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Amp Stands - Wood or Stone
In my personal experience nothing substitutes for mass. Most of my components have around 40lbs of lead on each (except the speakers.) These bricks sit toward the side edges of the components to reduce any potential stress on the internals and to ... 
Amp Stands - Wood or Stone
My Audions sit on marble which sits on cherry wood shelves. Two sticks of wenge wood span the Audions front and back leaving a couple of inches between them. On this "bridge" sits a 15lb lead block.  
When I listen to my system.......
Music=Life. Take it as it comes.  
The Medical Explanation Of Why You Are Addicted To HiFi Audio
Well made music played in subpar conditions can still be "good" - just not as.  
Fun read...
Anything worth the chase is always both a curse and a pleasure. If it was all pleasure it wouldn't be half as much fun.  
AA for us
@grislybutter  "it's about the feeling of wanting more and something different, and not being able to stop." That impulse has been selectively baked into us for hundreds of thousands of years. It is what has kept us alive - for better and for wo... 
AA for us
"Addiction" can be a valuable tool when it comes to finally achieving the goal of owning a fine sound system. Wouldn't have it any other way. It was worth the trip. Some accomplishments require obsession.  
Time For a CD Player Upgrade
Audio Magic M2 fuses downstream.  
Is Recording quality the real culprit?
Beato Interviews Alan Parsons    
Leave it Open or Close it Off: A Listening/ Living Room Dilemma
Cornwall 4 Train Wreck This video has always stood out to me for what happens when the room is ignored. Basically, the speakers were placed in a cement basement. The owner then proceeds to Dynamat the horns into oblivion as a "countermeasure." I... 
YouTube Indicates What the Future is For Audiophiles - Interesting Demographics.
BAACH-SP When this technology (above) becomes cheap enough that many can afford it there is no telling what will happen to music, music composition and general listening. Trying to "predict" what will happen is a fool's errand. Elvis 1955  
YouTube Indicates What the Future is For Audiophiles - Interesting Demographics.
One thing that never goes out of style - gloomy, grumpy people. Not excluding myself here.  
YouTube Indicates What the Future is For Audiophiles - Interesting Demographics.
None of us knows what's coming next. Might as well just kick back and enjoy what we have. Doesn't matter a whit if we or our things become outmoded. That's an inevitability we have been living with forever.  
Is Recording quality the real culprit?
We spend the money on the system because we already know how to find top quality recordings.  
Gallium Nitride GaN Class D Amplifiers
Just my 2 cents - the Ganfets benefit quite a bit from installing the Audio Magic M2 audiophile fuses. In my AGD Audion mk3 monoblocs this is a $600.00 dollar bite, but well worth it. YMMV.