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First impressions.What multi-channel disc is your favorite
Donald Fagen’s Morph The Cat. Title cut especially! 
German Physiks - Listening Impressions Wanted
I’ve had the G-P UUs for about a year after 40 years of woofers and tweeters (and Maggie’s and dipoles).  With a good class D amp I may have reached the endgame of my search for pinnacle home speakers. Added subs to tweak the bass thanks to the fr... 
Single driver speakers. Are they worth considering ?
German Physiks has perfected the Ohm Walsh-style driver that handles 190Hz and up. They’re simply magical in a way that none of the multi driver speakers eg GE Tritons can do.  
Easily the best and most significant sonic tweak one could ever make!
Had my hearing tested for the first time recently.  I hear well, wanted a baseline.  Pretty normal but a big dip around 4KHz in the left ear.  Her first question- 'Do you shoot guns?'  Apparently this left ear problem is commonplace.   
High end stereo preamps? Worth it?
When I found that my German Physiks speakers sounded better with a Class D amp than my Krell, I removed the preamp and feed the MiniDSP streamer digital feed direct to the amp. This eliminates an unnecessary DAC and ADC cycle- and sounds wonderful.  
Your favorite 'concept' album
The Great Adventure by Neal Morse Band. (and The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway of course) 
Best 40 to 50k used speakers
If you like the coherence of MBL, try to give a listen to German Physiks speakers.  You can spend (new) $19k or $250k in their range.  Mine are not for sale :-)  
Folded tweeters vs. dome?
I upgraded from Triton 2s to Triton 1s- the first time I ever changed speakers within the same brand.  Loving the tweeter's delivery.  My good friend, a non-audiophile, went with Triton 7s driven with Emotiva and his rig is very satisfying too.  I...