Much more noise. The sort of noises that tells you where the recording was made and who stood where. The good kind of noise.

I added a fourth PS Audio Noise Harvester.

For years I thought no matter what I did to the system and the room I would always ultimately hear the vague outlines of my room imposing itself on the recording. With these in place, my room consistently dispappears and the venue comes forth. Amazing! I've heard numerous AC products and these are IMO special.

Dire Straits; Love Over Gold, Remaster CD

A classic that benefits from the remaster. Like DSOTM a disc you should have at least two copies of and preferrably one vinyl and one CD. $7.99 in the clearance bin at B. Dalton.

Music: 5
Sound: 5

***

Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown; No Looking Back CD

God! How's he get that band to play like that?! This is tighter than Basie or Ellington. No one swings the blues like Gatemouth. There are time signature changes here that I can't keep up with. Very, very unpredictable and utterly enjoyable!

Hi

Watched Haitink conducting Bruckner 8 yesterday.

I wanted to ask a question that sounds really arrogant and as if i know what im talking about, please forgive me that is not my intent.

That would be about 60% of the people of California, Iraq, South Africa, and the "some uh the people out there in our nation don't have that, such as..." Including good looking women from the south that eventually migrate to Southern California.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lj3iNxZ8Dww&feature=related

Check out Buddha at the end...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9yjoGkCoIys

I'm the brother. Which one are you?

From the news:

"The response came days after President Obama lifted all restrictions on the ability of American citizens to visit relatives in Cuba as well as to send them remittances. Travel restrictions for Americans of non-Cuban descent will remain in place."

Wow, so now there's a genetic type of citizen based on ancestry?

Those with relatives in Cuba can travel there, but not me?

That's legal, eh?

Reading this months issue (May) the ads for tube audio keep grabbing my eye. I really don't know that much about them and was wondering if someone could provide a Tube 101 primer like what triode means..how long tubes last...pro's and cons.

Can someone explain why somebody would pair the Benchmark DAC-PRE with the Bel Canto USB-Link that's reviewed in the May issue? Doesn't the Benchmark have USB connectivity already built in? Is there any advantage to using the Bel Canto device with it?

I'm currently running my hifi with some Monster XP wire I bought at Best Buy. It wasn't cheap, but it wasn't that expensive either. Things sound fine to me, but I can't help but wonder if I'm missing out on something.

What are people's thoughts on this? I know that the quality of wire can make a difference, but how much are we talking about? I'm all ears.

My system is a Music Hall MMF-5 > Rega Brio > B&W 683s.

Thanks!