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What are your favorite "HOT" songs?
SUMMER IN THE CITY - LOVIN’ SPOONFUL    Lyrics Hot town, summer in the city Back of my neck gettin' dirty and gritty Been down, isn't it a pity? Doesn't seem to be a shadow in the city All around, people lookin' half dead Walkin' on the sidewal... 
Suggestions: Interesting small speakers with flexible placement
TRIANGLE COMETE 40th Anniversary Limited Edition https://www.trianglehifi.com/en/high-fidelity/40th-anniversary/   REGA RX1 https://topnewreview.com/rega-rx1-review-x-factor/      
Digital Upgrade Recommendations
Linear power supply  … a quality upgrade  I have them inside my BRYSTON DAC and inside my BRYSTON digital player …. Big step up in performance and overall system design.   
What are some of your favorite "COLD" songs?
Cold As Ice Foreigner  
Benefits of better cables with limitation of basic speaker wire in wall
For a dedicated hi-fi strata 2-channel system driven by quality build electronics into quality build speakers, then …yes …. stepped up speaker wire upgrades do matter. For the usual home theatre multi-channel system driven by the prevailing mass-... 
Interesting Result of Comparison of Expensive and Budget Setups
“…Since there was no huge difference in sound quality between two setups, I recommend not to let the price tags drive your choice when you shop for your gears.,,,” Ignoring the obvious exclusion for $$ spent stupidly by the arrogantly vane and st... 
Triangle Competitors?
fellow French hi-end speakers: JMR ,,,,  high efficiency and dynamic    https://jm-reynaud.com sample review https://positive-feedback.com/Issue48/jmreynaud.htm        
Which higher end HDMI cable for new OLED TV?
For your new SONY UHD OLED, you will need to get a proper 4K spec UHD CERTIFIED ULTRA HI-SPEED HDMI cable. Here is what you need know to identify it as meeting the standard If it doesn’t have the authorized QR code and the certified label on the... 
Budget integrated amp needed
REGA BRIO - either preowned older discontinued clamshell model at your budget or the current smaller footprint model with a small tick-up in your $$ outlay https://www.whathifi.com/us/rega/brio/review    
Which higher end HDMI cable for new OLED TV?
ZESKIT MAYA UHD Zeskit is officially certified by HDMI.Org as Ultra High Speed cable and it has the certified label on the box. These were recommended to me simply because (1) these are the ones that the reviewers use in their OLED shootouts on... 
Which higher end HDMI cable for new OLED TV?
+1 for MONOPRICE and a couple of like peers. i have the brand new SONY XR OLED A80J . All the AQ and similar brand name $$$ ones are no better….save your money, (Pro tip: these are video cables that do Not have any bespoke video signature,  unli... 
Do I really need an " Audio Grade Network Switch "?
djones51 4,473 posts 01-17-2022 6:20pm “…There is no such thing as an audio grade switch …”   I agree with @djones51, but here is a sample of the alleged “audiophile” Network Switches Melco S100 https://www.melco-audio-masters.com/upl ... ... 
Bi-Wire
Re-post   Without prejudice to the effects that the absolute benefits are always system dependent, some of the high-end quality build brands are moving away from bi-wiring in favour of shotgunned runs and jumpers. Biamping ... Different story. ... 
Power Cable Suggestions - Budget
With your high-end quality build BRYSTONs their audio performance will improve with better power cords.Why? They are built like tanks with robust power supplies. You kinda nailed it wherein your any better / quality build PCs still plugged into a... 
Does your system sound change with the seasons?
I also have a $50K  “A” audio system that is very different in its seasonal performance than my lesser cost “B” to “D” systems,(…$10K to $1K respectively) The latter don’t have any noticeable differences seasonally , but the “A” system has its ow...