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philjolet

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Tivoli Radio???
I own the original Model One and it is amazing with beautiful tone and presencethe real thing indeed!Kindly scrub your fingers to get all the Bose off of them before mentioning tivoli again :^)DOH!!!!!!I am off to wash mine! 
Rogue 99
terrific bass 
Good or Bad idea?? ??
canteliver can fall right out if it is too oldI would pass 
UPS Tracking Question
I have had the problem with Fed Ex but not UPSI would give it a day and try again 
Opinions on Todd Rundgren fronting the New Cars?
The new Cars with Todd was on Leno last night. They played Let the Good Times Roll and it sounded OK but boring. The guitars were good and so were the drums and synth but it could not lift the performance. Maybe the song is just too old, maybe it ... 
Out of curiosity, where does everyone live?
Kalamazoo Michigan EX home of GIBSON guitar, EX home of CHECKER motors...I know we do something here... 
Tube Amp out of Bias-what does it sound like?
In a nutshell, if they are biased too low the sound will be groggy and not very involving, too high will sound better but you will put additional wear on your tubes. 
TARA REF. Gen + Speaker Cable vs. A. Zen SATORI?
Satori is very good but not what you are looking for from my experience. They were smooth and full sounding in my system. I recommend Alpha Core MI2 Veracity as a vibrant, open and clean cable. 
McIntosh
their stuff has a high resale value and might actually loose value if modded IMO 
Opinions on Todd Rundgren fronting the New Cars?
I saw him solo about 1 or 2 years ago and he is a WILD man. Did I miss something? Where is Ric Ocasek? 
Can you be an audiophile if ...
There is one rule for your stereo: that you enjoy it! There are two ways to look at it, an absolute basis or a you enjoy it and live your life and still want to know more so you chat on Agon basis. 
do you remember
It was Quad ESL and Audio Research and a Linn turntable. I remember listening to Lou Reed: Walk on the Wild Side, the way the background vocals kept getting closer and closer with such clarity is something I still remember, even though it was arou... 
Audio Tweak gone bad...similar experiences?
blue tac under the penny works good, the super mini vibro pods work less good, plus remember to de ox the penny once a month 
Any Nordost interconnect experts out there?
you have to try for yourself about the pre to amp or CD to pre. nothing is in stone and everyone will have a different opion and take on this I promise 
Using Biwirable cables on "normal" speakers...?
you will have more wire going to the speakers and that is usually good though not necessarily noticable, no big deal if you do not mind a little gamble