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Are You A Disciplined Audiophile?
Comparison auditioning - buy 2-3 products representative of various designs and compare them at the same time - is more effective IMHO. The only "break" that I take is to wait a week or two and come back to it with fresh ears and see if it sounds... 
What's in your CDP tonight? the minority report
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eBay
Your state's DRS (Department of Revenue Services) may have something to say about this. They regulate sales tax among other things.  
$100-200 linear power supply
@akg_ca I don’t see the merit in an approach of a new LPS at equal to or double the MSRP price of the amp unit itself. I’d put the $200 toward the cost of a better amp first. Because from my admittedly one-sided and purely subjective listenin... 
$100-200 linear power supply
Put a thin  plate of shungite with a copper tape  on the Fosi   There are five types of shungite rocks, categorized by their carbon content: Shungite-1 (noble elite shungite): 90%-98% carbon; this has the metallic sheen. Shungi... 
$100-200 linear power supply
In your case that's 24 volts and 4.5 amps. That is a good point.  
Qualities Of An End-game System
@wolf_garcia There is no "end game" required in anything connected to music enjoyment or any art form except in your head. +1  
eBay
OP, have you talked to eBay?  
External Linear Power Supplies
@jerrybj  The one review I had found that used a separate power supply for a Pro-Ject Stream Box S2 Ultra streamer observed no improvement. I reread that review a long time later, and they used the Project Battery power supply. So you are sayi... 
Stuff You Tried To Love
B & W  
Are there other people like me ? Amazed by their low cost system :)
"The lady doth protest too much, methinks"   Hamlet by William Shakespeare.  
Most impactful for playing soft
I’m using a little 2.3 wpc amp from Decware. I have a custom 4wpc amp under construction. @carlsbad2 Sounds interesting. Any thoughts on GLOW Amp One Single Ended Tube Amplifier - SPECIAL EDITION  
Here's to the temperate, the gentle, the moderates in audio
Here's to Audiogon who even has a forum. Not sure what they gain from this as it's a website for selling but appreciate they do.  
Smaller plug-in AC Purifiers -- Shunyata, iFi, Puron...something else? What do you like?
What happened to Audio Magic Stealth? It was all the rage and then vanished.  
Using battery power to go off the City's power grid
For all you people "Using battery power to go off the City's power grid', does your stereo sound as good in the daytime as night? People often say their stereo sounds better at night. Is it dirty power from the grid or something else?