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How to value a used CD collection?
Like anything else , what someone will give you . 
Song (or music) you want played at your funeral.
As I hope mine to be a Christian funeral  the  best possible thing ever written is Bach's Cantata  # 106, the title of which translated to English is , "Gods Time is the Best .  "Somehow , for me at least , I think that's better than a pagan party . 
The Harbeth phenomenon
I agree and have been down the same path .JBL’s just poped to mind , The "elevator crowd" is generally a slur on the elderly which I don’t appreciate .IMO it has to be un-amplified music but perhaps not .My route is the power one mainly as a matte... 
The Harbeth phenomenon
I’ve been to several thousand live classical concerts in the last 50+ years .I heard some Harbeths at a dealer friend of mine and they sounded like you said . I had him switch from a 135 watts a side amp to a 400 a side one, they moved to a live c... 
The Harbeth phenomenon
Not really , elevator crowd preference is  JBL  . 
The Harbeth phenomenon
Harbeths are coherent and natural. The  majority of people do not listen to the acoustic music they are made for .  Simple . 
Jazz for aficionados
A reach out from the bottom of my heart to the "City of Lights" for the horrific event of yesterday .https://youtu.be/9Od4TJYxjgk The first few seconds are shot from the roof of Notre Dame, gargoyle and all . And numerous times  after at all angle... 
Jazz for aficionados
Monster is perhaps a better title anyway .I don’t worry mary jo , gave it up for Lent years ago .I don’t take the Bible literally, but the most used phrase in it" be not afraid"struck me as a good idea.That love trane is nice .P.S . Greed is the d... 
Audio Doctor goes to Axpona observations so far
Those Alta's are fantastic , you can listen 24/7 without fatigue.Very transparent . 
Jazz for aficionados
As one of the 3-4 major drives of humans it is impossible to be a miniscule impact . I know all that stuff in your post and it is so .Here we speak of music . Sex , drugs and rock and roll was a salute to rock not a insult . 5% of the worlds popul... 
Classical Music for Aficionados
I have long been a major fan of Faure  and his piano works IMO don't receive the attention they deserve .I have the  Hewitt 's and they are very good .Yesterday  I was gifted a CD by one Nicolas Stavy  that I believe  surpass the Hewitt  . A BIS r... 
Jazz for aficionados
mary jo,I did not say rock was the main factor , I said it was a factor .But as music is instinctive in humans it becomes a sine qua non factor .Which is the only reason I talk about it .When it first came out , I thought all the Southern Baptist ... 
Jazz for aficionados
There are absolutes or near absolutes in this world believe it or not mary jo , you want one in music try Bach . He said God defined him Bringing out a one in ten million outlier is useless . The point of my post is I am aware that you are unaware... 
Jazz for aficionados
Beautiful 81563 , sure is that old time religion .I don’t think you could make a bad recording behind that Roy Eldridge beat , a Jazz giant !! 
Jazz for aficionados
One of , maybe the best of the German Radio bands ,https://youtu.be/d9xco0i1xeY?list=RDd9xco0i1xeY Great Brass with Warren Vache .https://youtu.be/Q3V99patV1c?list=RDd9xco0i1xeY With Toots . RIP .The respect and love the musicians show the old Mas...