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Most achingly-beautiful music
Slipknot you may want to check out Jacqueline Dupre's version on EMI Mfg's Catalog # 47614Highly Recommended! 
Verity Fidelio, Alon Lotus Elite & Merlin VSM-M?
Hi Yaboothis "hi-fi" sound you mention, could you please expand on that and give up some details. Without details it sounds as though you are maybe disgruntled and unhappy, there is hope on the horizon. The VSM's are NOT lightweight in the bass wi... 
Best of your best - Your Top 25
sorry about that....no pun intended, should be hard EARNED, what were my tinger's finkin? 
Best of your best - Your Top 25
"I thought the women from the Greater Northeast had the big hair too!" and who could forget (that can remember that far back) the South Filwee girls with that big hair, some of the biggest as a matter of recollection, it wasn't just the South Jers... 
My, My...what a nice sound this amp has ...
Thanks Rw for sharing your epiphany with us. I'll never forget the day it happened to me almost 20 years ago. Happy tunes to You! Will 
Sophomore Slump? The best 2nd albums of all time
Deju Vu - CSN&Y - not saying the first was a dud, it sure wasn't but again, Neil Young wasn't on the first, so the second was a bit more creative IMO.Another "ditto" for Led II 
The Great Cryo'd Outlet Test
Ed, your credibility will wither away if the results aren't what the believers expect them to be; you will thus be labeled resident doubting "Thomas" :)There is a certain characteristic I immediately notice with every component/part in the system ... 
Mozart Piano Concertos 20 & 21
Thanks Sugarbrie for that great recommendation. I have at least 5 versions of #20, my favorite to date being Alfred Brendel, UNTIL I purchased the Curson. His playing and interpretation is really on a differnet plane than any of the others by a qu... 
The Legendary ? Infinity IRS V
Hi TreljaSorry I missed your follow-up. Yes indeed it was Bill LeGall's system I heard which was prior to him starting on the pair he had in the Living Room. What I found remarkable about Bill, a genius of sorts, is his intuitive knowledge of what... 
I'm going back to tubes... a question for y'all
Sorry S23chang, didn't see your list before responding to your 1st post. So far as vintage gear and value goes, I do agree with much of what you say. So far as OTL amps, yes they do have limitations like most tube gear. Does "in your face" mean a ... 
I'm going back to tubes... a question for y'all
"Yes... Not only I switched to tube gear.. I'm even going back to vintage gear. If you find the right one that matches your speakers, they actually better than most of the modern tube gear."Well s23chang, I don't know about that. I have a pair of ... 
I'm going back to tubes... a question for y'all
"To me, these are tube amps with an SS heart."Well Sean I don't know if I would put it like that. How about "A tube amp with the soul of tubes and the top to bottom extension and dynamics of ss." I don't get heart from ss, it misses too much low l... 
Preamp Deal of the Century
Hi MRMBThe CAT I owned, still own but it is on extended loan, is an older unit. How the newer units compare with the Supratek Syrah is open to question especially since you have the JL-1 amps. As Ecclectique notes, the Syrah is more transparent an... 
Who Was Your Favorite One Hit Wonder
Well George most might have but I sure didn't. Thanks for that bit of information, I'll be sure to file it in the depths of my shallow memory for future reference. 
Who Was Your Favorite One Hit Wonder
and oh I forgot "Feelings" Morris Albert a Brazilian artist that ironically enough didn't make it in Brazil. Was there a bigger hit in 1975 than that one?