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How long should speaker cables be?
Having owned a Audio store I have tried every setup out there  the most important part is quality , and dimmer awg is important  currently my Wireworld Eclipse is a 9awg , but awg12 is fine too.  
Electrical Power Outlet advice
My  electrician is a Audiophile ,I followed his lead. i hav3 Copper gold outlets , awg 10 copper wiring in a 30 amp  breaker , and the 4 wire  dual ground 1 is common the other a insulated is located ground on its own strip in the breaker box ,... 
The greatest tweak ever?
These units are not that quiet,  I have a whole home unit with ionizer and the air is fresher ,but to be honest room panels are night and day better . There is a slight improvement and m7n3 is dead quiet cleaning the whole house.,these smaller un... 
Can you vote on this song, 1 being brilliant, 5 being crap
I would give it a maybe a 3 ,a bit repetitive , but very cohesive. if comparing to say a classic like Phantom of the Opera, or chariots of fire.  
McIntosh Labs delivery issues
Why even buy McIntosh ? ther meters and looks by far the best thing about them . whe the owners btw were true Audiophile sold out to a foreign company they started taking shortcuts in build quality internally .i know 1st hand  for I sold MC for ... 
Shouldn't This Sound Boomy?
I use REW and take responses from 4 different points in a 5 ft spread , sometimes just moving the-speakers a few inches can make for  better imaging ,and first off  the speakers need to be exactly the same distance from the wall behind them and t... 
Has this happened to you? How can it be stopped?
WHY , vintage gear doesn’t have the parts quality in technology to sound as good as good gear today , even more so with Loudspeakers ,there are very few exceptions. ican see maybe a McIntosh or Marantz tube tuner, that would be it. IHave sold fo... 
Less Is Really More - Schiit's New Yggdrasil DAC - Less Is More
R2R dacs come in all qualities also ,I have been in a great position to not only have owned a Audio store but have multi state audio clubs  in New England and have heard digital up to almost $50 k . The Denafrips Terminator2 the best dac under $45... 
Anyone Know Where To Get The 4 Big Can Caps?
Try Hifi collective in-the UK  The int  FedEx is only $28 you-get  it in 3-4 days .  
Chord DAVE DAC
The Dave is a very good dac but it’s almost $10 k  the Denafrips terminator+ is a better sounding dac in my experiences when heard side to side the Dave is very detailed sometimes too much so and not as forgiving  to poorer recordings.  But f yo... 
Etheregen - doesn't seem right that it gets so hot, dangerous? Unpredictable?
I take a $5 heat sink from Mundorf on it whic cools it ,, the heat is from the regulators , the heat sink will add to its longevity you but a tube of artic silver  paste they use to put on computer processors to fans  for under $20 cheap insuranc... 
Subwoofers and Crossovers.
I have owned the Rythmic12 before the JL audio ,  the Svs gives you free shipping to try it for 45 days ,will even give you 45 days to check it out ,if not happy ,they give you a refund as well as free return shipping , very good tech support ,a... 
Subwoofers and Crossovers.
The JL dominions I had the Svs 3000sb is much better , and has a very good tunable app, and you can download the free  REW sub app ,but it’s cool to donate to it. Just buy a $100 usb Mike and learn the program to setup your own room , even bette... 
Trying to get UltraRendu to UltraDigital to Pontus II via I2S to work
Another possibility is the I2S is not synched properly ,sadly there is no standard for I2S, why as like many things in Audio in digital no Standards where there should have been for years for example all recordings should have exactly the same spl... 
The Best Speakers in the World!
In my opinion and many others the MBL 101 Ultimates are a True Reference Omni directional speaker, having Dual seperate Bass cabinets requires a lot of room and power ,but a Very Special Loudspeaker system.