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Magico A5, Wilson SabrinaX, or PS Audio FR30?
Sabrina X $20k my brother owns them and they are very nice sounded  the Magico 25k , the Wilson a bit warmer  it all comes down to taste and your other equipment  
How do you get Happy as an Audiophile?
Win the 7 digit lottery !  
amplifier longevity
Much has to do with the quality of the gear, the capacitors are the ones to fail first . the better ones usually last much  longer as well as the coupling caps sound far better when name brand but cost much more $$ .  
Anybody use a single ended component with one that is balanced?
Try balanced xlr is better for for noise is cancelled on 3 rd leg to ground  it’s better especially low level detail . My Coda is Differentially balanced  as well as dac very clean and a noticeable difference vs rca  if one piece is single ende... 
Audio GD R8 MK2 DAC
Don’t read threads from idiots , most on Audio science are in the under $1 k dac club , which therearea few stars like the Aries 2 dac, Schiit has a couple ,even topping , audio gd is pretty decent but waaay behind the times in trying to change a ... 
Vote for Your Top OP'er One Only Please !
Tammy on Every level !!   
Best speakers around $130k?
For $60k less the MBL 101 , with quality electronics are very you are there  natural proper setup is key   
HOW CRITICAL ARE JUMPER CABLES
Very critical I buy Furutech connectors with screw down wire terminals  and Neotech Awg12 Teflon 6-9pure copper 6 inches each  and much better then the rip offs in many $$ companies  it cost me maybe $200 or less , parts connecxion has a 20% off... 
RIP oregonpapa
Oregon Papa was a true Audiophile-and willing to experiment  the SR Purple fuses were his last positive upgrade👍 A true 🇺🇸  RIP 🎶     
SET Shootout China VS The USA
Sure transformers are important but just as important are quality chokes, and internal parts like quality capacitors,resistors, wiring,connectors even tube sockets Teflon copper are the best , and many other things. unscrew the bottom let’s see ... 
Spatial X5 speakers
They area very respectable speakers and good value for the money. the Odam Xover cap upgrade is very good ,theJupiter copper foil ,with vh audio bypass caps Cutf 2-3% is better still ,but harder to mount , the Odams capacitors are still very good... 
Sound System on $10K Budget
A excellent loudspeaker is the Spatial audio ,X3 or X5 open baffle with dual powered bass channels midBass drivers and the excellent Beyma AMT midrange-Tweeter in a 7 inch wave guide minimal Xover using VH audio Odam capacitors  are a great buy a... 
New streamer or dac?
I would not  strap myself with Tidal that MQA is no improvement in fact it’s part compressed and many dac companies refuse to be extorted with $$ big licensing fees, QObuz   IMO better for that reason alone ,plus it sounds good.  Myself have both... 
Digital reviews, reviewers
With Audio there is no $$ limit ,it seems it’s a never ending quest. over the next year  the big dollar items like a Speaker upgrade .  
Digital reviews, reviewers
Here is the difference between older Terminator ,and T2 - Tplus which is 99% the same as the+ , the plus even higher speck resistor and boards    see a bit below there is a review link ,they tried to kick out.   https://audiophilestyle.com/...