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How much does your system retail for?
About $15K or $30K if you include the offsetting jewelry purchases my wife decided were required with every purchase of audio gear. This came up as a point of discussion after I bought my second piece of gear about 10 years ago. What the hell, it'... 
You know you're an audiophile if--
Spending way too much money on gear is one thing but, turning off the heat in the winter or the A/C in the summer is going too far! It makes much more sense to re-design the HVAC system with a minimum of 25 feet of over-sized Acoustiflex ducts fee... 
Ripping Multiple Cd's
Looks like a nice program. It appears it is windows only though. I suppose I could user my laptop but the external hard drive, I think, was formatted for a Mac. Anyway the whole point is time. I'm not sure it would save me any time especially for ... 
Anyone here a Terry Callier fan?...
I read this post and bought one of his CD's. It has become one of my favorites! I will be filling out my Terry Callier collection by picking up the rest of them. Thanks for the post! 
Cooling fans for tube amp
I used two 12 volt fans that were recommended on a previous agon thread. They are way quieter than the ones I bought from Radio Shack first. I mounted them on the "gel" isolator that you can buy from the fan supplier. Once I got them mounted to so... 
Cooling fans for tube amp
I have dealt with all the problems mentioned above and had one more. I live in the mountains in southern California and in the summer it's gets a bit dusty. I realized that by using two 12 volt fans to exhaust the air out of my cabinet I was creat... 
Need suggestions for a good XM ready receiver
I have the Polk Audio XRt12 separate XM tuner and am very pleased with it. The XM signal is compressed and is not close to CD quality but, I picked up a little Scott Nixon tube DAC for a couple of hundred dollars and it made a very noticeable impr... 
Joni Mitchell Blue - Wow help me Agoners
Elusive Disc has Blue in a remastered HDCD format. Has anyone heard this release? 
Crestline/Lake Arrowhead, etc., CA
Wow, tehachapi is pretty far away! 
best songs to discern a good system
I received a speaker set up disc with a copy of Ballad of a Runaway Horse by Emmylou Harris from a local shop. Truly an amazing recording. 
Spanish Guitar music
I just got a copy of Flamenco Passion based on the recommendations from this thread. Wow, a truly incredible piece of music. The quality is really amazing. Thanks!! 
Sound quality of XM radio Direct TV vs standalone
I don't have any experiance with Direct TV but, I got the Polk receiver for Christmas and activated it about the second week of January. I had been using a Roady 2 both in my car and at home using the analog out to the pre amp. The sound from the ...