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Songs you use when auditioning gear
I use difficult music such as Sarah McCoy's "Blood Siren." It's a mysterious and unorthodox album that I love. McCoy has a speech impediment and a cajun accent to boot. When I ran it through recently acquired Audion mk3 monoblocs it was when I was... 
Preamp for a GaN-FET amp...
My Audion MK3's are fed by a Primaluna EVO 400 tube pre now. Very good pairing. Since the DAC is a Holo Audio May KTE I just ordered a Holo Serene KTE to see what that's like. May be 5 or 6 weeks getting it though.  
Building your music digital music collection
Still old school here - burning to redbook CD’s and storing the media on my shelves in labelled DVD boxes. I had been downloading files from AllFlac.com until they quit accepting USA credit cards and starting offering only bitcoin purchasing. Now ... 
Sound and Music
Recently added a pair of GanFET monoblocs to my system and doubt I will have to go any further. A sigh of relief.  
New Generation Class D - AGD Audion Mkiii upgrade
My recently purchased Audion MK111's took about 50 hours to start really singing. They are fronted by a well broken-in Primaluna EVO 400 tube pre-amp. This pairing seems to be working very well. Hearing things I had not heard before and having fu... 
Cable Break In for the Naysayers
Shunyata Cable Talk Shunyata has some of the more elaborate explanations of their cable designs which I find compelling only because I really like their cables especially the Alpha XC's which I have added as feed cables to some older Shunyata pow... 
Cable Break In for the Naysayers
I make DIY "cores" applied at strategic positions on my vintage Western Electric cloth wire speaker cables to manage "treble noise." The core is not ferrite but is instead a ring of beads made of girasol quartz. It is astonishing what a difference... 
Bananas rule, spades drool. End of discussion.
It is when two spades at once atop one another have to be installed that I find the problems with loosening start. The likelihood of two stacked spades coming loose in time is much higher. My Rel subs require such a connection ("high level,") and ... 
Volume levels
Recently inserted AGD Audion MKIII monoblocs in my system and have found that lower and higher volume levels have become a non-issue since the GanFet conveys more information clearly enough that there is much less distortion in the sound path. In ... 
how many ways to hook up a subwoofer
Paul McGowan on "High Level" sub connection  
Organic electronica Music
Very good. And also: Deuter  
Newer Blues Artists or Recordings
Han Theesink's "Songs of the Southland." All hands on deck are juicy musicians, and the recording is top notch.  
REL Hum. Stumped
Is your system on a dedicated AC line?  
"The Mystery Of Sound Is Mysticism"
BAACH4MAC Fortunately, there are people serious enough about "equipment" that they can come up with breakthroughs like this. I daresay these same people are also great appreciators of the music itself.  
"The Mystery Of Sound Is Mysticism"
Musicophilia This is about the lightning-struck man who is the first chapter of Oliver Sachs' book "Musicophilia."