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Pro Tip: Swiffer Duster
@nonoise  I want one of those ...!  Keep your Swiffer  
CD transport vs.streaming
@larryro2  Great point!   Honestly, equipment sounds better than many live events I've been, and with workable price-points!!  As far as the OP is concerned ... I can't discern a difference between SACD, CD or streaming ... all good!  
Tube Integrated vs Tube Seperates
Might check Quicksilver ... get's good reviews here:   http://quicksilveraudio.com/products/integrated-amplifier/    
Why People Like Tekton
@jasonbourne52  Concur!  
Eva Cassiday Blew Me Away with her cover of Wayfaring Stranger....
+1 on LBA ... incredible talent.  "Falling Leaves," another favorite.  SQ of live album commendable!  
What a pile of Schiit
I love the Loki ...!  
Stand Mount Speakers
+ 1 Andrew Jones, ELAC will miss him ...  
Share MYSTICAL, HAUNTING songs
Rush "Losing it" Airborne Toxic Event "Sometime Around Midnight" Peter Murphy "Cuts You Up" ELO "Can't Get It Out Of My Head" Eva Cassidy "Falling Leaves"    
Advice needed on power cables, wall warts, conditioning, electrical outlet
MC! Always appreciate your posts ... hey, what kind of cables are you using?  Have you found a particular conductor configuration better than another?  I'm preparing for a DIY project.  Thanks so much .... Happy New Year!    
Sony SACD Player SCD-XA5400ES; YAY or NAY?
I'm glad you mentioned that jafant ... streaming is on ascendancy but has not eclipsed Sony's ability to do shiny disks!!  Or many others for that matter ....   
Need help choosing a new DAC
Great build and SQ from Gustard.  And you can buy new underwear with the 1K you saved!    
integrated amp on a budget
I'd stay clear of Rotel. Go Hegel or Vincent, which is less expensive here: https://www.amazon.de/-/en/Vincent-227MK-Hybrid-Amplifier-Silver/dp/B07DC5MNJT    
Line Stage Preamps that blew you away $2500 Edition
Must check out Klaus' Odyssey Audio: Candela and Tempest, tubed & SS, Pres, respectively. I picked up the Tempest a year ago ... couldn't recommend higher especially for the price!! https://odysseyaudio.com/tempest-line-and-phono-preamplif... 
Desk top speakers at low cost
+1 Fluance or AudioEngine ... price, sound and connectivity cannot be beaten!!   (I own Fluance)  
Bands/artists you never got to see live in their heyday, but would've liked to.
Let's see, erm ...Beethoven 5th Piano Concerto, The EmperorBill EvansMiles & Art PepperRush's R-40 Tour... miss them, oh, andElvis when he was fat and disgusting ...