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.
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Did you attend HE 2005 last week? If so, what stood out for you?
This year's Home Entertainment Show in New York has just ended. If you had the chance to attend, what caught your ear?
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?
Do you have a specific method for optimizing speaker placement or do you guess and fiddle?
Do you feel you have developed skills for placing speakers in a room, or do you plunk them down, shuffle them around, and hope for the best?
Can you set up and align your own cartridge?
As technology marches on, some of the old audiophile ways become lost arts. Do you still have the skills needed to set up and align a cartridge on a tonearm and turntable?
Do DRM (digital rights management) restrictions on paid downloads bother you? Why or why not?
When you download a music file from pay services, you get DRM or digital rights management that restricts how you use the file. Is this a problem for you?
Given equivalent quality, do you think downloads or discs will become the most popular medium in the next 5-10 years? Why?
In a a <A HREF="http://www.stereophile.com/news/031405discs">recent article</A>, <I>Stereophile</I>'s Jon Iverson cited the increase in broadband usage as an indication that more folks may get their music via download than disc in the future. What do you think?
What has been your favorite of all the components you've ever owned? Why?
Some components simply endear themselves to audiophiles
Have you heard an impressive multichannel recording? If yes, what is it?
Multichannel audio has its share of fans and detractors. Often, a well-executed example of a new technology can be the most effective tool to attract new fans. Have you heard an impressive multichannel recording? If so, what is it?
What's the newest recorded work that you've taken possession of?
Last week we asked about the oldest recording you listen to, this week, reader Saul Ziegler would like to know what is the most recent recording you have acquired?