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All In One Recommendations
The Hegel integrated amps are very good value .with. Built in dac but a stand alone dac is much better such as the $850 Denafrips aries2  
Speaker shootout question -- do you position the same or differently, depending?
That’s not a cut and dry question ,a MBL for example is a great Omni directional , maggi ,marten Logan both have some rear radiating sonics  under normal traditional speakers I have the front baffle the same distance .away from the seating area.  
Paypal Changes for 2022
That is a political ploy to squeeze you on everything , UPS just pulled another one. I asked for insurances on the Duelund Loudspeaker purifiers I sell and they asked me how well they are packed,  they said we Donot cover for damage just for the... 
Paypal Changes for 2022
PayPal is a huge extreme violator od your 1st 2 nd amendment  with Twitter, google, Facebook , stripe is better imo   
Suggestions for an integrated upgrade please
A No brainer made in USA  Coda CSIB integrated biggest podded 3 kva transformer over 120 amps short term on tap ,3 power choices ,10 year warranty  lowest power 18 wpc pure class A 1st watts then 150,300, 600 Nelson pass engineering team from Waa... 
What went bang, smelled of "I'm fried", yet left it in working order...???
A mov too is possible they should have a 20+ % tolerances fora buffer depends who builds it .  
What went bang, smelled of "I'm fried", yet left it in working order...???
Just look for a fat swelled capacitor at times too it can ooze through the top I wouldnot play it any more until fixed   
Sound
Forte 1 are shoutyespecially to he forte 4 which is much better.  
Playing CDs sounds better than Qobuz — dammit
It doesnot have to be  there are a lot of factors  your cables have a very lot to do wth this wifi no way vs and wire from modem to router Is important ,I use a AQ Diamond , use Wireworld for a 10 m run, ,the key is the beginning  and much more s... 
DAC Question: Delta-Sigma vs R2R
What your max budget ?  
How Big of a Difference?
Amazon cables Suck , period , blue jeans are better you want a solid cable  that’s a Big step up for reasonable monies Wireworld Equinox interconnects, speaker cables ,  very good value even their starlight Ethernet , usb cables excellent vaues a... 
Duelund cast Pio Hybrid Copper/Silver or Rs series with Silver Bypass PIO
I am using the DuelundHybridcopper silver they are Great and seamless it’s like having a small  silver bypass it takes200 hours to settle in to 95%  on my preamp I have a 1 uf Jupiter Copperfoil ,and to open thetop up a bit a .022 vh audio Cutf t... 
Peeking inside a Carver Crimson 275 Tube Amplifier
If you added $3-400 kin parts ,especially coupling capacitors , Vishay naked resistors , better wiring and Thst cheap Chinese crap has no business in a amp of this cost , rule of thumb as a ex Audii dealer only 25% of the cost actually goes into t... 
Amplifier stability with very low impedance, high efficiency mid/tweeter section???
Just have a good amp with substantial power supply and stable to 4 amp double power into lower ohms preferred  my coda has a Massive 3kva potted transformer doubles down to 2 ohms  and 120 amps short term take 2-16 amp slow blow fuses . my brot... 
Please recommend speakers
What do you have for amp ? If enough power the small maggi $700 then get a Svs 2000 pro sub later $495 with a great app.