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Starting Analog...
Man, you're toast!...but with butter & jelly.Enjoy the ride. 
would you bother?
Dan, I do wear my shades when spinnin 'n grinnin. The Kool-aid I place on the CDP to free-up my hands. ;>)I use both A & D and have stepped in crap and sniffed roses from each. It depends on the software.A well-recorded, produced and manufa... 
Damping Vibration - Friend or Foe?
Eldartford, I am not aware of the "E.D. medication," for the "promotional tool" (not enough TV watching, I guess) do you have a web address for it?If a person says right away...bam!..."I am a dealer/seller" then let him write whatever he wants (ho... 
Help this budding Classical audiophile
Aha! Undoubtedly, there was contamination at the lab, consequently, leading to the Arabian in question developing hair of a particularly coarse nature. There is the scratchy sound right there! (Have you tried bi-hairing and, also maybe, placing an... 
Help this budding Classical audiophile
Maestro Eldartford,I think the element of...ahem...practice...may be in question here? ;>)(Or maybe it's the chin-rest you are using. Have you tried the oxygen-free model by Hollistic Thermometer? Also, what kind of horse did you use for the bo... 
copper, silver, uranium 238?
I am partial to uranium, myself. Have no need for dirty electricity. 
What does Holographic mean to you?
oops, oops, oops..."Trane"...sorry. 
What does Holographic mean to you?
Hi Mhu,"Vanilla Sky" is the movie...may the Train be with you. 
listener fatigue? go analogue.
Although, in general, I agree with your assesment that analog is preferable to digital "most" of the time, I don't find it so when the LPs suffer from so much compression as many classical releases do from the 60s through 70s. In many cases, compa... 
Best digital cable below $500
Acoustic Zen MC2 works well for my system. Wadia 23 (used as transport) to Audiomeca Enkianthus X DAC.I tried several others from Signal Cable, to your HT and the Kimber Orchid. All very good, but I found the AZ best for me.All SS gear, listen to ... 
Is the Ortofon Kontrapunkt A compatible with MMF-7
Artemus, you may also want to consider the Benz Glider. I heard it (the medium output model) on a friends MMF 7 and it was a significant improvement on my MMF 7/Eroica combination.I went as far as to buy one but never used it, deciding instead to ... 
Absolute Power Cord users, please...
Terrific! I wish there was a similar way of doing interconnects. (Any ideas?) 
I have a confession to make
Scottht, we "may" be able to stop...well, for awhile...but "forget" downsizing! All that'll be left of us emotionally won't be worth living with.You see, we tasted the fruit... 
Absolute Power Cord users, please...
Hey, Hdm, thanks a bunch man! What great ideas.Why do you thing the fridge does a better job? Higher electric draw at a more constant rate?Best wishes. 
WAF, Help, Need Strategy
Buy her a solo trip to Paris (if you have the dough, send a girlfriend with her...you pretend that work-matters are keeping you grounded.), BEFORE, you redo the listening room. When she comes back and sees the finished product, pretend you know ab...