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How many still listen to CD's daily.
50% vinyl, 50% CDs 
Your ONE all time favorite love song?
Lick My Love Pump by Spinal Tap 
Waamamps ampifiers?
I bought one of his amps a while ago (2009), single ended 807s. Good amp, but after I replaced the output transformers it sounded much much better. I used James HS6112 transformers @ $150 for the pair. Maybe you can get Wayne to use OPTs that you ... 
How diverse is your musical taste?
I like certain types of music more than others, and there is sooo much good music that I have yet to discover within those music types. So I don't feel the need to discover music within types I don't prefer. There's not enough time to discover and... 
Tube vs SS vs Digital
"My concern is this: my local dealer mentioned that I should stay away from tubes as he has seen tubes "blow up" and ruin good speakers. Really?"No, not really 
Crackling through left speakers only?
Not an expert at bringing vintage stuff back to life but: 1st thing I would do is exercise the volume, balance, and tone controls many times back and forth (like 50 or so) with the unit off. I'd get some contact cleaner and clean those same contro... 
Zu Omen or Tekton Lore
Doglog - I owned Omens and Lores at the same yime so I know how they compare, looking forward to your impressions Omen vs. M-Lore.Keep us posted 
Efficient Full Range Speakers
You might also look at Tekton, Zu Audio, Sonist. I haven't heard the Meadowlarks but I have heard/owned the ones I mention.Worth putting on your list of possibilities. 
Tekton Lore - anyone upgrade the capacitors?
Look in the Zu Omen or Tekton Lore thread http://forum.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/fr.pl?cspkr&1286073654&openfrom&578&4#578Goraman upgraded his Lore caps, look in the mid-January time for his posts 
Need Suggestions For Raising Speaker Height
Not sure what your speakers and stands look like, size, etc. so this might not work. But I raised my floorstanders up a few inches by going to Home Depot and getting a trailer block (or something like that). It's a $5 block of concrete approximate... 
Best finger food for audiophile listening
Scotch and big sandwiches 
Best Inexpensive Preamp for DENON 103?
A Musical Surroundings Phononema might be had for $300 or so. I can suggest it because I did have a 130r with the Phonomena Nova (very similar but the Nova version runs off batteries) and the combo worked well. Both Phonomena versions have many DI... 
Why is the market for used Levinson amps so slow?
Only one possible reason - Sellers believe the pieces are worth more than they are worth. 
My new ZU Omen Def's arrived
"I'm amazed how well these things sound out of the box."Compared to what?It always helps to have a point of reference. 
Audiogon sellers, please stop and read this thread
04-27-12: McloughlinHere is another suspected scamer I just received today."Usually if I see a response that refers to my "product" or my "placement" I know to be cautious and usually ask a question that only a knowledgeable person would know the ...