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Wow .... €50K Headphones ... What next
Right you are B limo ! 
why do people feel the need to buy expensive cable
Dave b, it does if you consume kool-aid by the gallon . 
What music do you use to audition equipment/cables
I use the Brahms Clarinet Quintet Op 115 with the great Thea King on Hyperion as a gatekeeper.If something can't reproduce the lovely harmonic interplay Of Thea's Clarinet with the Gabriela Qt strings its nothing I want . Not to mention Op 115 is ... 
Wow .... €50K Headphones ... What next
Read all the posts Kijanki 
why do people feel the need to buy expensive cable
Zd542, model numbers are kept by educated intelligent worker bees who don't drink kool-aid . 
Wow .... €50K Headphones ... What next
Deadivvj, just so-very astute observation . 
Are DACs superior to top-graded regular CD Players
IMO its the double Dacs that make the difference and it doesn't matter where they are . 
Calling all SET fans
Thanks Map, great post ! 
Wow .... €50K Headphones ... What next
The 20,000 children on Planet Earth who stave to death each and every day could have used it . 
Best drink while listening to your rig?
Organic Green Tea , Brahms approved . 
Best used floor standers up to $1300
If you like acoustic music you have to go a long way to top the Rega RS-3 which is $1300 new . Shows up here once in awhile , usually around 800 bucks . 
Calling all SET fans
Smallest amp I used was a bottleneck , I had a bottleneck pre at the time . I think it was about 5 watts but no set of course.But I've heard the 4 " Fostex many times in many systems, the upper mids are just plain rough ,at least the way my ears ... 
Calling all SET fans
I used various amps I had at the time ,smallest was a low powered bottleneck I borrowed to use with my bottleneck pre, I think it was about 5 watts but no set of course.But I've heard the 4 " Fostex many times in many systems, the upper mids are j... 
What is your favorite Mozart symphony?
Right, I didn't think you meant anything else ,that's whyI said serious listener.I must have heard D.960 live at least 20 times and I only bothered with the top-rank players. I've listened to it hundreds of times at home and have the score, and I ... 
Be honest please
As a rule they steal 10 bucks for every "charitable " one,US law is a "foundation " need expend only 5 % of of its assets, beats paying taxes and they are not irrevokable .