I just heard an advance copy of Gold Sounds by James Carter, Cyrus Chestnut, Ali Jackson, and Reginald Veal (it was released Sept. 27). It's new interpretations of songs by Pavement and I put off listening to it for a while because it sounded like it had to be a gimmick. Boy, was I wrong! It has really good sound and the music--at least in these arrangements--is pretty exciting.

I'm sure I'll end up useing it in reviews, but the print cycle takes so long and you guys should be checking this one out ASAP.

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These are some golden rules I have gathered about being an audiophile over 20 years and thosands of dollars.

1. It is totally pointless to have a audio system capable of 120db peaks with very little distorsion when you are likely to get murdered by irate neighbours at arounnd 100db.

2. While a Loudspeaker size of a coffin will impress some, if you have a small room a compact stand mount will actually sound much better. If you only feel happy with a big coffin get a bigger listening room first !

Here is a great site, which I have found indispensible for understanding audio reproduction.

http://www.rane.com/note145.html

One of the useful points made later on the webpage, under subsection "Caveat Emptor," is the author's note concerning the cost of the equipment needed to begin to test the quality of components (10k+), and why this leaves us at the mercy of the manufacturer.

From the start, this forum was not intended to be used for the buying or selling of goods of any kind. Please do not post classified ads on our forum. Any posts will be deleted.

If you wish to use the internet to buy or sell audio gear, there are many other websites that offer classified ad tools.

Thanks very much.

The question has to be - would you pay 5 grand for a Monster cable? This thing is a copper conducter, with plastic insulation and gold plugs, but jeez c'mon

http://www.wildwestelectronics.net/moncabsigret7.html

Mission Audio M35i speakers
HK 3480 Receiver
NAD C521 CD

I auditioned my speakers on a Jolida tube amp and loved the sound, but when I hooked them up to my solid state amp it just lacked that special presence it had with the tubes. Now the bass is very smooth but the highs seem harsh. (Drums sound great, vocals and strings do not).