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Do you have a specific method for optimizing speaker placement or do you guess and fiddle?

Stereophile | May 16, 2010 | 81 comments

Do you feel you have developed skills for placing speakers in a room, or do you plunk them down, shuffle them around, and hope for the best?

Do you have a specific method for optimizing speaker placement or do you guess and fiddle?

I've got it down to a science

13% (10 votes)

I've got a general approach

62% (48 votes)

I have a tip or two

9% (7 votes)

I just guess

13% (10 votes)

I don't care about speaker placement

3% (2 votes)

I only use headphones or my computer speakers

1% (1 vote)

Total votes: 78

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We've got the new HRT Music Streamer Pro USB DAC in for review at Stereophile. What music selections would you like to see used for this review?

Jon Iverson | May 09, 2010 | 36 comments

We've got the new HRT Music Streamer Pro USB DAC in for review at Stereophile. We always try to find helpful tracks for putting a product through its paces during our listening sessions. What music selections would you like to see used for this review?

We've got the new HRT Music Streamer Pro USB DAC in for review at Stereophile. What music selections would you like to see used for this review?

Here's what I'd like to see used

85% (39 votes)

I have no idea

15% (7 votes)

Total votes: 46

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What do you think will happen to the major record labels?

Stereophile | May 02, 2010 | 37 comments

The major record labels were riding high, then hit a major speedbump due to the Internet, high pricing, and mediocre music. What's next? What do you think will happen to the major record labels?

What do you think will happen to the major record labels?

Here's what I think will happen

66% (33 votes)

I have no idea

34% (17 votes)

Total votes: 50

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If you're over 30, do you still buy new music?

Steve Guttenberg | Apr 25, 2010 | 0 comments

Let's face it, keeping up with new music gets harder as we get older. If you're over 30, do you still buy new music?

If you're over 30, do you still buy new music?

Yes, there's lots of great new music out there

78% (66 votes)

Yes, for me Dire Straits is new music

6% (5 votes)

No, all new music is crap

9% (8 votes)

I'm happy to keep buying new reissues of old music

2% (2 votes)

I'm under 30

5% (4 votes)

Total votes: 85

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What do you think of horn loudspeakers? Do you own them, have you tried them?

Stereophile | Apr 18, 2010 | 0 comments

The May Stereophile features reviews of horn speakers from JBL and Klipsch. What do you think of horn loudspeakers? Do you own them, have you tried them?

What do you think of horn loudspeakers? Do you own them, have you tried them?

Yes, I own some

46% (43 votes)

Like them, but don't have any

16% (15 votes)

Not quite sure how I feel about them

10% (9 votes)

I don't like them

14% (13 votes)

Never heard them

15% (14 votes)

Total votes: 94

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What is the source component you use most in your home system?

Stereophile | Apr 11, 2010 | 314 comments

As we transition from one format to another, some components hang on as our main source of music. What is the source component you use most in your home system?

What is the source component you use most in your home system?

CD player

23% (25 votes)

Computer

20% (21 votes)

Media server

13% (14 votes)

DVD-Audio or SACD player

14% (15 votes)

Turntable

22% (24 votes)

Tuner

5% (5 votes)

Other

3% (3 votes)

Total votes: 107

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What is the most extreme thing you've done in service to your audiophile habit?

Stereophile | Apr 04, 2010 | 32 comments

It could be a second mortgage or going without real food for weeks. What is the most extreme thing you've done in service to your audiophile habit?

What is the most extreme thing you've done in service to your audiophile habit?

Here it is

87% (34 votes)

I have no idea

13% (5 votes)

Total votes: 39

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Do you have more music than you'll ever be able to listen to?

Stereophile | Mar 28, 2010 | 39 comments

Setting aside radio and streaming sources, when it comes to your collectionLPs, CDs, computer, tapesdo you have more music than you'll ever be able to listen to?

Do you have more music than you'll ever be able to listen to?

Yes, by a long shot

41% (33 votes)

Yes, a bit more

15% (12 votes)

Just the right amount

5% (4 votes)

No, I need more

40% (32 votes)

Total votes: 81

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Name the one instrumentalist you most admire.

Stereophile | Mar 21, 2010 | 29 comments

Baja marimba player, violin or piano virtuoso, slack key guitarist, or turntablist? Name the one instrumentalist you most admire.

Name the one instrumentalist you most admire.

That would be

91% (29 votes)

Don't have one

9% (3 votes)

Total votes: 32

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Who is your favorite male vocalist?

Stereophile | Mar 14, 2010 | 56 comments

Last week, we asked about your female favorite, so it's only natural that this week we give the men a shot. Opera star, singer/songwriter, jazz singer, death growl screamer—who is your favorite male vocalist?

Who is your favorite male vocalist?

Here he is

98% (58 votes)

Don't have one

2% (1 vote)

Total votes: 59

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