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Piano on vinyl - the best
Nojima plays Liszt and Nojima plays Ravel on Reference Recordings. Breathtakingly Life-Like in every way and superb playing too. It firmly breaks J. Gordon Holt's rule regarding recorded music. 
Music to die to
Mozart K.618 Ave Verum Corpus. It's short, appropriate and simply beautiful. 
Worst Rock Band Ever !!!!
America. After they finished playing their singles, Horse with No Name and Tin Man, they tried doing covers, it was so bad they were literally booed off the stage (Detroit). Really bad musicians at that time that should never have gone on tour wit... 
Worst Rock Band Ever !!!!
Big Brother and the Holding Company. I saw them twice and they were a pathetic excuse for a rock and blues band. Joplin was simply unbelievable (in a positive way) so was the band (in a negative way). She hit her stride after she split from those ... 
Your 5 Fav Rock Concerts
Rolling Stones (Detroit 1965), Hendrix (Ann Arbor 1966), Yardbirds (Ann Arbor 1966), Who (Ann Arbor 1966), Cream (Detroit 1967), Jeff Beck Group (Detroit 1967), Led Zeppelin (Detroit 1969) Whoops, more than 5..... Hard to narrow it to 5 considerin... 
Who is your overall favorite guitarist?
After a long and fertile journey through literally hundreds of concerts starting in 1963 which included ALL of the usual suspects, Rolling Stones, Cream, Fleetwood Mac (Peter Green era), Hendrix, Led Zeppelin, Jeff Beck, Rory Gallagher, Clapton, G... 
American Folk/Bluegrass music to die for
I would also include the Dillards in the list. Back Porch Bluegrass, Pickin' and Fiddlin', Wheatstraw Suite, Tribute to the American Duck, Roots and Branches to name a few. 
Morrow MA3 vs Grover Huffman ICs
I'd done a bit of research before posing this question and hoped to generate a discussion. In any event the Morrow MA3 was already on my short list as was the Grover Huffman IC but the cable that most interested me was the Harmonic Technology Pro-... 
The best speaker you ever heard?
The Big Corner Klipschorns. I listened to a pair at a local salon here in Detroit that was driving them with an Ampeg reel to reel playing a very large tape with "Dark Side of the Moon" on it. I will never forget the visceral effect that listening... 
Personal speaker evolution
1959 Zenith Console - Gift from parents (Had nothing to compare them to, I just remember that they made sounds)1970 Small Advents - $200 (Love Loved These for years)1983 Time Windows - $600 (Loved These guys Very Much)1987 Merlin 2 Way Tower - $10... 
Creek 5350 SE vs YBA YA 201
Roy Hall designated Mitch Singerman in California for the repair. I talked to Mitch at length regarding the problem as well as 5350 SE Philosophy. The man knows this particular component inside out, I can see why Roy taps him. He'll repair it in w... 
Creek 5350 SE vs YBA YA 201
Tgrisham, You've just about read my mind in several respects. Yes, I will have it repaired so it is sellable but I don't want to experience any downtime without the amp which leads me to looking into something else that could be used while it is i... 
Designer Hall of Fame
Richard Brown (Deceased) Brown Electronics Labs (BEL).REL2 
Creek 5350 SE, Channel Dropout
The problem has returned. It is definitely a faulty Input Selector Switch. I'll purchase one from Roy Hall, install it and report back. I think now that this has been the problem all along. Incidentally, I tried cleaning that pot (all of the pots)... 
Creek 5350 SE, Channel Dropout
Creek responded to my request by confirming that it's a tarnish issue on the ribbon connector pins joining the pre-amp to the volume control PCB and power amplifier PCB. They suggested connecting/dis-connecting these connections several times to w...