The sales slump currently bedeviling the record industry has been blamed on everything from 9/11 to bad music to CD pirates and MP3 file-swapping. What do you think is going on?
A clear majority of the readers who answered last week's poll think high prices have slowed down CD sales. So what price point feels right to you?
Considering that so many people carped about the lack of good music and the overall poor recording quality in the last couple of Votes, I think there should be a poll asking, 'What's your favorite audiophile record label?' says reader Travis Cunningham. He'd also like to hear what people think about the sound each label achieves.
It's been a while since we talked about our amplifiers (23 months in fact). So we'd like to know what you are using now and why you like it.
Reader Doug Cline says this question came to him after watching <I>Ripley's Believe it or Not</I>: Have you ever tried an odd or out-there audio tweak that actually worked? What was it?
Reader RJM wants to know if you share your audio system with others.
Reader Gerald Neily wants to get very specific about your audiophile priorities. What do you focus on the most when evaluating and/or tweaking an audio system?
A great audio system is nice, but there's nothing like the real thing to remind us of why we love music. One of our readers, sporting the moniker "]-[arry", comments, "I'd be very interested in learning how many readers actually attend classical or jazz concerts on a regular basis. I suspect the results may be shocking."
Reader Robert Baum writes that he bought a new KA-7002 Kenwood amp in 1973, and though he's upgraded several times since then, "it's been living under our bed (yes, it's still alive!) for at least a dozen years.
Reader John Pluta says it took him three years to finally read his preamp's manual, and he wishes he had gone through it sooner. Do you go through your manuals right away or not?