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I can not live without "Room Correction"
A room graphic EQ is not room correction.the lyngdorf is very good ,get a vacuum tube preamp and I would think still be able to use the Lyngdorfs room correction. The Mentionof the Accuphase ,which build greatproducts ,these EQ you are using is ju... 
A DAC that crushes price vs. performance ratio
I remember back in the early 90s the Sony walk man cd playerwas using a good digital  converter ever a few reviewers mentioned it as a option to hook up to your system.a great builder of this Phillips chipset  .Jerry Osmet- Audio Logicfame . I own... 
A DAC that crushes price vs. performance ratio
Check out Audio mirror  this Vacuum Tube model is Very goood and the New MK-2 SE model can be bought for under $1500and its naturalness is pretty eye opening . I have had several more expensive models .$$ dollar for dollar you are getting a lot .t... 
3 best 10k speakers now imho
The a Sonus Faber Olympia-3 can bebought foraround $10k is verygood sounding and probably the nicest looking. The Focal Sopra another greatspeaker close to the $10k mark with discounts. 
3 best 10k speakers now imho
I owned an Audio store for 8 years in the U.K i state the facts the mojorityof speakers have a minimum of a $40% markup some even more .  The 3 speakers you picket are solid but everyone has different taste and type of speaker.i have been in audio... 
My music sounds brighter
How old are the speakers ? If a inner crossover part is going Such as a capacitor  that will deduct something from the musical performance. That includes electronics, And does it happen on everything such as cd,recordsEven  s new wire or line from... 
Another amateur in need of advice
For the many good floor standing Loudspeakers  a good bookshelf or monitor Loudspeaker , with a decent subwoofer can play lower Bass, and for sure image better  then the majority of Floorstanders dollar for dollar unless spending $$ .the less surf... 
Tube Line Stage Preamp to Drive Class D Amp
 The 4P1L single ended Triode preamp. is about as pure  as you can get and a very linear Tube . Look up Radu Tarta,  a Great vacuum. Tube amp, preamp builder and a preamp like this under $2k Totally transformer based much much less expensive then ... 
3 best 10k speakers now imho
Those 3 speakers mentioned are very respectable but internally lessthen top quality Xover parts . They too have a budget 50% for the dealer maybe $3k in parts ,but in some ways there are several monitors with a good subwoofer that image better wit... 
Best Speaker cable in the $400.00-$500.00 range for 2 meters
Go to Madisound online .Supra from Sweden topcables is around a awg11use a 5- 9s purity Copper over 200 strands and each indiividual strand  is Tin plated to eliminate oxidation , as well as microarching  according to their engineering guide betwe... 
One DAC/integrated you could be happy with forever?
I own. The Danish Gato Audio 400S itis a very powerfull but refined integrated amplifier ,with the bonus of having a very respectable BB  dac built in ,everything inside is precision built including custom  Analoginput sections as well as output .... 
ELAC B6 tweak
I bought the New Monitor Audio -Studio with matching sand filled stands coupling them. The Platin7m poly caps are pretty neutral and has Silver Wire.i replaces the wire with Supra 5-9s+Pure ,And each strand is Tinned ,The Rondois awg13 ,at $3.00 a... 
Replacing fuse
As an engineering stand point about a 20% extra toleranceis built into anyGood quality audio product for longevity and allowances forpower variances surges,and or power sags.my uncle has been a master design ,technician for 40 years , with these h... 
Replacing fuse
No problem in fact many high end fuses are very accurate  and have actually poppedon startup for the cheap steel fuses can vary over 15% we have tested these . Curren Lumin in my Poweredsub, And big Gato Audio 400S I went upfrom a 8ampto 10. It is... 
Hard to sell my Klipsch Heritage Speakers for a possible Harbeth upgrade.
Harbeths depending on model are pretty good mostly in the mids they are many other choices justdepending on yourequipment and tastes , way over priced considering they use cheap xoverparts I have modded for years on a speaker this expensive at lea...