If you want to avoid that "dorm" look storing 1,000+ CDs can be difficult. Does anyone store their collection--or a majority of it--inside CD albums? That eliminates the space hungry jewel case. I know albums consume less space, but are they practical? Please comment.

I currently have a Technics SL-D2 direct drive turntable with a Ortofon cartridge I paid about $69 for at The Neddle Doctor I forget the model, connected to my Denon AVR-1906 receiver through an old Marantz integrated I'm using as a phono stage. My speakers are B&W DM220s. It is a humble set up but it serves me well. The Marantz is being moved to another room for other duties and I am planing on investing about $500 into my playback system.

I very rarely tend to browse my music library in iTunes, (which I use on Windows XP for ripping/tagging CDs), since I mostly browse/play back with either foobar2000 (headphone system) or Sonos (big-rig). However while fixing the tags on a disc I had ripped the other day I noticed something very strange.

Lots of tracks had a little '!' icon in the left-hand column of the library view and if I tried to play them I got the message 'The song XYZ could not be used because the original file could not be found. Would you like to locate it?'

Telarc does blind A/B to checkout some new stuff, why is it not used at StereoPhile? Bet it would show just how goofy some claims are. Wood blocks, overpriced TT's, giant changes due to a piece of wire. DBT, it works on drugs, recording pros, why not at teh magazine? http://www.digitalaudio.dk/Press_telarc.htm

http://www.digitalaudio.dk/

http://www.merging.com/

Briefly scanning over Amazon.com's offerings I noticed that the last reissue of this album was remastered in 1994, is this correct? Any newer reissues with better sound, or in a better format (sacd)?
Thanks

congratulations...
stereophile - a 'best product of 2007'
for accessory - REALTRAPS MONDOTRAPS
congratulations - eathan winer
www.realtraps.com

ps- i dont have any but i have learned a little about this stuff by following mr. winers comments and advice here.
regards, and congrats.
paul

Dear Mr. Atkinson,

Why do you persist in pointing out that the Transporter will not

I am upgrading our stereo system and am venturing into "high-end" components for the first time. Would appreciate any and all comments. Am looking at purchasing the following:

Paradigm Signature S8 speakers
Marantz PM-11S1 or PM-15S1 integrated amp
Marantz SA-11S2 or SA-15S1 CD\SACD player
Marantz ST7001 AM\FM tuner

or
Cambridge Audio Azur 840A integrated amp
Cambridge Audio Azur 840C cd player (not SACD)
Cambridge Audio Azur 640T tuner

Planning to bi-wire the speakers. Not sure if this impacts amplifier decision.