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bobandcindy101

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What do we hear when we change the direction of a wire?
Since audio is an AC waveform; you hear EXACTLY the same thing as before you swapped ends.  
Recommendations on Integrated Tube Amp around $5k
I’d get a pair of Williston 800i amps and run them in bridge mode; giving you a total of 46 RMS WPC.  
Intimate, warm and holographic alternative
Subwoofers: 2X Sound-barrier SBLA 2X18” with 2X NOBSOUND 100 watt subwoofer amps. Home-brew .9999 fine silver 16 AWG subwoofer cables.  
Intimate, warm and holographic alternative
My new system aboard our Nordhavn 56’ MSV “Princess Cindy”, (posted here because virtual systems page seems to be busted):Turntable:  Rega RP3, selection of half a dozen various moving coil phono cartridges. CD & BluRay player: OPPO. Preamp:  ... 
Intimate, warm and holographic alternative
Electrostatics leave the rest in the dust; when ii comes to imaging. Quads, or Martin-Logan hybrids if you want a solid bottom end without separate subwoofers. Magneplanars also image well  If it were me, I’d go with the best that M-L offers.  
What is the actual percentage of people exclusively listening to vinyl vs digital?
80/20 vinyl to digital ratio  
Looking for a turntable around $1k...
Pro-Ject Carbon. $995 at Amazon.  
I have been on the hunt for the best turntable I can buy. Any suggestions?
Depends a LOT on your budget! Sota, Linn-Sondek, AR, VPI, or Pro-ject 
WHAT IS THE MOST UNIQUE SONG THAT YOU HAVE EVER HEARD?
Dory Previn first album  
Your top 3 most EMOTIONALLY intense live concerts, and top 3 EMOTIONALLY intense records.
Concerts:  Cream Farewell Baltimore Arena; First Dead free concert I ever attended at American University; first Jethro Tull (also free) at Colorado College in 1970. Never before heard a band play together in such TIGHT arrangements. Records:  Rod... 
Looking for recommendations for a pair of full range speakers for ~8k or under
Stacked pairs of Wharfedale Linton Heritages. That’s what I use.  
Turntables.....A point of diminishing returns?
I’m happy with  my $1,750 Pro-Ject and a few moving coil cartridges.  
Sellers: When do you drop your price?
When I’ve got no offers at listing price for two weeks.  
I have been on the hunt for the best turntable I can buy. Any suggestions?
Pro-ject  
All things being equal (hypothetical) which do you prefer, XLR or RCA?
XLR