seth

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Are you Elegant, Stylish and Obsessive?
My solution was expensive but it makes me happy. If your taste runs to modern you also might like it. I bought shelving from Vitsoe (www.vitsoe.com) that has beautifully engineered metal shelves just perfect for CD cases. I lined one wall of my fo... 
Hovland pre-amp susceptible to A/C line noise?
Are your interconects sheilded? I had bad buzzing with various components until I replaced unshielded Kimber PBJ's with Analysis Plus shielded ones. 
Best of "Dead Can Dance"?
You might also be interested in a DVD called Baraka which has amazing footage of people and places around the world and features some music by Dead Can Dance. 
HT Preamp INTEGRATED with 2 channel PRE?????
I have an old, beautiful 2 ch. tube preamp and a Lexicon DC-1. I run my CD player direct into the preamp for no-compromise straight audio. For HT, I run the DVD's digital output into the Lexicon and the Lexicon's L & R analog output into the A... 
do i need a prog dvd player for my sharp 9000
My opinion is that the $300 Sony progressive player I know own vastly outperforms the 7700 (which I also once owned) into any device capable of receiving its signal (such as your Sharp). It totally blew my mind to go to a cheaper product and get a... 
Rap music on high-end speakers
I know just what you mean. My old system was an esoteric French tube integrated Lectron JH-30 feeding Quad 57 electrostatics and I thought Jimi Hendrix never sounded better. A purer, more direct connection to the midrange always helps the listener... 
Would You Pay to Listen?
A really good reason to pay would be to audition equipment you're interested in, but don't necessarily want to buy from that dealer. I got so sick of being ripped off by buying new equipment at retail, then having to sell it at wholesale when I wa... 
The most beautiful Integrated Tube amp?
The no longer available french made Lectron JH-30.