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Vandersteen 1C's to replace Paradigm Studio 40's??
+  1 for Rega RS-5, it and its little brother the RS-3 are the most natural sounding speakers for the buck I ever heard . 
The one component that you wish you had not bought
I'm with Mr. Tracy, saved up my pennies ,at a time I didn't have many, to buy a Crown IC-150.After about a week reality set in and I realized my little Sansui 40watt integrated was VASTLY better ! 
Fed up with people making noise at classical shows
Learsfool, I am aware mid-hall back is best in most halls, in the Ordway Halllistening to the SPCO you can hear the ensemble in the first row .Only other hall like it I have heard in the hundreds I have heard is the Sibelius Hall in Lathi, Finland . 
Fed up with people making noise at classical shows
Where you sit in a given hall is a function of the acoustics in that hall. In my "home hall", the Ordway Concert hall in St. Paul, the first row seat lets you hear every player in the St Paul Chamber Orch and is not overly loud.The Ordway has fant... 
Dynaco FM-5 Tuner. Is it still worth the money to service and possibly upgrade??
Wasn't anything great in the first place . 
Omega, Harbeth, JM Reynaud, ad Skylan
Louis is a great guy and all etc, I have some Omega 3XRS with RS5 drivers.Very good on vocals and small jazz groups , fair at best on Symphonic music where Harbeths are good . Harbeths are better and not by a little bit as they should be with the ... 
Audio Research discontinuing lower lines components?
Any social system goes like this, things go up the system till the person or persons who have the power exercise it .Be it religion ,kings,queens, bank, county sheriff, elected official ,the Fed, a dictator whatever . All else is nonsense . 
Audio Research discontinuing lower lines components?
Nothing to debate papa, one either believes humanity should be a slave to gold or one does not . Black and White thinking is like writing a film review  on the basis of one fuzzy snapshot of one scene . 
Audio Research discontinuing lower lines components?
There is nothing made or no job done that the Asian tigers can not make,or do, as well or better than anyone in the world .jafreeman , you hit the proverbial nail on the head with your great post !  
Jazz for aficionados
IMO whats good about being a serious musician is that it is one of the half-dozen or so jobs in this society  that are actually inherently worth doing . 
Is New Vinyl Exempt from Loudness Wars?
Compression caters to  pop/rock radio stations who want a blast mid-range so dial isn't changed on dialing car radios .With only one jazz or classical station ,if you're lucky, these folks aren't changing . 
Audio Research discontinuing lower lines components?
Wrong, people are in effect "herded" into areas where money goes , if there is supply and demand its in people not dollars .Austrian is a fantasy, there is not ever been such a thing as a free-market nor will there ever be .Adam Smith himself ,und... 
Audio Research discontinuing lower lines components?
don c55, very well put !Oregonpapa, real estate firms control prices on a what the market will bear basis and that alone . Same house in rustbelt city under 100K .There is little more discredited than Austrian School . Only socialization is Privat... 
No bass with new turntable?
It's not just a matter of how it sounds ,ears send signal to the brain who decides whether its good for you or not .I can listen to vinyl on my 30 year old Planar 3 with liquid ADC XLM  Mk  II all day and half the night and myBODY stays relaxed th... 
Which speakers do you like in the $5K price range?
Hales were best speakers I ever heard .Took 2 men and boy to move them around .