zstokes

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Best drink while listening to your rig?
Alaskan Smoked Porter with a nice Monte, Hoegaarden White with some orange, tangerine and grapfruit pieces, 
Who is your overall favorite guitarist?
Although they aren't 'guitarists', but 'mondolinists', David Grisman & Chris Thile 
NHT ST-4. Great deal and sounds funny Help GURUS
I will give a thumbs up to the JM Labs sugg. I have the Cobalt 826s (lower end of JM...Electras are great, Utopias are insane!)I love them, and I am only using a receiver (trying to change that now)Z 
Some of my favorite songs are......
Neil Young - Harvest Moon (Dad & I do a pretty good version)Jack Williams - Eternity & MainInto The Mystic - Van MorrisonI'm a Goin' Fishin - Taj MahalBlackbird - The BeatlesDiamonds On My Windshield - Tom WaitsNight Shift - The Commodores... 
Cars. What does the typical audiophile drive?
weekdays - 96 Mustang (heap..was my wife's car)weekends - 2001 SportTrac (what wife got when we bought a new vehicle....I pay for my hobbies in cars to my wife....but that's okay...at least her taste is improving now that I am actually making some... 
No Stairway and no Free bird.. please...
Voodoochile,I agree with the hardness aspect of Tool.... Edgy dance tunes are kinda tough to come by.If you are a fan, you might think about some Van Morrison. I dabbled a little on the bass with some guys from college (my talent PLAYING music is ... 
Anybody hear of Jack Johnson?
His new CD comes out May 6th. 
Mark Knopfler's Ragpickers Dream-heard it?
There will never be a Knopfler CD I won't buy immediately, even without hearing it first.Cheers,Z 
No Stairway and no Free bird.. please...
Parabol and Parabola are an excellent tandem from their latest, but not sure if it's great gig material.If you're looking at Tool, I'd look at LIbras by Perfect Circle.Have Fun!Z 
Pharcyde.
"Reachin" is the wrong album from The Digables. Try "Blowout Comb". You also absolutly should try some stuff from The Roots...Try "Illadelph Halflife" or "Do You Want More?!?!". 
What's your profession? Age?
I am a 28 yr old Computer Engineer for Walt Disney Feature Animation. I am just getting into this game, and stuggling with my first purchases. I have narrowed my speaker choice down the the JM Labs Cobalt line. I recently listened to them run from... 
B&K with bryston?
Good advice fellas, but I am still have a couple questions...I want to stress to you that I pretty new to this. I have been doing a bit of reading, and a bit of listening, but still know very little.I also want to let you know that I am not after ... 
B&K with bryston?
Ah the budget. Well, for everyone trying to do this on a 'budget', God help them, and me.I would like to grab an amp for $800 or less for the mains, however, considering I don't need 250 watts per channel, I think I should be able to spend a littl... 
B&K with bryston?
Is it possible for a Denon or B&K reciever to sound better than the setup listed below, even if the amp is a 2B-LP? I seriously do not know...I am a newbie at this. I figured that the 2B would be a good place to start...If I don't like how tha... 
Processor ?
Actually I have just flopped my thinking. I have just posted on the amps preamps forum, and here is the bulk of it...The Cobalts are super efficient, 91.5 with a max power handling of 125W. I am using a powered sub, so I can cross them over fairly...