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Calling all acoustic guitar fans...
Checkout Bill Frisell, the 'Willies', 'Nashville' or any of his albums for that matter. If you haven't heard him you are in for a real treat. 
Great country music recording
alittle on the fringe but heregoes....2 old favs....Kimmie Rhodes, West Texas HeavenTony Rice, Cold on the Shoulder 
ain't got no soul: bad covers of great soul songs
Phild for that gem can I buy you a beer or something? 
Your favorite recent discovery
Iron & Wine, 'Our Endless Numbered Days'. 
Cars. What does the typical audiophile drive?
oldies but goodies....1987 BMW 535is, white on red leather, 5-spd, a real creampuff, all original, my daily driver.1995 BMW R100RT, Classic Edition, the "last of the airheads", my long distance getaway/camping tourer. 
The Best Live album
Waiting for Columbus, Little FeatFillmore East, The BrosLast Waltz, Band 
What music do you want to play really loud?
Gladiator soundtrack, "we are free"Mark Knopfler, "theme from Local Hero"Radiohead, "Fake plastic trees" 
Pass Lab X1 and X250 - Which XLR?
Acoustic Zen Matrix II between X250 & X preamp & AZ Silver Ref II from CDP to preamp, all XLR, was the best combo I found with my rig, tried others that were more $$$$. 
Best single-malt Scotch...
for the buck...dalmore 12. thanks fellas........ 
Lyle Lovett, John Hiatt, Joe Ely, Guy Clark
Ditto on Bring the Family and Slow Turning. A few years ago there was a special on TV, I believe it was VH1, which paired John Hiatt & Matthew Sweet that was quite hot.Guy Clark, Old No. 1 still pleases every time. 
Norah Jones on Bluenote??
Will feature guests Garth Hudson, Levon Helm & Dolly Parton, should be interesting IMO, I'll be there. 
What steps forward were actually steps backward?
New Thiel 2.4's. After months of breaking them in with all the 'right' components backing them, I bailed. On less than perfect material they were just too harsh & revealing. The treble energy always had me reaching for the volume knob or liste... 
In Heavy Rotation?
Dave Matthews, Some DevilHorace Silver, Song for My FatherLucinda Williams, EssenceJoe Henry, Tiny VoicesChet Baker, ChetRyan Adams, Love is Hell, parts 1 & 2Kimmie Rhodes, West Texas HeavenCurtis Mayfield, New World OrderSavoy Brown, Street C... 
Best Amps for Martin Logans????
I used to run a Classe CA200 (newer version with heat sinks on the sides) w/ SL-3's with great results. I remember someone here saying that ML recommended Classe as well. 
Best Grateful Dead recording?
Ladies & Gentlemen, the Grateful Dead.....4 cd's live, HDCD & great sound quality.