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Best lines in a song
"I can’t remember the reason I woke up this morning;Maybe awake is what’s left at the end of a dream.Not enough coffee anywhere to open the blindson Babylon"from "On the Blank Generation"by Little Jack Melody 
Album which you have listened to most?
Nicole Benedetti playing Ralph Vaughn Williams Lark AscendingRob Wasserman "Trios" (his other compilations are nowhere near the same league as this one)Mum- Yesterday Was Dramatic, today is OK 
Your First System
My first system was a Panasonic Panapet Ball Radio. I remember buying it for $10 back in 1971 with money from mowing lawns. I then expanded the system with a Portable Panasonic Tape Recorder that my Uncle bought for me for $20 at the army PX in 19... 
Personal amp evolution
It is interesting that many of us started with a Pioneer receiver (or at least had at one point one early on.) I remember reading Stereo Review and being inundated by the ads for Pioneer that made them look like the cat's pajamas. When I went to H... 
Personal amp evolution
1976- Pioneer POC Receiver 1983- NAD Integrated Model Whatever 1988- Naim Nait 21989- Linn LK 280/Spark (tweetie-spark)1990- Linn Klout 1992- Linn Klout x 3 via active crossover2003- Pathos Logos2007- Eastern Electric 520 with NOS tubes (now in of... 
Best sounding CD Player for $3K or less used?
Consonance Audio Droplet CDP-5.0 
Best sounding CD Player for $3K or less used?
Consonance Audio Droplet CDP-5.0 - at the upper limit with a $3000 list price.I have had the droplet in my system for 3 months and am quite taken by the dynamics and musicality of this strange looking 55 pound beast. Review favorably on 6moons. 
Blue Ridge Sound Engineering Speakers ???
Considering the performance claims, I am guessing that the component speakers are modded by techniques developed by Peter Belt and/or Machina Dynamica.Perhaps a rename to Clever Little Speaker is in order? 
Did Mirage ever produce any OM-1 speakers
I saw a sales brochure, but have not been able to locate a store with the OM-1 available to audition. List price is around $20k - $24