As I moved yet another round of cds down to the basement last night, and surveyed my bulging at the seams storage area, I got to wondering how many albums serious listeners own, and how they're stored, and whether the herd ever gets culled.

I'm guessing I have a couple of thousand cds all told, with perhaps a hundred lps and even though it's slightly OT, a few hundred dvds.

s.

I know you folks don't do requests, but I would love some sort of general update on tuners - what's the state of the art, what to buy, etc. Radio is probably less and less a source for many folks, but personally (and living on the border with Canada) I'm finding lots to interest me.

And if I could push my luck: can someone give a listen to the new passive AudioEngines?

tks,

Scott A.

My JSB journey of discovery continues and this fascinating disc is my latest find:

The disc revolves around an interesting musicological premise, namely that the Ciaccona from the D minor Partita is actually an epitaph to Bach's first wife of thirteen years, Maria Barbara, who passed away suddenly in the summer of 1720.

Third Man Records (the record label/studio etc of Jack White [White Stripes, Raconteurs, Dead Weather]) has "Your Turntable's Not Dead" as a motto on their website.

BTW, happy Record Store Day (april 17)

I live in N. California, around plenty of eucalyptus trees. In the rainy/windy season, we have frequent power outages. While I have my stereo system behind a Panamax power conditioner, when the power goes off and returns, the Panamax starts up again and reboots the system.
What I am looking for is a power interrupt switch, that goes off when the power goes off, but has to be manually restarted, thus preventing sudden off-on scenarios for my VAC integrated.

Thanks,

Roders.

I've loved it since the day I got it last year, but I decided to move it from my mid-level multichannel setup (though I always just used the front channels for iPod music) into my very modest office setup (Onkyo surround amp with $100 bookshelf speakers). Holy crap, it sounds like I just got a new system!

It went from a dull, restricted range, with washed out details to REAL music coming out! Man- I guess it really is the source after all.