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Under my tower speakers -- Isoacoustics Gaia, other options?
+1 @avanti1960  Also try Tiptoes if you can find them. Used them with excellent results back in the 80s.  
Warm Take on Professional Audio Equipment Reviews
+1 @jasonbourne52   
What's in your CDP tonight? the minority report
Queen  
Patricia Barber - Cafe Blue is an effects album
@erik_squires , yes, Cafe Blue sounds wonderful, but it isn't a favorite of mine either. Here are a few of the  albums that are favorites of mine and are also very well recorded- Simple Minds, Glittering Prize Armstrong & Ellington, Dukes P... 
upgrade player or use modified oppo bdp 105 as transport
+1 For all the above  
patricia barber - diana krall - holly cole
@immatthewj , check out the song Hotel California off the album Hell Freezes Over. It's a live version and I rate it class A. Not sure about other P Barber albums I have, if any. Will check and let you know.  
Best Place for Bootleg Recordings?
Oh, didn't know that. Goes to show you CAN teach an old dog new tricks! Sorry for the confusion. Thanks for the clarification.  
patricia barber - diana krall - holly cole
@immatthewj Yes, my few HDCDs don't sound better, and some sound worse, than my standard CDs. My SACDs, like yours, do sound better, and some sound phenomenal.  
Starting from Basically Scratch. Help me power some Wilson Watt Puppys
@captainswankypants Nonsense! Nothing is excessive for captainswankypants! Buy two monos!!! Blow the roof off!!! Live dangerously, captainswankypants!  
Starting from Basically Scratch. Help me power some Wilson Watt Puppys
Sanders Magtech?  
Best Place for Bootleg Recordings?
Why not buy legitimate albums from Amazon?  
Speaker cable recommendations
Blue Jeans?  
want to replace my Marantz CD player
Luxman?    
Is there a remedy?
That would drive me crazy. I would sell them and buy something better made. I would justify it as being "economical".   
Innovative Autio in NYC just hung up on me
Considering what they cost, the person answering the phone should have impeccable manners.