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Speaker Suggestions for 300b SET Amp
The Pure Audio Project  Loudspeaker is a excellent minimal crossover ,and is a open baffle design.95db  dual woofers ,and the Excellent Voxativ driver , horn option , and the Crossover allows you to put in any capacitor combinations of your choosi... 
Duelund cast Pio Hybrid Copper/Silver or Rs series with Silver Bypass PIO
There are 2 excellent capaciyors I am currently using  in my preamp no direct voupkjng caps it us transformer coupled but has a big Mundorf Supreme 22uf Very respectable I added 15% ,the new Duelund Jam  using their latest using a lite tin over Co... 
Why are the vocals on some records hidden behind the music on my system?
Your speakers too can  clash with your amp,preamp the McIntosh are decent but a Pass Labs 250.8 would destroy it as well as Ampzilla ,and ambrosia Amp,preamp  little kniwn gems from late great Jim Borgiano. Nelson Pass New 250.8 and many others ar... 
Most overrated bands
Ziggy pop, the cure, the clash , ny dolls , dead Kennedy’s one or two hit wonders .  That is my limited opinion of these groups.   
Most overrated bands
Defiant  boomarang  Are you nuts ? Led Zeppelin, and The Who are Classic s Without exception which BTW have sold over 100 Million albums each no flukes there.the other 3 mentioned I possibly could agree.  JZ , biggest No music talent rhyme a rip o... 
Which one is the best INTEGRATED!!
You did not state your budget  his loud you play ,speaker efficiency.Fm acoustics , Ensemble -Swiss made great and priced under $10k, Audio Archon.sells Ensemble.,  
Dedicated 20 amp lines/should i use a sub panel
Audio Advisor has excellent Solid Copper gold plated 20 amp for $100 each , or their phosphor bronze gold plated 20 amp $50night and day better then anything Hubble makes and the best buyin top quality outlets  built to last and grips great. Look ... 
JAM by Duelund
To Radiohead 99 I used the Duelund Wire for several weeks this summer plenty nice but warm and not as extended by any means as well as the Verastarr. I have upgraded from Copper interconnnct which is Very good to their Silver Gold Alloy interconne... 
JAM by Duelund
I just installed the 3.3 uf jame , with Mundorf Supreme pit it should be a big jump , these will take at least 100 hours to start opening up  400 hours + to fully runin .these are very similar to the cast except cast use a paper tubeheavy resin is... 
Newbie Looking for Advice on Streaming Music
Hello Don Blackie  a great streamer eith excellent  dual dac Wolfsons best dacs in the Lumin  D-1 , the New  D2 has a built in power supply , the D1 allows you to buy a seperste Linear power supply of your choice .Which I did and is a Huge improve... 
Recommended Preamp for pairing an Adcom 555II Amp and Theil CS 3.5 speakers
The new Schiit Audio Vacuum tube preamp is a great buy for under $1000 
Really satisfied???
If I had $100k  in the system then I can safely say all the 👁s are dotted and T’sare Crossed.  I am currently just modding my capacitors in the entire system cables all replaced to Top Quality Verastarr Audio . Digital is the one areathat Kees get... 
JAM by Duelund
Hello Grannyring as far as mixing Clarity and Mundorf do very good go to Humblehomemadehifi cap test  Tony Gee ,whom helped me many times in the past when living in the UK is pretty accurate sometimes because of workload he does not allow full bre... 
JAM by Duelund
Hello  please let me regress ,every speaker or driver has different characteristicsno one capacitor is good for everything . I was just mentioning the cactus cap and Jupiter to be 90%+of theDuelund cast at 50% less.  The Rike Q caps are a great ne... 
New Tweak --- Its Fantastic
That may be good but NASA has been using Stabilant  for dome time with a minimum of 12 years before having to reapply If not moved. Once cleaned , 99% alcohol  recommrndedAnd goid to 450 degrees ,enhances and protects conductivityOn tube pins easy...