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Audio Research Financial Troubles
They went Waay down hill in quality over the past15 years, CJ same thing ,,McIntosh too has slipped ,nice outside inside quality average at best . Living off their old reputation. I sold Audio for years  and even my technicians said many companie... 
Class D amplifiers. What's the future look like?
I have heard and owned Danish class-D ,Merrill Audio ,Roland research  ML and a bunch of others much depends not so much on Gan transistors which are faster and a bit lower distortion ,but there is just so much more  such as the power supplies ,... 
How important are spikes?
Iso Acoustics makes very good isolation feet for speakers ,  
Accuphase E380 or E4000 integrated amp important from Japan
Typo imported from Japan   
new to streaming- help!
An external day of Quality is key , for 1 get rid of the wallwart power supplies to the router ,most are modem- router combos ,war wart power supplies Horribke noise makers buy a linear power supply, then a Ethernet  bridge LHY-SW8  sell very good... 
Rumors of CD Demise Exagerated? New Hegel
By a country mile streaming is the way to go , Non  Wifi  the key is addressing everythjng from the start , I cannot believe anyone still has a separate modem-router that’s horrible , buy a new combo  like the Motorola 8702 which has docsis 3.1 ... 
Rel t9x or Rythmik F12G
The Svs sb-3000# are very well built and have tight bass and a great app to control  and $100off on a pair. Free shipping 5 year warranty and I think a 45 day review period.  
Streamer with decent app
Innous is very good.  
Real or Surreal. Do you throw accuracy out the window for "better" sound?
Many times too a. Different mastering of a recording can be edited with more upper extension ,and ruin the balance.  
Real or Surreal. Do you throw accuracy out the window for "better" sound?
Being in Audio 40+ years and owning a audio store synergy is very important if using a turntable  changing to a different balance cartridge, and or audio cables  would change that sometimes if using silver cabling in some brands can be too extre... 
Testing Ethernet switch
That is a foolish comparison  you need respectable components throughout , my brother owns the $3k Innous  Ethernet switch by far a Big improvement built from the ground up, for most people this SW8 Ethernet switch makes areal world difference ... 
New R2R DAC
In our audio club I have most everything outthere and all popular R2R dacs  the T+A200 sounds very R2R with better everything at $7k, myself and many others find it meets or beats anything even at $15k.  
Tube Preamps Should Have This Feature
Passive mode is by far the worst  for an active gain stage ,you are using the power  supplies and soundstage imaging and dynamics are better. The $1k Schiit Freya + is very good for the money, but not in the league  of  a Aesthetix , or Linear ... 
Tube Preamps Should Have This Feature
Passive mode is by far the worst  for an active gain stage ,you are using the power  supplies and soundstage imaging and dynamics are better. The $1k Schiit Freya + is very good for the money, but not in the league  of  a Aesthetix , or Linear ... 
USB Cable
First of all you said nothing about the quality of your system ,or dac  being an ex Audio dealer how can I recommend anything without needed information. To budget to match your system  cables  can go over $2k. , stock Ethernet ,cables and usb l...