What would you like to nominate as the best audio product released in 1999? Why?
For the December issue, <I>Stereophile</I> will be running its "Product of the Year" results. But what would <I>you</I> nominate for best product of 1999?
What would you like to see reviewed in Stereophile?
At <I>Stereophile</I> we often gets requests for product reviews. What would you like to see reviewed?
What would you recommend that a budding audiophile pick up as his or her first serious source component for less than $1000? Explain.
With all the bargains in value-priced turntables and disc players available right now, what would you recommend that a budding audiophile pick up as his or her first serious source component for less than $1000? Explain.
What would you want to see most at CES?
The Consumer Electronics Show is open only to the industry each year, but if you could go, what would you want to see most?
What would you, as a consumer, suggest the industry do in order to ensure high-end audio's survival?
Based on the replies from an earlier "Vote!" about the future of high-end audio, many audiophiles predict a continually diminishing market for high-end gear.
What, in your opinion, has the greatest effect on a system's "sound"?
Conventional wisdom has always held that a pair of speakers can make the biggest difference in how a system sounds. But these days other components may be equally or more important, depending on the situation.
What's on your audio wish list to Santa and his little cobblers?
Reader I.M. Outthere wants to tap into the audiophile mind to see what visions are dancing in your heads. Does anything in particular top your holiday audio wish list?
What's the all-time most-annoying album you've had the misfortune to acquire?
For some folks, it might be polka tunes; for others, that tuba quintet CD they were given as a birthday gift. What single recording have you acquired that has proven to be the most annoying?
What's the best audio deal out there?
Readers often complain that high-end audio products are priced too high for the typical enthusiast to afford. But good audiophile gear does exist. In your opinion, what's the best audio deal out there?
What's the best bargain component you've discovered?
In last week's "Soapbox," reader Mark Gdovin discussed a great bargain CD player he had found. What's the best bargain component you've discovered?