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Honest opinions on my two picks of loudspeakers
Mc speakers No thank you, their equipment - Electronics is better then average dependable and the meters look great. I sold McIntosh for a number of yearsit is true Doctors and Lawyers are some of their biggest clients.their spearrs,and digital -N... 
Heavy power cord
Yes put blu tak wedged in between  and a put book, foam or whatever of = height  to keep cable from sagging. 
What are the top 3 USB cables being used today in reference systems?
I have heard a lot of cables and owned many usb cables  the Final Touch Audio Callisto  USB cable is very reasonable at retail $850 is a Great cable Never have I ever put a usb cable in that was like a good component upgrade against the wire world... 
USB Cable Comparison Audience / Cardas / Purist / Stealth / Wireworld
The Final touch audio -Callisto cables a Lampizator US distributor carriesthese incredible USB cables. I owned the curious, AQ Diamond Wireworld Platinum7 , theCallisto is in another league the wire world has verygood detail but doesnot gave the r... 
Something For The Fuse Guys ...
I recently bought the New Synergistic Orange fuse and as good as the blue fuse was this defines the performance even better. These SQ fuses what is the brand, and what is differen5 about them, and most importantly how much do they cost ?there's no... 
Are Pass Labs amps good at low volume levels?
your Loudspeakers have everything to do with it,efficiency and how well it sounds at low volumes.   
Who needs a Preamp??
For sure an active preamp is better then a passive gain stage on a dac or Cd player with a volume control.andanother point the oppo has a few hundred dollars in parts speaking of the 205 .you get what you pay for.a active preamp has much bigger po... 
Audio Kinesis Swarm Subwoofer Awarded 2019 Golden Ear Award by Robert E. Greene
That may be a very good subwoofer but not only for the money must being a great subwoofer period ,and have one subwoofer of the year ,and by far most technically advanced, and controlled on their app. The SVS SB- 3000,13 inch driver, for under $1k... 
Hotel Room Confessions - Best Sound at a Show?
I have run Running several  systems at shows , for one many displays incredibly  don’t even fully runin their systems before hand, which makes No sence,also bringing room panels for reflections- absorption, and many people feel that have to blast ... 
Klipsch speaker choices
I have owned many a Klipsch speakers the K horns are on my short list.the inherent flaw of not just a Klipsch but 80% of speakers out there is they use what I would call substandard Xover parts ,which is the heart of all Loudspeakers on average ma... 
New SR Orange fuse ...
The reason I found these premium fuses blow say a 1 amp fuse in a stock steel fuse is because the cheap fuses can vary up to 15%+ in accuracy ,where the premium fuse is within 1%.on bigger slow blow you can only get saidvalues like 5 amp in a smal... 
Klipsch speaker choices
If you wanted it to sound even better the Schitt Vacuum tube preamp would add body,detail and dimension.  
Recommend speakers for a large living room
Great open baffle Great new Speaker from Spatial Audio X3 with powered low Bass Xover from 90 hz on down, world class AMT on top German BMG midrange mid Bass, and emmenande pro series bass driver with latest 200 watt Ncore Bass amp. It nice wood f... 
To power strip or not
If using a power strip for little money Brick wall brand  works well without sacrificing dynamics,and NO MOVswhich Rob dynamics , class B component up there with items several times their cost under $300 ask for the Audio version. If you have a fe... 
General question about tube preamps and gain
The gain of the amplifier has a direct correlation to the output of the preamp, if an amplifier especially a solid state amp ,Has too much gain it can impact also a higher noise floor I have seen this a lot with direct heated Triode preampsIt depe...