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DAC connection: which type gives highest fidelity?
Many high end mfg are combining R2R, multi bits or customs dac chips with a high end streamer which inherently has lower noise when properly designed and 2 less cables. Bricasti, DCS, Aqua , are just a few high end companies doing this. 
Get the best from your system while listening without any cost
Not fair I use LED Edison Amber bulbs and look 😎 cool !! 
$4000 budget for amp and preamp
Integrated amps at that price cheap alps volume pot NG you can get Schiit audio relay control vacuum tube preamp $899and Anthems very good power amp safe and sound audio around $2k a great combo  
Better CD Sound: The Search
A good dac streamer combo like a Bricasti M3,M1, , Aqua , land others are great combo eliminating expensive servers and 2 less cables great design 
Tube vs solid state (with all apologies)
In guitars vacuum tube amp,in Audio personally Solid state has much similarities , Mosfets , Jfets, bipolar transistors come pretty close in sonics in a good quality solid state amps ,and more current ,control for drivers and sounds very good , if... 
What do audiophiles do in their cars?
Whatever they want , I used to have 6 amps and custom woofers,in back and over 1500 watts , not to good have that much sound in a small area after I sold the car ,  we just have  the premium sound in the new Volvo X90 the Mrs says good enough .thi... 
Preamp caps Jupiter copper foil or Jupiter HT worth double the money?
I have over 20 years modding and even better then Duelund I have found Jupiter copper foil with 2-3% vh audio Cutf Teflon Copperfoil cap combo, once settled in after 400 hours sounds Great land I have tried all the heavy hitters out there. 
Supply chain affecting anyone?
Bricasti is one U.S made company that has had everything available and within 2 weeks shipped and great company to work with, another one I bought from this year was also a  U.S companyCoda and it was 3-4 weeks . Wireworld U.S company no problem .... 
Anyone dislike Ohm Walsh speakers?
My biggest dislike is the horrible build quality ,I helped a guy upgrade the Xover ,what pure garbage parts , even a electrolytic capacitor which is a cardinal sin fir a Loudspeaker Xover .and even the drivers all China specials , if you spend A f... 
How much does power amplifier really matter comparing to other hi-fi components?
I put 1/3 rd into speakers since they are what determines the Sonic outcome and it’s quality in build,drivers,and Xover are what determines its tonal accuracy and naturalness .$10-20kThe Source  such as the dac $5-7 k is equally important in quali... 
Interesting experience with two very different speaker designs
Why not check out Spatial audio labs ,they are well engineered . 
Recommended streamers/servers?
A excellent dac+ streamer board is the Bricasti M3 retail is $ 6500, give Perrotta consultants a call and ask Him what is his best price is , it has a lot of high quality  for the money and many excellent reviews. 
Why are there no tube televisions anymore?
The technologies are far  better with OLED tv then anything from the past much lighter, no tubes to replace , and can mount it on the wall ,everything is far better  and still improving . 
Who Were Your Mentors
Paul Klipsch, I met him at our local Audio store in CTexplaining audio and hooking up a Khorn to a 9 v pocket radio 📻 and and could not believe the output from a $7 pocket radioin around  1978 from memory. I then bought my first Audiophile speaker... 
The Most Philosophical Song You Ever Heard
That smell Lynyrd Skynard , Nights in white satin  and the orbLandslide ,the cats and the cradle Let it be the sound of silenceprofound but all are different reflections of life every is open to interpretation.