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Upscale Audio is up front with customers
My only experience with them was, I asked about a tube recommendation (figuring Kevin was a tube guru) for a specific power amp they sold.  The rep refused, said it was against their policy.  I get that tubes can be a personal preference, but isn’... 
How many times can u visit a hifi store before it annoys the store if u plan on a purchase
Just a recommendation, but if you plan to go for another audition, and this would take up the employees time and effort, do so when they are not likely to be busy with other customers.  Not that high end audio shops tend to be packed these days, b... 
The Audio Science Review (ASR) approach to reviewing wines.
Even the French agreed to blind taste testing, but like audiophiles, complained about the results when their wines didn’t win.    
Roon isn't stable and they edit their forum to hide it
I have never used Roon.  That said, if this issue may be more configuration related than Roon service related, might that fact be an excellent discussion on Roon’s forum?    
PS Audio IRSV selling
These speakers could have sold for $100k+, they are that good.  The big key with these is the very professional upgrades to them.  You couldn’t buy all the upgrade time and material that’s been incorporated into these for $100k.  I hate to tinker ... 
Monster M1.2s speaker cable: fair price per foot for resale?
What length(s) do you have?  Are they factory terminated or bare wire?  A number of years ago this cable was being sold on eBay by the 250’ spool for pretty cheap.  No more spools are around, but plenty of factory pairs for sale as well as bare wi...