What is your pick for the most important audio development this year, be it a technology, trend, or component?
It's been a tumultuous year for many around the world, but the audiophile keeps listening to music and searching for better sound. What is your pick for the most important audio development this year, be it a technology, trend, or component?
What is your product of the year?
The 2006 <I>Stereophile</I> Products of the Year have just been revealed in the December issue. What is <I>your</I> product of the year?
What is your proudest audiophile moment?
Reader Walter Woody realizes that caring about sound quality is nothing to be ashamed of. He asks: What is your proudest audiophile moment?
What is your rarest or most valuable recording?
Most audiophiles buy music for the sheer pleasure of hearing it reproduced in all its glory on their systems. However, all musical or sonic attributes aside, what is the rarest or most valuable recording you have in your collection?
What is your ultimate demo disc?
Last week we asked for ultimate evaluation discs, but when you want to <I>show off</I> a system or component, what is your ultimate <I>demo</I> disc?
What kind of audiophile are you?
Like most pastimes, interest in the audio world can run from hot to cold to contempt. How would you describe your audiophile state?
What kind of liner notes do you like with a disc package?
Album cover art and liner notes are great additions to any disc format's packaging, but aside from the artwork, what kind of liner notes do you prefer?
What musician, from the past or present, would you want to find in the seat next to you on a six-hour plane flight?
Let's say you're flying on a plane for six hours. What musician, from the past or present, would you want to find in the seat next to you?
What new product at CES caught your eye (or ears)?
Another CES under our belts, and there were new audiophile products galore. What new product at CES caught your eye (or ears)?
What percentage of music in your collection is both great music and sounds great?
And now the important question: What percentage of music in your collection is both great music <I>and</I> sounds great?