bolong

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Wall outlets
Nitty Gritty  
Cable elevators
Multiple risers are not necessary. If you have enough space vertically, one tall riser will lift the entire cable off the floor.  
tube bias conundrum
Sophia Electric KT-88 ST  
Wall outlets
I installed four of the Hubbell 5362 outlets last year but can't remember which ones. There have been marathon discussions on Audiogon about this topic in the past. I think mine used high copper content brass. My power cables are all copper blade... 
Cable elevators
You know "psychological" can be a two way street.  
2 Questions on tube replacement
The 7025’s can be icing on the cake if you can find them. I used to get mine on Ebay. Agree with the comment about the gain on 5751’s being potentially problematic. My previous Muzishare x7 did not like those.  
Cable elevators
What's Up With Risers?  
Is My Tube Amp Unfixable? Help Needed
On my Primaluna the noises such as you describe were always due to 12au7 tubes acting up, or about to fail. Using the chopstick tapping method I found the tubes and replaced them.  
Will China become the poor man’s dealer for high end audio?
China's biggest problem now is demographic collapse - more elderly than they know what to do with. Not enough young people being born. It is a train wreck.  
Jay's Audio CD Transport Repair
Is this the CDPRO2 LF reader?  
New Synergistic Master Fuse
I installed an SR Master Fuse in my two month old Holo Audio May Level 3 Kitsune dac a couple of days ago. There are SR Purples everywhere else in my system all installed last year. The Master Fuse made a heck of a difference for the better after... 
Burn in vs perception
I postulate, however fatuously, that "noise" in audio systems can be akin to "noise" in wetware, and that an audio system in all its total parts talks back and forth to itself until an improved unity and flow is achieved... or not. People Who Aff... 
AI and the future of music
To the extent that we all at times act and think mechanically (as Jiddhu Krishnamurti used to say) then we have been living with artificial intelligence for darn near forever already.  
Power cable from wall socket to power strip
@coralkong  This below is the Shunyata cable you may be remembering. I have one connecting my 4 outlet Hydra to the wall. It made a very noticeable difference in sound quality without squashing dynamics. My Hydra only conditions two power cables ... 
And Awaaay We Go!
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