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Stable component rack
I really appreciate your responses. From what I've been reading, for the past few days, on the component racks, I think I am leaning towards steel racks. Something more rigid than Archetype. Unfortunately these are much more expensive, so I will h... 
Great Copper Cables?
I would suggest Acoustic Zen either Satori or Hologram speaker cables and their Reference MkII ICs. Matrix would be warmer, but Silver ref has better resolution without being bright and without loss of bass. Between the source and pre the one to u... 
Why am I experiencing listener's fatigue?
of course it is Larry. Welcome B&W bashers to this thread 
Stable component rack
Yioryos, thanks for the advise. I have been reading about it here on a-gon that this rack is unstable. Don't understand though how come it was not mentioned in the stereophile review. 
VT-100 MkII matches best with what preamp? HELP
how much is not the most expensive pre-amp? 
Why am I experiencing listener's fatigue?
Good to hear you were able to tame the brightness a little. I found that using Acoustic Zen Satori Shotgun speaker cables and Acoustic Zen Matrix Reference Mk.II interconnects in my system took my N803s to another level completely. Very smooth sou... 
Speaker Cable suggestions
wasting money on your equipment. you are probably not even getting 25% of the performance with these cheap junk wires 
audio research sp 10 tube question
I am not 100% sure, but I don't think the unit could be operated without the tubes. It may cause a problem. Call ARC and ask them. 
What would you do?
Baddabob, you're absolutely right!!!! 
What would you do?
Hey Baddabob, all the things you said apply to audiogon if it was around in the 19th century. People now don't care about someone elses frustration. They tend to take advantage of your kindness. So, just like I said, lesson learned, train is gone.... 
What would you do?
As long as you got your unit back and it is in the same condition as when you sold, why would you complain about it? After all you sold it again. What you should have agreed on in the first place is if you take the player back, he would pay all th... 
PS Audio Prelude power cord.
Steve's a great guy. I am sure he know what a lot of different speakers sound like. I heard DNA-125 modded by Steve and it is a great sounding amp. I am thinking to send my DNA-125 for revision + transformer at some point. 
PS Audio Prelude power cord.
If you like the way this cord made your amplifier sound, that's good. That's why it's best to buy from a place where they offer home audition. Also, I don't think SMC would use this cord when tuning your amp. They explicitly say they don't want yo... 
PS Audio Prelude power cord.
it's pretty scary how tight that iec plug is on the Prelude, isn't it. This cord made my amp sound darker than I like it to. I ended up sending this cord back and got an Audience cord here on a-gon. I'm very happy with it. Made a pretty big differ... 
Hissing sound on Hydra 2
r u sure it was coming from hydra? could it be coming from your transport when the disc was spinning?