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Advice on speaker cables and power cords please
before you buy any long term solution cables, buy the anti-cables from paul speltz.that way, you'll have a cheap reference to see if the high $ solutions are in fact improvements over the ultracheap.rhyno 
Blues recommendations anyone?
muddy waters: electric mudrl burnside: early recordings or asspocket of whiskeyjohn lee hooker: hooker & heat (my fave)rhyno 
Cable selection for SET.
as i believe i've just sold them, and not wanting to appear a shrill, i decided to wait until now to post.i had excellent results using transparent MM speaker cabling w/ my former Wavac SET (i sold both). if speaker efficiency is less than ideal, ... 
What music do you want to play really loud?
broken social scene: anthem of a 17 yr old girl, or fire-eyed boyween: gabrielle (sounds like thin lizzy, but TL never sounded that good!)AC/DC: jailbreaklow: silver riderfunny thing: i've a $70 tuner to thank for finding some of the best music i'... 
Speaker Cable-The Best of the Cheap?
if anyone can spare 10' total of the canare 4s11, please email me privately as i really don't need enough wire to justify an order. Thxrc 
EMM Labs vs. Esoteric X-01
i had a chance to hear the clock w/ the xo-1 today; seems like (perish the thought) its breaking in, as i heard a bleaching to the tone w/ the clock in place. that said, it did appear that the clock improved transients, leading edges, dynamics, an... 
WAF Tricks to Display Exotic Audio
get some black cloth cut to length between shelves and mount w/ blue tack (or equivalent) and route cables behind the black cloth. the black cloth will serve as a backdrop to allow the component to "pop" while also obscuring the wires from view.rhyno 
If You Like Bill Evans, You'll like ....
rachel's 
Esoteric DV50S, Any Plans to Discontinue?
any thoughts on how the UX3 compares to the X0-3? i know the latter doesn't play any DVD formats, but does that mean its substantially better for CD & SACD? rhyno 
Preamp with HT bypass suggestions
belles 21a is a very nice preamp w/ HT bypass. you may want to audition it. 
Joni Mitchell Blue - Wow help me Agoners
i've blue, court&spark, miles of aisles, and ladies of the canyon. blue is easily the best. try treating the CD with vivid. improved the thinness of the CD quite a bit. 
Tac T owner opinons
I've some add'l questions:Do you use it as a 2 ch preamp, or as a DAC, or as simply a digital equalizer? What's the strengths / weaknesses of each config?Does it do balanced analog outputs, or simply RCAs?(is it fully balanced, or just XLR output ... 
2005 Remembrance
Bob Crump; TG Audio, CTC Builders & Dam RepairOn a more famous note: Rodney Dangerfield 
The song you just cant stop playing???
low: time is the diamond, off of "trust".excellent sonics, haunting music (take old velvet underground and slow it down...a lot). highly recommended. 
Wilson Audio Watt Puppy 7 vs. Kharma 3.2
proper setup for wilsons? patience & a good ear. also, IMO the rives setup methodology (found on AA faq) is the best way to get them right. rhyno