slikric3000

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Store LPs outside of Jacket??
I pay no more than $.99 for a mint LP from ebay, anymore and its your own punishment. 
New Adcom GFA-555 se - Special Edition
Will it be better than my Classe CA400 ? 
Universal Remote for Dummies
A sony on ebay for like $15. I forget the model #, it learns too. 
Is music quality moving away from the "audiophile"
Is there 1 or 2 of these type of post a week? 
2 bookshelves for a center
I use to have a pre that had 2 center outs for that purpose. 
Interconnect cable upgrade disapointment
Here is a trick that I don't think anyone has mentioned to my knowledge around here. It will only work if you still have the old cables and that is burn them in and live with them for whatever time ( 6 months should be plenty ) and then switch bac... 
Wall St. Journal article
Can't blame them for marketing their product to the masses. My dad always says " I dunno why they quit making the big wood console tv's " and I keep telling him his 1 tv purchase every 10 or 20 years is not going to keep them in biz. 
Merle Haggard Album Recommendations
ain't nobody feelin' no pain 
Merle Haggard Album Recommendations
I have one of his greatest hits cd's, the one with Merle and Willie sing Luckenbach,Tx. , man what a song. Has to be one of the all time greatest. 
cd plays without preamp
Now that sounds weird, The Outter Limits or The Twighlight Zone weird. 
Old Classe pre-amps vs. new?
I used a CP 47.5 with my CA 400. I am using a Plinius M 16 now. A nice upgrade. There is one for sale w/phono board if still avialble. 
Best amplifier for driving Martin Logan Aerius?
You need an Aragon amp or equvilant at minimum. Altough when I first heard them back in '93 or so an Adcom GFP 565 pre and a PS Audio Delta series amp wired with Monster Cable 400 that gave a good result. 
The Most You Have Paid For Shipping
Shipping has sky rocketed so high there should be a congressional investigation. I shipped a phono pre, 19 wide, to tiawan @ $100 a few months ago. A 100 pk. of cdr blanks is $9.39 to ship, two price hikes for shipping this year, use to be under $... 
Help -- need Idiot's Guide to music server system
Kleech, the way to make it easier is to do a specific number/day say 10, 20 or whatever. 
Help -- need Idiot's Guide to music server system
I dunno, I just tried it for fun not that thats what I want to do. I primarily did this to play podcasts with in mp3 format. I have getting close to 1200 music podcasts and putting them on cd and listening to them is getting to be a problem spacew...