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Anyone pairing Cornwall IVs with solid state amplification to good results?
Coda CSIB great combination.   
Why spend more than $25 per piece of equipment on vibration reduction?
Where can I get the critical mass???  
Audio Research I/50
I owned the VSI-55 years ago. This looks like a redesign of that or the newer VSI-60. Entry level, they say, so likely cheaper parts to keep the price down. Not an ARC basher, I love the products. I wish they would put their best technologies into... 
Making speakers sound tonally similar with an equalizer
Roon has an eq feature. I tried to remove a frequency in the 2-4k range that drove me crazy with a pair of speakers. I found it actually ended up being a resonance or property of too much being expected of a bass driver playing this frequency. I a... 
The New Synergistic Research Purple Fuses
I installed in one way, listened for 20 minutes and heard nothing better. Pulled it out and turned it around and heard better sound, along the lines of a good tube upgrade. I think it makes my system sound better. Would it make more difference if ... 
The hunt is over
It's all in how you define over.  
Making speakers sound tonally similar with an equalizer
I’ve owned many speakers and they all sound different. I would say very difficult or impossible. Maybe if the speakers are in the same line- cabinet materials, driver materials, crossover components, etc. otherwise too many variables. I suppose fr... 
The pope's rig?
He must have a stack of 18's for his pipe organ collection.  
Speaker shootout question -- do you position the same or differently, depending?
Just want to add that if people are overwhelmed with a large room, it's sometimes easier (and maybe even preferable in sound quality) to section the space and be closer to the speakers. I've heard many setups where I preferred my at home closer, m... 
Speaker shootout question -- do you position the same or differently, depending?
In my experience different speakers with behave quite differently depending on placement to boundaries and distance to listing position (reflection points, nodes, etc.)  The position of the drivers in the cabinet will give a wildly different prese... 
Seeking advice for speakers for my Family Room
Great looking room. Budget a rug, fabrics, heavy blinds. Pull the speakers out a little if you can- get a sub. You are relatively nearfield so I wouldn't get too worried about reflection points. Do you have any slap echo in the room? That's a real... 
Paypal Changes for 2022
It seems like this is to help get a little more revenue from cottage type businesses, but will be another way the IRS can flag any one of us. This is just a quick search of the taxes we already pay... Air Transportation Taxes Biodiesel Fuel Ta... 
It’s all a matter of degree
For me it's doing things within reason based on the room I'm in. In other words I'm not going to spend $X on cables when I don't have equal reflection points, but I do believe in cables). You can put unlimited resources into a system but if your r... 
Selling on Audiogon
Do we have a resident accountant on this? I already pay taxes on 96 things. If I sell interconnects to a buyer in Montana and deliver them do I get to deduct travel from MA? Only if they're balanced?  
Integrated Amplifiers - Luxman vs Pass Labs
@erik_squires I appreciate the follow up. I know that feeling when you just can't understand why someone else would praise a product so highly. Have you had any experience with Sugden? I had a highly praised Sugden amp with my Nines for a trial an...