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Thiel Customer Service - New ownership is terrible!!! - WHAT HAPPENED TO THIS COMPANY ?
shadorne, you are EXACTLY right, this is indeed how companies taken over from founders operate .To call any speaker fading away a "disaster' is foolish in the extreme . 
Has Rel fallen out of favor with audiophiles?
Audio, unlike trains or stamps. is a very fadish hobby . 
Best Budget RCA cables
Wake up, no brainer to buy high quality IC's off ZU on ebay . 
Best Bang For The Buck I've Ever Spent
geoffait , is at least halfway-right . many well done studies have shown plants do poorly when exposed to rock and thrive on a diet of Mozart .Nature knows best . 
Budget MM Phono Cartridge Recommendation
+ 3 for Nagoda 110 ! 
turntable/cartridge for old 50's 60's rock records.
A  AT-95 is just the ticket , made for this music and all you need . 
The best books on music
One of the finest books ever written about music.                  BACH"Music In The Castle of Heaven" John Eliot Gardiner  
I'm considering replacing my passive preamp with a tubes. Is it worth it?
If you listen to acoustic music yes, if not , no . 
Opinions
When I was at Wisconsin there was a 92 year old student who had been taking courses for 20 years since he sold his farm and retired .The finally just made him graduate with a degree in philosophy, a subject he had over 300 hours in . 
Spend more money on the amp or the pre-amp?
+1 for lou’s comment . A good Dyna Pas3 or one of its many clones is the best buy in all of audio.Truth be told , a rational person(leaves me out) will never need more.Also true the new Yamaha integrateds , even the lowest , are great sounding and... 
Classical fans, I need advice
Doesn't matter, more info on this topic is always helpful to all .I started mine 60 years ago and I picked up some useful tid-bits . 
Why is modern pop music today so terrible?
Trans, Actually "church people" were among the greatest admirers of Mozart.His many religious works were treated for what they were , sublime masterworks . 
Why is modern pop music today so terrible?
Only a very few people ever thought on Mozart of being to "busy".The few just happened to be Kings and such . 
Silly prices for Nordost cables
Strange value system .In our society  marketers create the demand period .The very terms we use in audio first came out of a marketers mouth .Ditto for most other commodities as well . 
Jazz for aficionados
Re, "Laura" .        The Great American Songbook  would be a lot poorer without Johnny Mercer's lyrics . Had a lovely voice as well .