seditious3

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Best Micro Speaker?
Radio Shack used to have little white speakers for maybe $20 that were amazing for that price. Maybe they still have them. 
Upgrading Frontend in 2009: Which way to go?
Forget the front end - invest in some room treatment! Seriously, it's a great listening space, but it must reverb like crazy. 
Please teach me something
Just to oversimplify, DAC stands for "digital to analog converter". We don't listen to bits and bytes or a series of 0 and 1 (digital). We listen to a continuous waveform (analog). The information on a cd is digital, and the DAC converts it to ana... 
Help chossing a good speaker. $ 3-5 K
Just to correct my previous post, I meant to say that IMHO KEF is inferior to B&W. 
What's next for the ultimate sound quality?
What's next? Electrodes into our cortex sending sound in directly. 
Help chossing a good speaker. $ 3-5 K
I'd also recommend monitors. I'm not a Klipsh fan - to me they are an acquired taste. I'd also go used. I don't see the point in buying speakers new.Harbeth is an excellent recommendation. I've always thought that B&W was inferior to KEF. I'd ... 
Speaker Placement for small room???
Every speaker is different, so there's no set response. However, I would place these speakers at least 1 foot from the rear wall (or the books on the shelf). Put them on stands if you can, as opposed to a shelf.I would start with them about as far... 
Your vote: Most Useless Audio Adjective
"musical" 
cassette only releases: bonus tracks 80s/90s
The Grateful Dead released "My Brother Esau" as the flip side to the cassette single of "Touch of Grey" on a grey cassette. It was also the flip side of the 45, but was later replaced. It was not on the album (In the Dark). 
16K to Spend. Help me make the end all Upgrade.
Here ya go:http://cls.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/cls.pl?spkrfull&1221421670 
"Litmus test" songs
Paul Simon - Graceland - Boy in the Bubble, Graceland, Diamonds on the Soles of her ShoesSteve Miller - Born 2b Blue - God Bless the Childkd lang - Absolute Torch and Twang - Luck in My EyesTalking Heads - Naked - Nothing But FlowersTalking Heads ... 
Greatest Rock Guitar Riffs
The guitar solo in Sympathy for the Devil. Not a riff, per se, but IMHO the definitive solo. What Keith doesn't play is as important as what he does play. 
Buying used vs. New
I cannot afford new for the quality of equipment I want, so it's primarily used for me. If I were spending a few thousand on a piece and had reservations, I'd fly to where it is and get it there, or ship it from there. A flight is worth saving a f... 
Is anyone else enjoying Monsoon desktop planars?
I use the MM-2000 in stereo on my computer - hence 2 extra speakers. Absolutely love them! 
System matching can be difficult...
The title of your post is perfect. I agree with Chashmal and Louis Armstrong: "If it sounds good, it is good."Too many people listen to their systems instead of the music, and they are 2 different things. My own system is evolving, but since I liv...