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I wasn't aware that you were a musician.

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Please don't hold it against me.

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It's just that I get so excited when I load a CD and find more than 60 mins of music because then the CD seems worth the price. Regular prices are ridiculous, you need to get them when they are on sale.

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An arbitrary figure I grant you but given the price of CDs anything less is a bit of a rip-off.

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I agree that CD prices are high, and I sympathize with those not in the USA for whom the prices are even higher.

But, Arun, I'll bet you're decidedly not excited when you load up a CD with over 60 minutes and find that it sucks ... obviously, that CD doesn't seem worth the price at all.

And why should quantity of content determine worth regardless of quality? Don't you feel that for $8 a nice glass of Veuve Clicquot is vastly preferable to two bottles of André Cold Duck? I know I do, and for me, music is the same.

I've always felt that great music was worth any price, no matter the length ... even a single song ... if it moves me to tears or otherwise rocks my world, if it's music I can't live without it's worth it.

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Please don't hold it against me.

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Au contraire, mon frere. It's great to have musicians on the conference and people from all lines of work. It increases the variety of responses and topics.

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...if it's music I can't live without it's worth it.

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Well said. I agree with you all the way. Unfortunately, SOME people just don't realize that everyone has their own musical preferences!

It's also fairly well recorded stuff, and ideal for showing off the system (especially the deep bass bits - with the system cranked, I can get the sofa to jump (no kidding) - then again, that's not the object of the exercise

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The Baebes are okay, though more about marketing than anything else. I'd suggest a trip to Linn's label site where all their discs are avaialble for a tenner and there's a very good selection of early music, especially vocal stuff.

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I had a surf over to the Linn site but couldn't see any mention of the Baebes - I'd love to get a hold of their stuff on Vinyl if possible...

John

Pete.