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Two great recent books on music.
bdp24,As big a fan as you are of The Band I assume you have read both “This Wheel’s On Fire” by Levon Helm and “Testimony” by Robbie Robertson. If so, how would you compare “The History of the Band” to them? 
Has anyone finally decided to sell their Turntable and Vinyl collection?
stereo5,You have my respect and admiration. As I read your post the title from track 1 of Mark Knopfler’s “Kill To Get Crimson” came to mind: True Love Will Never Fade.” 
Harbeth Super HL 5 Plus room size?
I have Harbeth SHL 5+ 40th anniversary in 18x12x8 room. 36inches from rear wall. 8 feet apart. My chair is about 9 feet from the front speaker plane. Sounds great. I also have a pair of the P3esr 40th that I one afternoon put in the system using t... 
I lied to my wife about the price of Stax 009S headphone
“I got a God fearing woman One I can easily afford”Bob DylanGonna Change My Way of Thinking from the album “Slow Train Coming” 
List your System Ingredients: Listed most to least expensive, by list price or price paid
pokey77 wonders about the point of this,”Not sure you will find any meaningful trends here.”If Tina Turner were an audiophile perhaps should be singing,”What’s meaning got to do with it, got to do with itWhat’s meaning to an audiophile’s emotionWh... 
The Harbeth phenomenon
No problem at all dave_b. As a past owner of Compact 7es3 and m30.1, and presently own SHL 5+ 40th anniversary and P3esr 40th anniversary I tend to agree with your characterization of them at higher volumes (although contrary to Alan Shaw’s advice... 
The Harbeth phenomenon
In one post dave_b stated "There are many paths to satisfaction, various priorities and expectations." And in another he states " If you can’t energize a room with lifelike sound levels and maintain low distortion/low compression then a table top... 
Song (or music) you want played at your funeral.
Bill FayNever Ending HappeningThank You Lord 
MS Nova Phenomena is Rega Aria
Audiotroy, Thank you for the quick response. What I am hoping is that someone familiar with both phono amps, having a sense of any different sonic characteristics between the two, would post a response. 
Your favorite male soul voices
Wilson Pickett’s rendition of Hey Jude on Duane Allman’s Anthology, vol.1.I have been listening to music for awhile this afternoon and was just about to turn it off for the day. Then I came across this thread. Not yet, one more song. Somebody grab... 
Primare I35 Prisma
I heard the i35 with matching CD player at Axpona 2018. It sounded very good. Primare had two systems there. The smaller one consisted of an i15 with dd15 cd transport. The i35 has the newer generation UFPD 2 amplification design. I use an i22 int... 
How did a bands' name originate?
"...I can't remember exactly who came up with 'The Who' in the first place. We were round at Pete's mate Barney"s flat chucking around all sorts of silly names. The Group. No One.The Hair. Pete liked that one. I think someone made a suggestion tha... 
Luxman Integrated - What do they sound like
Thanks builder1 and agrippa. 
Luxman Integrated - What do they sound like
agrippa29 posts01-20-2019 7:57pmMy amp is a Luxman L-550AXII, but sadly I’m unsure how to explain the differences between it and the many other amps I’ve owned. Fortunately there’s no shortage of reviews to be had by googling, all of which ar... 
Luxman L590AXii vs Accuphase E-650 for a Shindo lover
Are you sure you want to leave the amp on all the time? In the past I had a Luxman L-550ax. When I left it on for a while without playing music it got warm to the touch, too warm to leave on all the time.