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Afraid to buy new speakers
So what ?, folks refer to posts for many years . 
If you could bring back one great artist that has
Luciano Pavarotti , though the big guy wasn't  always my first choice in anygiven role, his big smile and magnetic persona lit up the world like no other artist. ONE of a kind that I miss greatly ! 
Totem Model 1 Signatures best speaker cables
+1 for oval p's with sig 1's. Oval 12 works well to . AudioArt 5SE  is good as well. 
I am sick of Adele
Right you are  don c55,  Luciano Pavarotti  could have been a great singer if he wasn't so damn obese ! 
Did you ever think digital and analog would exist side by side the way it is now
I never thought of selling my 3K vinyl  gems either,  when I was forced back from Germany I just gave them all away . 
Totem Model 1 Signatures best speaker cables
Sig 1's are not bright, they will however show up any in your system . 
kef r300 vs b&w cm5, cm6 or any other recommendations
I know nothing about those B&W models but do know the R-300 is quite good at classical . 
Jazz for aficionados
Just so rok, just so !  Few realize the role that geography plays in destiny.One reason foreign  cities lag so far behind a great American city like New Orleans is poverty-stricken ,crime-ridden hell-holes like Montreal, Copenhagen,Oslo,Stockholm ... 
Tube preamp reliability vs SS?
Largely a case of how big your bank account is. 
Santa Came Early!
stereo5, having done that job, every dealer has "push" lines he needs to keep the doors open . If you don't sell them you won't be around long..Exception is the store,and there are more than one might imagine, that is run by a trust fund baby to w... 
Best Jazz pianist
Oscar Peterson had a lot of soul , Canadian soul is just expressed in a different manner than ours .Put another Canadian in there, Paul Bley . 
Jazz for aficionados
Thanks for the heads up rok, a lot more interesting than those old Kenton/O’day records I ’m used to !Happy New Year ! 
Tube preamp reliability vs SS?
I use a tube pre, despite the fact that blown tube passes DC and has smoked 2 pairs of speakers .YMMV 
Have you ever spoken with a designer or audio engineer
Yes, but none that you would  believe . 
Columbia House Lives Again
Back in the day you could cheat Columbia House and others like it.In a digital world where you credit score can make or break you don't even think about it .