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Best of in new york
Txikitos in Chelsea is really good take, with a Spanish flair. 
Under the Radar 70s UK punk.....
Avengers, The Banned, The Boomtown Rats, Bow Wow Wow, Buzzcocks, Dead Boys, Dr. Feelgood, E-Boys, Eddie and the Hot Rods, The Flamin' Groovies, The Flying Lizards, Graham Parker, Ian Dury, The Jam, Magazine, Mink Deville, the Modern Lovers, Nick L... 
Best Rock Album in 2010
Le Noise! 
Top 5 Hamburgers
Azaud: 4 million air miles. Everyone in my family thought Up In The Air was my life story. 
Top 5 Hamburgers
Best Sandwiches:Italian: NYC: Bar Stuzzichini, Defontes, Porchetta, Terroir, TorrisiChicago: Birchwood Kitchen, Joe BostonsSF: Cane Rosso, Ironside, Orson, Sandbox Bakery, The RefugeLA: Phillipes, Santa Fe Importers, Langers, Bay City, Claros, D' ... 
Top 5 Hamburgers
Agree with Brent's. Super great hand cut lox. 
Top 5 Hamburgers
MacdadLove that place. I also love Joe Boston's in Chicago for Italian Beef and the Gibson Brothers in Santa Maria style tri-tip.Concerning Houston, I love Dot's Coffeeshop for their chicken fried. Amazingly good. 
Best Private Retreat Using Closed Headphones
I agree with DMob here. There is a wonderful headphone store in Portland called 32 Ohm. You may wish to call them. A wealth of product and opinion. 
Three best audiophile CD/LP in your collection
Joni Mitchell Hijera; Paul Kelly May 1992, Willie Nelson Teatro 
Top 5 Hamburgers
Yes Phaelon, I was probably wrong for starting this thread. But there again, it is now one of the top ranked. 
Devore Gibbon 3XLs: anyone have these?
Harbeths and Spendors are classic "English" monitors that put tremendous engineering around the mids. ATCs are very much emphasize an analytical approach--not warm like Harbeths--more clinical and don't favor sources or genres.Devores are more org... 
Your Personal Soundtrack
CWLONDON. downtime. 
Your Personal Soundtrack
Kind of like mellow tubey magic. I have a small collection of 200 albums (1950s to today) but love a warm soundstage and simple playing. For classics, I love the first three Band albums (Chestfever!), most of the early Bob Marley catalog, mid 70s ... 
Proac response D2 or Harbeth for a Leben cs-600
Love ATC. They never work with tubes, unless you mate a tube pre-amp with their active ones. 
Proac response D2 or Harbeth for a Leben cs-600
NotecHe said "but which speakers." I wanted to expand his playing field.