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Middle Eastern, North African music these days?
Different styles, cool to listen to, down-beat rhythms.Shahin & Sepehr "One Thousand & One Nights" and "Aria"Arkenstone "African Skies" Adventure Cargo Cheb Khaled & Safy Boutella "Kutche" or self-titled "Khaled"Have fun. 
High-end amplifier clarification?
Kijanki, that list made the Solution monos almost seem like a deal! 
Any Mojo Audio Power cable owners ?
Another very satisfied user here coming out of many 3K plus PC's from the past.These PC's are WAY quieter, far more dynamic and musical from top to bottom by a long shot.I currently run the XPC-2 ribbon PC's and they sound off the charts. There's ... 
Has anybody heard the new Audio Research LS 27?
Maybe an LS 30 will equal or better the 40th Anniversary! 
Oh how I wish Class D amps ...
I'm running a TRL Dude in front of a pair of NuForce and it's the best sound I ever had, very liquid, relaxed, organic.Audiofreakgeek and Gammajo are absolutely correct. 
Speaker appearance verses musicality.
I just thought of paper bags ....... 
Best Transport with Museatex Bitstream DAC
Agree with Vhiner, I sold him my Bitstream in which I installed a Gold Furutech IEC inlet using a Shunyata King Cobra PC and it sounded off the charts. 
CD player vibration from CD's
I noticed a similar vibration on my PC's DVD drive, may be a clamping mechanism, don't know for sure.I have a CEC top load transport which I use a Herbies Grungebuster adhesive mat on the bottom of the CEC puck for damping.A De Mat (Van Art Speak)... 
Onda Cables RMAF, anyone hear them or opinions ?
Any feedback from the CES in Vegas? 
Gerry Rafferty dies
Same here, these great talents always live some sort of miserable lifestyle and leave early, what a shame. 
VIVID AUDIO SPEAKERS
It would be nice if I could read the microscopic print on the website. 
What makes the Bloom around instruments . . .
So bloom is being described more or less a type of glowing/radiating, of the air/sound around each instrument, not a tonal color variation? 
What makes the Bloom around instruments . . .
I run a 6SN7 preamp in front of a pair of digital monoblock amps and asked the same question.Secondly, has anyone really heard bloom in a live amplified/un-amplified performance ? 
D'Agostino Interview
Dan seems like a really cool guy and tells it like it is.I'll never forget his first KSA series at a local dealer running Apogee Scintillas, I was hit so hard with the hobby from that point on. 
Jadem6
I really hope J.D. pulls through, stronger and better than ever, my prayers are out to him. Best wishes for the New Year.