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Best treatment for speaker feet????
My preference for my room/speakers...(flooring is padded carpeting over poured cement basement floor)18" x 18" Travertine tile, 2" thick maple plinth from Timber Nation on that, then Totem Ball & Claw supporting Totem Forests on the maple plin... 
Ear Buds? Any good recommendations under $100?
Yuin PK-2s. Sit inside your ear but not inside the ear canal (if that makes sense). 
CD/SACD Player Recommendation
I'll echo the Denon recommendations. A few years ago, I got a modified demo Denon 2910 from David Schulte at the Upgrade Company. It replaced a Cambridge Audio D500SE and sounds much better to me. Not that I think you should try to find another 29... 
My favorite Steely Dan song has to be...
PS- thanks to Dayglow for resurrecting the thread. 3rd World Man is a great track. 
My favorite Steely Dan song has to be...
Really glad to stumble on this old thread and see so many admirers of the Dan. They are great. A favorite track though? Just can't pick one. Different week, different favorite. None the less, think I'm gonna go and listen to Pretzel Logic this eve... 
Using BLER to determine audio quality of CDs?
Dhl - interesting stuff. Thanks for sharing. 
Whats on your turntable tonight?
Don't crush that dwarf! Hand me the pliars. 
Best CD player under $25000.
Seriously? there's a Goldman CDP for $135K???? and will that sound 100x better than my lowly modded Denon2910 in my lowly system??? Very unlikely. Crazy stuff.If I had the bread, I'd probably spend it on another Porsche. 
Are Disc Players Dead?
No, not yet...and oh, by the way, please - I'd like one of everything else too. 
Whats on your turntable tonight?
"Windfalls" - Carl Weingarten & Gale Ormiston"I Advance Masked" - Andy Summers & Robet Fripp 
What equipment uses 5687 tubes?
The Consonance Cyber 800SEs use one 5687 tube per monoblock (along w/4 EL34s and two 6922s in each). Am using NOS GEs in mine. 
Beth Hart & Joe Bonamassa-"Don't Explain"
Great stuff, folks. All I have right now is Sloe Gin. Pretty good stuff! but nice to have some other recommendations. Thanks. 
Whats on your turntable tonight?
Pink Floyd's - The Final CutWorld Party's - Private Revolution 
Anyone running Totem Forests w/Dreamcatcher subs?
Mickey and Bj - Thanks for your input. Bj - I'm sure you are right about the Forest freq. response but honestly, right now, for what I listen to, the Forests are fine. I really don't feel like I'm missing anything BUT that is a function of educati... 
Upgrading Fuses
Bless you, Milpai.So much of debate hangs on unproven, underlying assumptions; e.g., our technologically enhanced senses can fully grasp reality. Hundreds of years ago humanity lacked instruments to "see" bacteria that caused millions of deaths in...