significance, just another way t... 
Wife/girlfriend or audio: if you had to chose?
This might not be the right place for this post but: I can't believe all the people that think stuff is more important than relationships. Just because a system doesn't usually make your life difficult, doesn't mean the system can actually give yo... 
Generic Record Cleaning Solutions
Methyl Ethyl Keytone will melt your LPs, so I don't think that's one to keep on the list.:o 
Bare naked or...?
Hals den those will help to delay the effects but not eliminate them!:o 
Bare naked or...?
The problem is oxidation. When the wire oxidizes it is unable to transfer any signal. Some cables oxidize faster than others, but ALL cables will oxidize. It is a bad idea to use unterminated wire, don't do it...:o