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Child Damage Mitigation
I used 2 of those plastic gates to close off the living room where my system was, also used those for the stairs. Get them put up asap that way the kid is used to them and not inclined to mess with them. Worked on my son, and my dogs. With the dog... 
What is the average dealer mark up?
@millercarbon Cars generally have 10 to 15% margin. This excludes Holdback which is as little as 2% or as much as 5% Most of a dealers profit comes from parts and service.  
Audio discounts during Coronavirus
All I can say is: Don’t be a vulture.  
Getting it on with Prog
Wishbone Ash: ArgusI just got a Japanese copy that’s on that SHM disc and it’s MQA ! Amazing Album and amazing sound. Jethro Tull, Steve Wilson Remixes at 24/192 
Looking for best streamer without DAC under $3500
Very happy with Synology NAS> Minimserver >Auralic Aries G1>Audience FrontRow USB>Chord Qutest  
What country builds the best audio equipment?
This is a stupid thread. There is no best, varying degrees of different. Of course I could be wrong. 
Is it all worth it?
I’ve had over the years numerous different systems. What I really enjoy these days is simply listening to the Radio (on the internet) I’m surprised how good some stations sound but I like not listening to or for SQ as much as it forces me to just ... 
Done selling on eBay, they are demanding my social security number to sell
I don’t sell much if anything on eBay. I find their fee structure too high. Add in the PayPal fee and it’s almost 20% to sell on Fleabay 
Chemically Altered Audio
I’ll stick to Grapefruit Kush 🚀 
Power Cable from wall to my conditioner?
Shunyata. They have so much more experience than most everyone else. Their first Hydra Conditioner shook the market. Their products are still some of the best, especially their lower priced products. 
WOULD IT BE DUMB TO BUY A MARK LEVINSON NO 23.5
I owned one bought new. I used it for many years with Thiel’s, Mirage M1, ProAc’s  it was a great sounding amp. Built like a Brick House. Replaced by ARC Classic 120’s that blew up a lot. Replaced with another Levinson no 333. Enjoy your amp, and ... 
Recomend Some Albums Recorded with True Imaging.
OK I'm going to give you one. Get a copy of Wishbone Ash "Argus" but not just any copy. There is a Japanese version remastered on SHM and is also MQA encoded. I bought mine from cdJapan https://www.cdjapan.co.jp/music/it sounds tremendous it image... 
Recomend Some Albums Recorded with True Imaging.
So it sounds like you want audiophile music.long long ago when I was a junior audiophile I cared more about how my system sounded. At some point I got back to listening to actual music and said Eff the recording quality, Lots of great music not so... 
Holy Brightness Batman!
Dynaudio Esotar is the best soft dome made. You might want to demo Dynaudio Special 40’s . If your budget is big enough consider ProAc D2R. Their Ribbon tweeters are sublime.  
Can anyone explain in laymans terms why your gear sound better after warm up
I didn’t read all the back and forth BS. I say ex many years ago I got an opportunity to tour the Mark Levinson factory in Connecticut. At one point we saw maybe a hundred preamps lined up being run in our guide had one of the engineers explain th...