czarivey

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Why so underwhelmed by Revel F208 audition???
I've never heard f208, but never heard any Revel speaker that has life in sound in any room with any electronics.worst dollar per sound spent. 
Where does your user name come from?
Czar is C-Zar or Ceasar; Ivey is from Phil Ivey(poker star) 
Update my Meridian 588?
I am also open for streaming from my macbook pro to a dac if you guys think I can get a better sound than I have now, I can spend between $2000 to $4000. Well, according to your goal, the most efficient way to achieve is to purchase higher resolut... 
Sold in one day
Ebm, ma' mama cooked me a couple of nice lolipops as well. 
the most underrated 33 1/3 in history?
It's Passport "Looking Through" album 
Ring Clamps. What do you think?
dood, i donno ehemmm, but certainly can do that for a lot cheaper. lemme know if you need same thing for $50 and i'll cut it for ya k? i can cut different shapes too. i guarantee it will do the same effect as ring clamp as well.right now have few ... 
Do Pangea PC's really outperform standard PC's
I know for sure that Nissmo will humiliate Challenger RT or even Vette Z06 with ease, but in terms of aftermarket powercords, i don't see the factor of competition there vs. any. 
Atlanta GA
to my experience in any city is local fleamarket 
What do you recommend for a solid state for office
Bel Canto S300i speaks for itself for half of what you want to spend for used unit. It will work with bookshelves like magicOutstanding performance at any volume level, precise and detailed and very analogue sounding similar to class A amps or tub... 
Increase total Speaker Impedance Question
Instead of killing useful power and also useful bandwidth per given load, I'd use single pair of speakers replacing quantity by quality. Another option is to use zone preamp and drive each pair of speakers with separate identical stereo amp. 
Total cost of ownership - how to reduce it
Solid states upkeep is cheapest. I spent once to build and did not upgrade for more than 15 years so my TCO is $few/month. 
Amps that switch on when receiving an audio signal
My Sunfire 300 only uses 20...25w stand-by so no need to switch on-off. It stays on 24/7 and always ready to blast music. 
Best A'gon System
Albert Porter is professional photographer, so the best pictures are overthere in his system. 
Where can make power cord be detachable for LS15
Al, I don't see an issue it's not that close and not that much of a room needed, at most the lettering may be cut-off, but for the upgrade sake...As another option to drilling for IEC socket, OP may re-solder aftermarket PC 
Best A'gon System
I can only judge by looks, but the performance contest is unfair without listening. So far mine beats them all by default.