Welcome Rob!
I think you'll like it here!
Do you subscribe to the mag? If not,I highly recommend it(no I don't work for Stereophile lol)!
I can relate to what you said about Rock music. It doesn't interest me much anymore. Maybe it's maturity, I don't know.
In any case may I recommend buying the "Editor's Choice" cd from this site? It's a sampler of music recorded by John Atkinson (aka JA)the editor of Stereophile magazine. I bought it a few months ago & I like it more each time I listen to it! John uses a fairly "minimalist"(sp?) approach when recording. There are other cds of his there as well.
Also, check out Chesky Records for high quality recordings.
Also, I just bought 2 samplers from Music Direct. One was Blue Grass the other was a 30th anniversary sampler from Reference Recordings(classical). Both high quality recordings.
Ok, I'll stop rambling! Again, welcome! Larry