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music these days....
I feel the great music is still being produced, you just have to seek it out & see below the surface of all the BS dished out for the spending masses. 
I need a 20 or 25 foot headphone cable
thanks Swamp...I guess I never thought about just getting an extension...that'll probably be easier & cheaper. take care. 
Spare change on a speaker cabinet
wooden nickels anyone? 
Tube rolling for the Cary SLP 2002
Don't know if this will be useful or not to you but here goes...I used this tube preamp with a Pass X250 amp & it was a great match although the gain match (volume) wasn't perfect. I couldn't run the pre past 9-10am on the dial. I sent the uni... 
Any Can fans out there?
I still listen to Future Days & Ege Bamyasi occasionally, good stuff. 
Is HDCD dead?
no but alot of the DEAD are on HDCD.....Cary = HDCD 
Entry level amp?
Cary SLI-80 or Rogue integrated 
Best cables to use for Pass Labs equip
I used to run the identical IC cable (all XLR) setup as Audphile w/ AZ Hologram 2 spkr cables (w/X250 & X-pre). pretty hard to beat for the price used. 
How do YOU pronounce...
Sadie...I say Sadie pour us another round. btw, great thread & cheers lads. 
Frisell/Krauss subliminal Pink Floyd Tribute ??
for other great albums that Frisell had a great presence on, try Chip Taylor & Carrie Rodriguez, Red Dog Tracks or Vic Chesnutt, Ghetto Bells, both from 2005. btw, i wish all live albums were as well recorded as East-West 
Meldau/Metheny: Thoughts?
The collaboration of these 2 is excellent. I bought it as soon as it was released & still listen to it frequently. T bone, I too wish there were more music posts but maybe most folks listen to gear & not new music.btw, also listening alot ... 
The Dead
politics really gives me the "US Blues" 
Comparison of Thiel CS2.4 vs. Vandersteen 3A Sig.
I owned new 2.4's for almost a year, ran them with all the "right stuff" (Pass X250 amp & Pass X pre, 306/200 CDP, Cardas Golden Cross everywhere) & could not listen to 80% of my CD collection. I really wanted to like these speakers & ... 
Best Acoustic Guitar Players Of All Time?
yes Grier is great, also Bryan Sutton is an excellent bluegrasser... 
Best Acoustic Guitar Players Of All Time?
Pat Metheny, Jerry Garcia (I love his style & tone) & John Carlini (one of Tony Rices' sidekicks)