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swampwalker

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Where to Buy Audiophile Recordings with a Smile
Note to self- Never buy from or sell to Yogiboy! 
the magic of power cords
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Sjofen The Clue speakers
Yep, the stacked Clue's were the biggest surprise in NY. Very very much the bargain @ $2K for two pair. 
Audience XLR interconnects not working
There are some brands that use a non-standard pin out (Electrocompaniet for example) but it's also possible that the ics are either broken or fake. Audience does have great service; I'd send them a an email w some decent pix of the ics. 
"Looking Into You" A Tribute To Jackson Browne
Thx for the heads-up, Mofi. Jackson Browne is a favorite of many of us "of a certain age" aka old farts. I'll head right over to Amazon and order it. BTW, a great tribute album is the 2 disk set "This One's For Him" tribute to Guy Clark. Great son... 
Tift Merritt Traveling Companion Box Set
Thanks for the heads-up Dodgealum. She's been one of my favs for a long time. I'll have to pick this one up. 
What is your experiences with t H Cat 12B Pre-amp
You'll read a lot about your pre-amp in the forums. IIRC, there were widely divergent opinions about it. 
Top 10 Snafus to avoid when building a good rig
" In the current issue of Stereophile one of the writers states that "it's good enough" is the most dangerous thought in audiophile land."To which I would reply by paraphrasing Voltaire:"Perfection is the enemy of the good"Which is basically the s... 
New KT150 tubes?
The Wolfman scores ;-) 
Wu-tang clan new cd
Well, if that works it will prove the bigger fool theory of real estate applies to music software business as well. 
Left channel drops out on NAD DAC toslink
If I had to guess, I'd look at three things:1. Possible bad cable.2. Possible loose connection at either end of toslink?3. Possible conflict w other services running on your PC?Do you have another digital source; a disk transport,ipod or even your... 
Speaker cables
Sunnyjim- If you check Cardas' web site, you will see pix of many of the counterfeit cables they've seen over the years. Might help. I agree that the Csrdas house sound is a bit on the fat or syrupy side. At least that's they way they sounded to m... 
Help me find WARM speakers a la Sonus Faber
Ditto for the Klipsch- I don't think anyone has called them warm, either. 
Need help RCA Interconnects but new Balanced Gear
There may be a way out of this dilemma. If the pre-amp supports the full balanced standard, the cables should make very little difference, and you could use much less expensive cables. If you do a search here you will references to pro cables and ... 
Stopped looking for the best system
Enjoy the music how ever and whenever you hear it.Wow, great thought. If you can't perhaps you're in the wrong hobby.