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Turntable Choices
Have a Traveler; amazing performance even with price no object. 
Best Rock Album in 2012
Sunken Condos - Donald Fagen 
Does fair trade still exist
I agree with Elzabeth.Price fixing is collusion between different companies to cause prices of similar products to be equally highThe oil companies do it at the pump all the time and nobody ever says boo. 
Is it too much to ask....
Whine and whine...In a post-apocalyptic world, this thread provides good clues as to who would survive vs. who would perish.Buyers need to do their OWN homework about anything they are considering purchasing! It is a LUXURY to me if the seller is ... 
upscale audio is this legal?
This seems to be linked to another, related thread. The real question is if the serial number was so important as part of the sale, why was this not verified and brought to the dealer's attention immediately upon receipt of the item? It's lame on ... 
what would you do?
But why a year and half later on your part is the real question and why a year and a half later does it matter to you now? 
Phono Pre Amp Recommendation
I run a Delos into a Chinook and the 0.6 mV is quite sufficient for the 60 db of gain. 0.3 mV should be fine. 
Fremer lays an Ostrich egg...
Great thread, one of the best ever.What was that fable about opinions and human orifices? I'm with Mikey, I have yet to hear a Class D amp that I like. So for the time being I'll stick to Class A solid state and Class A/B tubes, thank you.Ah, well... 
Beatles Reissues on VINYL Finally
Got Magical Mystery tour because my 1978 Netherlands blue box set didn't have it. Upon first listen the sound is quite good and detailed, the opening horns, drums and bass are all solid and confirm how heavy the Beatles were. The artwork and graph... 
Best Artists/Tracks at Chord Changing
Steely Dan, Holdsworth, Ponty, Happy The Man, Prokofiev, Ravel, Chicago, The Mars Volta. 
How big of a difference do amps make?
Case in point, in 2002 I purchased both a Krell KCT preamp and 300cx amp from San Francisco Stereo to power my Thiel CS6s. After half a day of listening I decided that perhaps the more powerful 400cx might be a better match, so I swapped out the 3... 
From Thiel CS6 to Wilson Sophia 2 or 3
"are you out of your mind? more than half speakers on the market have inverted polarity of one of the driver. more than 85% speakers have higher order xovers on the market(and actualy there is 0,00074% speakers on market which have true, uncorecte... 
Favorite Pianists
Martha Argerich - especially her Prokofiev and Rachmaninov recordingsLyle Mays - solo and with Pat Metheny groupNicky Hopkins - with so many, too many to count, Stones, Who...Rabbit - on Pete Townshend's solo albumsElton JohnStephen Kovacevich - o... 
Does anyone still miss the old Audiogon format?
I don't like the fact that members can't freely email one another to ask questions about gear. 
Does you wife touch your system?
Yes, but plays CDs only.