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Worst Rock Band Ever !!!!
Just wow!  
How Is This Possible? Must be Counterfeits
Not sure if anyone else has said this but maybe that's all it cost with some margin to make those things.  Imagine that!  lol  
Your thoughts on best audiophile speakers in $10,000 neighborhood?
Id .....................................................                       I'd look at Paradigm for a little under budget and Legacy for slightly over budget.  For even more under budget, SVS and Emotiva have some exciting, new th... 
Loud pop/screech when powering on amp
Maybe "she" is being a "her"!  ;-)  
Speakers, speaker cables or I’m getting old…
I can sum it up with one word...thin.  lol  
The Midnight Effect - Who-How?
I'm just trying to picture a flagon and a clock in the same setting.  The Middle Ages called...they want their wine vessel back.  he he  Just teasing...I couldn't let the opportunity go by as you maybe never see that term used.  But the imagery is... 
The time has come and I request advice...
I just got an Eversolo A8 and very happy with it.  Massive bang for the buck.  A ton of features and quality points!  Does it all.  They go for around $1900.  
The molecular level explanation of "cable burn-in"
I think the big miss on the whole snake oil thing is it's very obviously certain that better cable, esp in the extremes (lamp cord for speaker cable like I used when I was a super poor kid).  And there's a large range of improvement.  The only que... 
How does a preamp die from sitting unused for a few months?
Coincidence...something was on the verge.  
Equalizer to compensate for hearing loss - Any success stories?
I was thinking sure you can get an eq and make the same adjustments but looking at your chart it seems that standard eq's can't apply that much gain to the signal.  But you could attenuate the freq's that you hear will and boost the bad ones and m... 
Eversolo DMP -A8 Server,Dac, Streamer,Preamp - best bang for the Buck
I've just gotten an A8.  So far very happy with it.  Yeah it has it's little quirks like everything else but it also has a blockbuster of features as noted above.  Kinda unbelievable to be honest.  It's like no stone is unturned.  One gotcha on it... 
Here's to the temperate, the gentle, the moderates in audio
Wow...thanks hilde45!  One of the best posts ever.  Inspiration to be more objective myself.  
Volume levels
As soon as I read the post I thought...details!  And that's what it's really about in this case it seems.  Which makes sense to me and I'd agree.  Even though the digital version of a piece is based on an analog version, up to a point in time anyw... 
"Happy To Be Stuck With You!!!"
I think it's fine to repeatedly mention your gear if you're especially happy with it.  As expensive as it is a kind of an accomplishment to be that satisfied with what you have.  Plus new people to the forum get to hear about it.  
Floorstanding speaker experiences/recommendations in the $12-25k range
I don't have experience with them but I've been looking at Legacy lately who use  interesting and fairly unique designs.