I have been out of the loop for quite a while so I need to lean on you guys for some advice. I need some recommendations on interconnects from a new plasma HDTV to a Audio Research SP-16 preamp. Since neither my TV nor my DVD player are my main source of audio enjoyment, I want to keep the price reasonable. MonoPrice, Blue Jeans, etc.??

Thanks for your help.

As I have posted, I recently bought a Benchmark DAC1 that I like a lot. I first tried a cheap Philips DVD player as a source and that sounded awful. I broke out a old and quirky Optimus portable CD player with digital out and got very good sound, but the player was in the habit of stopping without notice or reason and all the options like track selection no longer worked so it was not a long term solution. It gave me a good soundstage and very clear highs, something I really liked. I bought a used Rotel 1070 to use as a transport and that has a completey different sound.

http://50th.warnerbrosrecords.com/

WTF!? How stupid and annoying is it that they hype this big 50 years of music book/package prominently featuring a RECORD being played, and they give you music collection on a USB driver?!!!!

And obviously it's lossy MP3s seeing as how it's 21 hours of music and they don't make 20GB USB thumb drives for under a couple hundred dollars. They have a lesser CD version it looks like too.

My little system is okay for listening but, I

I purchased a McIntosh C2200 preamp in 2005, and nearing the end of its warranty this year, the digital volume attenuator failed!:o

The UK importer had changed to a new company called Market Leaders UK, who repaired the preamp but left me with a bill of

Hola,

A recent follow up on the Musical Fidelity Super Charger 550K really got me smoldering the brain coals.

On the one hand, it was Stereophile Recommended Component Class A in October 2007.

In the follow up, it sounds like it kind of falls short. And that's putting it nicely.

What happened?

Why is this relevant?

Music Direct has them half off until the end of the month. 2500 bucks for a potentially "Class A' rig, or, a box of sonic ennui?

How about a follow up to the follow up?

Felice Navidad, y'all.

This week is Ben Webster week at Casa Buddha de la Temoporario Chico California, and it made me wa-wa-wonder...

Who's you absoulte favorite sax player?

For me, it is Gentle Ben, Ben Webster.

Playing the Dig Ben Storyville release each night this week, and digging His Smoothness.

Mrs. Buddha is a staunch Coltraner, bar none. She's played the Coltrane and Monk disc more than I have.

Hi,

This is bugging me:

Let's say you are the chief investigator in a drug operation. You have wire taps approved by the court, and you find a suspect who is setting up a drug deal with a buyer...they've talked about it on the phone and you have tapes...so you move in and arrest the dealer before the drugs are in place and the buyer has handed over the money and taken possession of the drugs.

You get no drugs and all you've got is two guys talking about a deal.

Premature edjudication?