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| Primer on Music Servers? Thanks for your response. After I posted this, I saw your excellent posting, "Today's Transport War: Significant Differences?" At some point I'll probably post there with more questions. I was really impressed by your knowledge. | |
| Primer on Music Servers? I did some checking and found that I purchased my first digital camera four years and two months ago. At that time, you got a 16MB (notice the "M") flash card with the camera. The largest available at the computer store was a massive 128MB card th... | |
| Cars. What does the typical audiophile drive? I have a Volvo that I usually use around town. The Phaeton is my road car. | |
| Cars. What does the typical audiophile drive? If I was going to get a sports car it would be a Maserati or a Lotus. | |
| Words From the Wise Oops, forgot a sixth rule.6. The room is the single most important component in your system. This is truer and truer as your other components get better. | |
| Words From the Wise My five rules.1. It's about the sound. Not the specs, the looks, the prestige, the fashion, the reviews or any of the quasi-religious debates that consume some people.2. This is not a commodity, so find a good dealer and stick with him over the lo... | |
| What's your profession? Age? Retired securities analyst, age 49. I started into the audiophile thing way, way back before my financial ship came in. My attitude about audio systems has always been to not look back and to not look forward, i.e., to enjoy the hell out of what I... | |
| Cars. What does the typical audiophile drive? Hey Whart, I definitely agree that Phaetons are not about what anyone "needs." | |
| Best single-malt Scotch... For me it's a tie between 25-year-old Caol Ila and 5-year old Clynelish, with 15-year-old Macallan getting honorable mention, especially with milk chocolate. I have the 10, 12, 15, 18 and 25 Macallan at home, and every so often I do a vertical tas... | |
| Cars. What does the typical audiophile drive? p.s.: My comments on the Phaeton's interior vs. the Audi A8L's interior are based on having gone to the auto show and sat in the A8L, plus having spent a week with an A6. And I forgot to say how much I hate the grille design on the Audis. I'm not ... | |
| Cars. What does the typical audiophile drive? I haven't driven an Audi A8L with either engine. Driven an Audi A6 and read the reviews of the A8L vs. the Phaeton. My understanding is that they're very different cars. The Audi has a different platform. A lot of aluminum in it, for one thing. A ... | |
| Primer on Music Servers? There's just a whole lot I don't know about this topic. So I'm going to try breaking it into baby steps. I'm going to ask some questions that at some future point I'll probably cringe at for their stupidity.When you play a CD or DVD, does the info... | |
| Anyone remember The Warehouse? I bought my first-ever stereo there when I was 15 or 16 years old. Paid about $250, and owned it for almost 10 years until I hopped onto the audiophile bandwagon with a system that included my first set of Vandersteens (Model 1s that I still own t... | |
| Cars. What does the typical audiophile drive? I bought my used one from what has to be the most clueless dealer on the planet. I live in Seattle and the dealer (Luxury Motors) is located in suburban Chicago. I did the deal on the Internet and used a car shipper. It was an incredible headache.... | |
| Cars. What does the typical audiophile drive? I have two cars. The around-town daily driver is a '95 Volvo 850 turbo. The Hoo-Hah Mobile is a 2004 VW Phaeton with the W-12 engine. The Phaeton was a marketing flop, which makes used the used car bargain of all time. I paid $53,000 for one with ... |