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Cross-over upgrade over subwoofer's?
Tact Audio. 
Best Sounding Rhapsody in Blue
Ok, you are obviously very sick and need help... My personal recommendation is Gershwin plays Gershwin.Cheers 
Records that made you reassess your music beliefs
Yes-Tales From Topographic OceansE.L.P-Brain Salad SurgeryPink Floyd-Dark Side Of the MoonLed Zeppelin-IFrank Zappa-ApostropheTom Waits-Mule Variations 
Least sensative speaker to placement
What you need is a small two-way speaker and sub. Get a Tact Audio pre-amp with speaker AND room correction. 
Harshness in Midrange??? Any Help
One or more dedicated AC lines should help. I have used the Kimber silver (8tc?) speaker cables and found the sound harsh. I greatly prefer Ensemble cables, also at some point in every great "digital" system, the DAC becomes the weakest link. 
Why spend megabucks on a tuner?
Because radio is THE tool, of the devil. 
Why HDCD did not become a dominant format?
What is the answer to 99 questions out of 100? Money. From the movie "Vanilla Sky". 
Which speakers?
KLIPCSH,POLK,LEGACY, start there. 
DCM Time Window 1 questions
Probably $1000.00 or less. 30 wpc would be my absolute minimum, 80 would be ideal minimum and SS amps at this power rating typically only use one output device for better sound. Lots of choices in the used market, depends on what your priorities a... 
A "bit" of information
Welcome to the real world Neo... 
Setting up Quad 988 right
Jeffery, you are correct, I did not plan to equal space them. Some sacds have the diagram for the layout included in the packaging. My upstairs room/ceiling is 17ft wide by 20ft or so with an 8ft flat ceiling and no back wall, instead it opens int... 
Setting up Quad 988 right
I am working on a music/theater system and I plan to use five or more 988 mounted to the ceiling "upside down" in a circle. The circle array is specified for five channel sacd and probably three channel as well. Another reason for this arrangement... 
anyone listen to marching bands?
R2DF- I LOVE A PARADE. CONDUCTED BY JOHN WILLIAMSThis album is the real deal! You better have a system that can handle it though!!! I love it, great fun! 
First LP to keep you in genre for life
C.C.R.- Cosmo's factory! 
Eerie, Ethereal, Moody, Involving Soundtracks
Batman,the score not the soundtrack,Hannibal.When available always look for scores not the soundtracks.