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Denafrips Terminator II 12th anniversary VS. Terminator PLUS 12th anniversary
The New Terminator 15  plus+ is better but I hav3 not seen the details  therefore I don’t know exactly the details yet ,for $600: more in Parts quality  I  will find out soon .  
Denafrips Terminator II 12th anniversary VS. Terminator PLUS 12th anniversary
Just today Denafrips announced a Terminator 15+ coming out by mid January  $8k retail  with their $500 off I  provide my own discount . I am the sales rep and find out the same day as the adverts ,communications Surprise !!    
Am I crazy to upgrade?
Save your $$ on the Tekton good at first hesr but drastingly missing the detail  that the B&W  speakers have , and buy much better amps ,Emotiva good for the money but for sure BP not even midfi Highend , buy a coda 5.5 or #8 grest values an... 
Solid state amp that tube fan can be happy with?
Coda 5.5 Pure class A amplifier 50 wpc 8 ohms , 100 into 4 ohms  and priced right $6500 retail call Mike audio archon for a fair deal  
Denafrips Terminator II 12th anniversary VS. Terminator PLUS 12th anniversary
Yes the new engineers thought That from a engineering stand point last fall they upgraded to lower noise regulators ,better tolerances in certain capacitors in key areas and higher performance clocks ,especially the oven controlled clocks, by doi... 
Streamer Recommendations
I love my Innuos Zenith MK-3. It has a great interface  it for sure sounds better then Roon  if you want to rip any cd it has a excellent Teac drive a Solidstate drive under that  and it has 3 independant Linear Power Supplies, the whole chassi... 
Preamp issue
You  should have consulted me as the Denafrips sales rep  the New Pontus 15 are what was the Venus 12 with upgrades for $1300 less then last year , look at the Venus now in a Bigger case 42 lbs- now the Terminator !! Not trying to be pushy but a... 
Linear power supply for Weiss DAC 204
Linear Tube Audio by far the best build and price best LPS under #1200  you can find on Audiogon $700 when on sale or their website $750  
Single ended speaker cables or Shot gun config?
Audiophile1 I never said Bass was not important ,just not as critical to the ear more forgiving ,the ear is most sensitive to the highs and 75% of music goes through the most critical  Midrange.thats where more $$ goes into the speaker cable  I o... 
Convert Martin Logan 11A Impressions from RCA to XLR (Unbalanced to Balanced)
I can tell you when I owned them we upgraded several capacitors in there which was a nice improvement and being on the very bottom not to hard ,room is a bit limited  though the resistors were bigger on most then 20 watt so had to be left alone .  
Single ended speaker cables or Shot gun config?
The bsss is not as critical o the ear  as the mids and highs use like a Kimber 8 or 12 TC or a Wireworld equanox for bass both are Litz cables the wire world a bit better.  and the better for the top mids and highs .  
Which DAC - Streamer or Preamp?
The front end imo is the front end since all music starts there good or bad  buy a much better dac, your Eversolo use as just a streamer ,this makes perfect sense ,in sonics ,thedac in the Eversolo not That good for sround $2k or under you can g... 
Niagara 5000 Vs Torus RM20 or PS Audio Power Plant 12
Puritan too bright they never heeded my advise copper 3 x better conductivity then bright brass ,they refused to even offer a Sae version  on You tube  people removing crappy brass Hubble for Furutech  and inside they have other Furutech upgrades... 
??? All In One CD Ripper - SACD Rip/Playback - Streamer ???
Innuos Zen series does great ripping Teac cd ripper SS drive  excellent interface sounds better then Roon , it will play hybrid sacd and rip or your can convert sacd then rip them .  
AudioQuest Niagara 1200 vs 3000 vs 5000 for Sources Only
A 3000 and 5000 is night and day better much more intensive grounding ,and more octaves of filtering , I have the 3000 had the 1200 the 3000 have power factor correction for your amp,integrated amp on 1st two and a switch for it which should be on...