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Thinking Out Loud
Buy a decent dac like the Denafrips , or AudioGD for around $800 forDenafrips , my friend has the very good Topping 70SE For sale  They make a great product for-the money . The Dreya is a very good preamp for the money . Apos audio has several low... 
Capacitor
There are a bunch of very good caps ,I have over 20 years between electronics ,and Loudspeakers , I have  Vh Odams in a dac. And in a speaker ,very good capacitors . Millflex copper paper poly oil caps very respectable .but, I find Jupiter copper ... 
V-Cap ODAM: What the Future Sounds Like
I have found several things not accurate.ito me The Jupiter Copper foil are very musical deeper tones image density vs the Odams , the Odams better resolution I solved the problem VH audio top CU Copper foil Teflon mix 2% VH audio with the Jupiter... 
Capacitor
Reducing the value not a good idea ,when engineered the UF needs to be the same in s amp,preamp, in a loudspeaker maximum different change under3%bypass caps for small  values very common to use .01 uf the vh audio Cu Copper Teflon are excellent a... 
Capacitor
The Duelund tinned copper is excellent ,slightly better then the Jupiter copper foil but only in a few areas not all ,a bit more top end resolution , the Odam I removed for the Jupiter in preamp section more realism and depth of instrument and ton... 
Anyone else upset about new Audiogon policies?
This is not  fair , and they get 3% of the advertised price if I had a speaker up for $5k  and reduce or take less I still get charged3% with many people going yo u.s Audio mart  there should be free ads until it sells ,they still get 3% of the sa... 
Jupiter Caps in tube preamp application
Whoever stated warmth is not in part of live music ,never heard  a  live event jazz , standup bass , bass guitar ,acoustic guitar woodwind instruments ,drums vocals ,piano, and a combination of all above , Jupiter Copper foil waxed paper are very ... 
Jupiter Copper Foil, Paper & Wax Cap Versus Jensen Cap 0.10uF 630Vdc Copper Foil Ceramic
I have used all 3 Vcap s ,as well as Jupiter Copper foil , and the $$ OverpricedDuelund . BTW since the Jupiter was reviewed in 2014 it has been improved upon . I have over 20 years and 1,000s of actual testing and listening hours and comparing af... 
Upgrade Time
Check out The Coda CSIB  integrated amp 3 power choices , madeinUSA  best of 2020 and review stereo times excellent integrated and beat separates of much more monies$6500 
Porsche
What a pompus jerk, I stopped doing business with half the BS half truths in many ads ,the prima Luna has been milked more then a 🐄 cow .my friend bought his top preamp ,pretty good parts until you get to the very important volume section .expecti... 
GaN based SU-R1000 Technics Integrated Class-D, review by TAS
I have a good friend who has listened to the Technics  in depth And it is very good but felt his Coda CSIB integrated was more complete in several areas ,in other systems they may like the more nimble Technics, the Coda uses The Latest Mosfets,FET... 
If Power Cords Don't Matter...
Totally 🥜 Nuts , I  owned a Audio store until 09and without question a quality power cords  improves the audio in several areas ,we have done blind comparisons with bunches of different power cords..I have  dedicated 20 amp lines awg10 with 4 wire... 
Rank the top reference DACs you've heard
Bricasti make several very good sounding dacs-streamers A. potent combination. 
Streamer vs. new mac mini for 2 channel system
Take a look at the Bricasti dacs-Streamers they truly know their digital, used  in many mastering studios around the world for their realism in playback ,and having the linear streamer and a bunch of pre,post voltage regulation and filtering your ... 
Recommendations for speakers that sound great at lower volume levels.
I don’t own Tannoys  , now they will be no longer made in the U.Ki would never even consider buying them now ,China specials same price point, No thanks.