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Hi, Charles ...Hampton Hawes? Yes, I have a number of his recordings. One of my favorites is his playing of "The Champ" on the "Lighthouse at Laguna"recording on Contemporary. On one side you have Howard Rumsey's Lighthouse Allstars, and on side t... 
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^^^   No problem, Charles ... Your post made a lot of sense to me. There's been way too much energy spent hoping that somehow through osmosis some logic might seep into the brains of those who should already get it. They don't. They won't. No matt... 
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^^^Okay, hard as it will be, I'll try to keep quiet out of respect to the other posters. Hopefully, my last post made sense to "WCE."Some music not to overlook is the small group trio stuff done by Harry Connick Jr.  He's an excellent jazz piano p... 
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Wolfie Cotton Ears sez:"... the Believers who seem to simply not care about the technology, but don't hesitate to toss piles of money at it based on faith…"Count me in as one of "The Believers."  Contrary to Wolfie Cotton Ears' above statement, th... 
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^^^ As previously pointed out earlier, this thread has become like a group of guys meeting down at the local pub.It started out as a thread regarding SR Red fuses ... and has developed into far more than that. Its evolved into a continuous discuss... 
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sherod ...Of course you're totally right. BUT ... some trolls need to be forced back under the bridge from time to time. Especially when they make it personal. OP 
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Naunc0 ...I have two rail fuses in my ARC CD-7se.  Replacing the stock fuses with the SR Black fuses was an ear opening experience. Very analog like. Way more of the total presentation became available. The huge reduction in smearing really allows... 
Who has heard the Audio Research CD5?
michaela ...I'm running the factory stock tubes at this point.  I'll be hitting Upscale Audio for new tubes soon. Its due. Replacing the stock fuses with the SR Black fuses transforms the player from an excellent CD player into something that is m... 
Synergistic Red Fuse ...
Follow the owner's manual for your specific equipment. It will call for either a slow or fast blow fuse of one particular value. 
Is Audio nirvana real?
Just when you think you've arrived at Audio Nirvana, you find another tweak or two and it moves you up another couple of notches. Its sort of like a heroin habit ... only more expensive.   
Soundtracks that you listen all the way through and it's all great.
Just a few ...Bird.Ray.When Harry met Sally.Dances with Wolves.The Mission. Casper. 
Redbook Keeps Surprising
This has been a very interesting thread.  I have a question though. If some of you are ripping red book CD's to a hard drive, then donating or selling the original CD's, aren't you worried that your hard drive will crash at some future date and al... 
ARC CD 3 Mk. II & Marantz S11S2 -- sonic contrast?
The problem is that you're asking for a comparison. I've owned the ARC CD-3, but have never heard any of the Marantz players.  
Who has heard the Audio Research CD5?
I've been through all of the ARC CD players from the CD-3 up to the one I'm using now, which is the CD-7se The "SE" version has the factory upgraded power supply. The difference between the CD-5 and the CD-7 is quite substantial. Here's the ticket... 
Recommed a medium sized monitors that can go loud
If I were going to buy a small speaker, I'd go with the Harbeth line. Forget "loud." Harbeth speakers make music.