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Filling speaker stands: sand, lead, steel, rice. Full, half, etc?
Kitty Litter. Unscented. And unused. 
Dealers hijacking the discussions
Attention gained. Again. Elephant wins :) 
Wonderful visit and 5-star customer service at Audio Doctor in Jersey City, NJ!
Joe- read what I wrote again. 
Wonderful visit and 5-star customer service at Audio Doctor in Jersey City, NJ!
Why not just thank ph2 privately for his kudos.  
Merrill VERITAS monoblock amplifiers
Heard this very combo at Axpona this past weekend. Was surprised to see not only SS driving horns, but, gads, class D?!? It sounded very, very good. One of my highlights of the show. 
Raidho D1 audition
Audio Salon in Miami carries both Magico and Raidho. 
Evolution Acoustics MMMicroOne
Jtinns response to Recroom is certainly more gracious than Recrooms petty diatribe against EA deserves. Kudos to Jonathan for staying above the fray. Now THAT'S something to ponder. 
What are your fav “Off Hollywood” films
Fishing for GandhiThe machinistBad Lieutenant 
Luxman M-600A
So let me see if I understand this thread: We have a dealer shilling the Luxman that he just happens to have a great deal on ( please contact him! ), Audioblazer imploring Audiofeil to be more respectful and then respectfully calling him audiofilt... 
Rives Audio Consulting - Advice?
Goatwuss, welcome to my world. I too have ended up with a small 2 way monitor, it's the only thing that works sans a dozen plus traps (which tame the room modes but killed dynamics). Live and learn, caveat emptor, et cetera. 
Rives Audio Consulting - Advice?
Well, this was an ongoing issue for about 3 years, so it is too much to go into here- I just can't type that much. Fundamentally, from the day the room was built I had and continue to have huge bass issues. And not only with the original speakers ... 
Rives Audio Consulting - Advice?
Two sides to every nickel. My experience with Rives when and after they did my room is one of the worst experiences I've had in audio. But I'm happy for you guys that had a good outcome. 
Album which you have listened to most?
Chet Baker- Chet. Closely followed byTom Waits- Closing TimeWith CD's it's a different story 
Great jazz and Rock unknown GEMS Share yours
Hayes Carll- Trouble in Mind, his most recent. Think Uncle Tupelo/Steve Earl-ish. Maybe. Kinda.Manu Kache-Neighborhood. Gabriels sometime drummer jazz offering with Tomascz Stanko and Jan Garbarek. Don't know if either is necessarily unknown, but ... 
'they blew'em off the stage'
Hey thanks Marty, I'll check the Mercer CD out. Luna, Feelies and Galaxy 500 all had some good stuff around then, and all were good live shows. I think they had some member hopping between those bands also.