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Would vinyl even be invented today?
BIF, most on here see themselves in your post.However, that represents about .01 % of Americans.Scvan is correct . 
Would vinyl even be invented today?
One has merely to have an elementary understanding of American society to know his comment is spot on and anything but silly. 
Good sounding Deutsche Grammophon recordings
BIS 
LCR phono stages we know about
Wise statement Lewm. I think the same but can't break my addiction. Oh well. 
Jazz for aficionados
From your mouth to God's ear, Frogman.Happy Christmas All ! 
Home Theater Fronts, Center & Receiver - 2K Used
I used KEF for 20 years, unbeatable for classical.The ones made in England that is, now they are made in Chinaand IMO just plain suck. Even if you don't mind listening toBach over speakers made by essentially slave labor.Go REGA, still made in Eng... 
LOMC; Life expectancy
Some of the worst sound I ever heard came from 100K + systems where the owner was trying to get more mileage out of his 5k+ MC Cart.Better off buying a Nagoka MP-3oo and changing the stylus every year . 
Would vinyl even be invented today?
Scvan, you hit that nail SQUARELY on the head.USA is totally a "next thing" market on about anything you care to mention. 
Enhancing online radio station sound options
Ptss, I live in the NE area of the Twin Cities metro and canpick up the signal from UW-River Falls about 20 miles away as the crow flies, using a Terk amplified antenna on my 3rd floor condo balcony. 
Automatic return arms - still produced ?
The biggest lie in audio, in the 50 years I've been around it, is that Japanese DD tables were somehow inferior.Truth is nobody else had the expertise to build them.The best from Yamaha, Sony or Pioneer will still smoke most.Dislaimer-I use a Pro-... 
Best value in a HO movig magnet $150-$200
Related? Try the same. Two greatest bargains in vinylvilleare Sumiko Pearl and Nagoka MP-150.All a sensible person would ever need, which leaves most"philes out, including me 
Cars. What does the typical audiophile drive?
Don c55, most of the people I have ever know who I considered to be models of sensibility drove Subaru, no joke.Of course there are more of these types here in Minnesota than elsewhere, esp. Roseville where I live. 
Jazz for aficionados
Frogman's little toe knows more about Jazz than I ever will, but as an outsider it seems jazz has ever greater players and a ever decreasing audience in the USA as a whole.Minneapolis is among the most progressive of all American cities, believe i... 
Bookshelfs budget is $ 2000.
As usual Kiko65 is spot on.I own both Dreamcatchers and Model 1 signatures.1 Sigs are one of the best reviewed boxes out there and the Dreamcatchers give up little to them,Another cheap speaker that will run right with them is the Triangle Titus 2... 
Good sounding Deutsche Grammophon recordings
I can ditto the Bohm Schubert 5, most excellent.