What is your favorite type of CD packaging? Why?
Last week's Soapbox inspired this week's question: Which do you prefer
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At what price would you seriously consider buying an SACD player? Why?
Sony announced last week that they are lowering the price of their latest SACD player to $3500. Is this the right price to get your attention?
Which do you prefer: streaming or downloading audio? Why?
Streaming allows you to start hearing an audio track within seconds of selecting it from a website, but when you stop listening, it's gone. Downloading a track allows you to store audio on your computer for use now or later, but it can take a while to complete. Which method of getting audio from the Internet do you prefer?
In terms of component prices, where should Stereophile concentrate its reviews?
A never-ending controversy among <I>Stereophile</I>'s readers (and critics) is whether or not the equipment reviewed in the magazine is too pricey or not pricey enough. What do you think?
Are there any components on your shopping list right now?
In answering last week's VOTE! question, many indicated that they're looking for new equipment. What, if anything, are you currently considering?
What's the oldest piece of audio gear that you still use, and how old is it?
Some of us collect gear from way back, while others have just updated their entire systems. How far back does your equipment go? Anything collectible?
Including your home theater (if any), how many audio systems do you have?
When we asked folks last week about the age of their equipment, many pointed out that their oldest stuff was now in System #2 or #3. Do you have more than one system?
How many female audiophiles do you know personally or have met?
Reader Sharon Churchill is curious about whether or not <I>Stereophile</I>'s readers have much contact with female audiophiles.
What would you like to nominate as the best audio product released in 1999? Why?
For the December issue, <I>Stereophile</I> will be running its "Product of the Year" results. But what would <I>you</I> nominate for best product of 1999?
How much time do you spend each week sitting in your audio system's sweet spot listening to music?
Reader Samo Jecnik, from Ljubljana, Slovenia, has a simple question for audiophiles: "I'd like to know how much time per week <I>Stereophile</I> readers <I>listen</I> to the music on their <I>main</I> systems. I mean the time they're sitting in the sweet spot."