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SPEAKER CABLE OR INTERCONNECT
Speaker cable for sure ,it’s the last part of the chain before going to theLoudspeakers ,and make sure they are elevated off the floor or carpeting , and they Donot touch any power cords or interconnects . I use industrial Velcro on back of rack ... 
Ethernet Cables - what are you using and why?
Your best Ethernet cable should be at your end point . from router I have a AQ Diamond which is very detailed and a Jcat Reference at the end point which has 6% gold ,it is very detailed yet with the slightGold overlay  a very natural detailed b... 
How does speaker placement affect the width of the soundstage?
If you go to the Cardas cable website they have a speaker setup guide . myself i wider speakers then just toe the in a little and they have a big soundstage . what type of tweeter you have ,and if it’s in a wave guide better still.  
Seeking Bookshelf Recommendations
The Borresen x1 monitors with matching stands ,a fantastic loudspeaker and compete with anything at 2x it’s price.retail $6600 but shop around you can  get a pair for less .  
Eversolo DMP -A8 Server,Dac, Streamer,Preamp - best bang for the Buck
My wife has a A8 ,after I went through some headaches loading all the flac files I installed . The SS drive was easy to install .the headache was horrible  setup guide for the music files.. works well know . someone mentioned mods , I Donot see... 
Music first or sound first?
Myself having 40 years in Audio and having owned a Audio store. I find it distracting and find myself picking apart my system at times and looking to rebuild my system to my standards,  being  semi retired it is not as easy now to buy as frequent... 
Revel Performa3 Cabinet Defect
Your dealer should-have sent you a label to have  them picked up , and replaced them.That is not a good dealer.  
Anyone ever have, use or hear this tube?
Total BS onthe hype even these so called10,000 tubes that’s not  realistic under laboratory perfect circumstances, that’s made up ,even if a tube could play that long it’s far past it’s optimum .I have had tubes since the 1970s  . these rare tube... 
Should we care if a piece of equipment comes from a pet-free, kid-free, smoke-free home?
Smoke free would much more matter then pets, for the tar and nicotine can adhere to the drivers .  
Could Class D really be that good?
There are plenty of low budget class D amps,integrated. If you want class D on another level such as AAvic 280 integrated you can get one for around $10 k  I have heard side by side at audio gatherings in the last few months . mmore power ,far l... 
Mark Levinson Has Saved Me And My MUSIC!!
If you or anyone else stream music 🎶, then this is a breakthrough the Denmark Audiogroup Everything is very good , theirAnsuz  Ethernet switches uses several technologies such as multiples of passive,active Tesla coils, and several other technol... 
Mcintosh customer support
McIntosh never excelled in Digital, but to hold back a upgrade to a customer  is suicide,They just lost another customer. Having sold McIntosh back in the 2004 to 2008 in The U.K where they didn’t represent McIntosh very well but was coming back... 
Dickie Betts died earlier today at 80 years of age
I saw them several times ,and they always came to play ,RIP brother 🙏.  
Records not stored vertically for decades
You should buy a quality disc washer  For $2-3k you should be able to get one that washes Dries. Myself csnt be bothered with high quality digital being so good  But disc have their own qualities my brother disc washer  Is to me expensive over... 
Measurement Bias
Yes For myself Tried to add logic to ASR bias to just measurements  such as a $800 Topping dac is better hen My $4500 DenafripsTerminator  for in the build there was in the design saying it was not a true R2R dac  which it is . Your Ears are wh...