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Top 5 cd recordings of all time?
Roger Water's "Amused to Death", gold Sony Mastersound version. Pink Floyd's "The Wall" MFSL gold versionNeither are jazz, new age, but may be The Oldies by now.Still the best produced CDs I own. 
Are there any MFSL bootleg copies around?
Yes, DSOTM was available in an MFSL longbox. A friend of mine recently sold a sealed one on Ebay for $200.The EMI remaster of DSOTM is very close to the MFSL version, only giving up a slight amount of bass. It is actually slightly cleaner, too. Th... 
Anyone Heard Meadowlark Blue Heron s
I bought a pair of Blue Herons about 6 weeks ago. They are still breaking in, but so far are absolutely fabulous.Speakers are very personal purchases. How they work will depend a lot on the room, the upstream equipment, the source material, and yo... 
Room Acoustics Problem?
I do not have any of your gear, but have done the same sort exercise many times in my room. If my advice is elementary, please forgive me. I have only been in the hobby for four years and feel my hearing is well trained. I've been through this pro... 
Talon Khorus owners, please read
I put a pair of the Sistrum platforms on my Khorus and now can't go back. Just wish the points didn't do so much damage to the bottom of the speaker though. 
Vintage 12" W60 Alnico Wharfedales
I have some vintage Wharfedale speakers that likely predate yours. These have 12" woofers, 6" mids and 1 1/2" tweeters.All have anilco magnets (red cover over winding) and the woofer has a label reading "W.12/FS MODEL 12/15 ohm".FS stands for 'Fel... 
Best MFSL pressing
Hands down, The Wall. Possibly one of the best-recorded CDs ever made. Perhaps not the 'deep thought' opera it could have been, but it took Roger Waters a year to finish production and it sounds like it.