What was your biggest audio disaster?
It could have been a stupendously bad purchase or, perhaps, a cat running across the turntable while your first-pressing Parlophone Beatles LP was playing. What stands out as your biggest audio disaster?
What was your favorite new release of 2007. No reissues allowed.
Say what you will about the general state of the music business, good music still pops up from time to time. What was your favorite <I>new</I> release of 2007. No reissues allowed.
What was your favorite bargain music purchase (used or a cutout)?
Reader David L. Wyatt, Jr. likes to haunt the used and cutout bins and wants to know what your best find has been to date.
What was your favorite release this year from a music perspective?
Forget about the sound quality this time. What was your favorite disc this year on musical merit alone?
What was your very first audio system?
We all had to start somewhere, reader Mark Gdovin observes. He'd like to know what your very first audio components were.
What will happen to the SACD and DVD-Audio formats? Why?
Now that SACD and DVD-Audio players are available, it's time to hear your predictions for the new formats.
What will it take for SACD to win mass acceptance?
Last week we asked about the relatively low-resolution MP3 format. Now let's get your opinion on ultra-hi-rez: the Super Audio CD.
What work of music would you most like to see released as a multi-channel disc? Why?
With all of the new SACD and DVD-Audio surround-enabled hardware finally coming out, we have to wonder what you'll really want to do with all of those extra channels. What piece of music do you think is especially suited to five or six channels?
What would be the worst audiophile gift you could imagine?
Once you've been identified by your family and friends as an audiophile, they might try to give you gifts to support your habit. What would be the <I>worst</I> audiophile gift you could imagine?
What would most likely make you interested in a new format?
The makers of new audio formats like SACD and DVD-Audio are betting that consumers are looking for something more than they already have. Reader Norm Strong wonders what it is <I>Stereophile</I>'s readers are looking for, and why.