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Mass and vibration cancelling on top of CD player?
Here’s an interesting read on ... CD/DVD: Vibration and Jitter effects on Optical Disc Players and ROM Drives  
Jazz: If You Like This, You'll Probably Like This
I'll bet this sounds outstanding in that big room of yours Tight band excellent vocalist great performance ... JMO Shayna Steele. 
Principles of audiophile cable construction?
This should get you started SPEAKER WIRE. 
cd player not reading a disc? Laser dirty?
Sometimes there is a capacitor in the power supply that directly feeds the laser diode ... when that capacitor begins to fail it will intermittently not hold/store the charge and keeps the laser from powering up ... eventually it will fail complet... 
experiment with isolation??
I am curious to learn how the "Audio Magic Next Gen Plus" detects the precise "frequency and amplitudePtss ... I doubt it detects or senses the Interference and then implements an opposite and equal signal I’m sure Jerry has measured the emissio... 
experiment with isolation??
Ptss .. once again a simple question has a complex answer that requires looking at the problem before applying a solution How about that fiber that's supposed to blockhi frequencies. Any good? Best way to use? ...There are many types of shielding ... 
Entreq ground conditioners - what's the theory?
Ivan thanks for the kind words but unfortunately I’m am not an EE or even a lab assistant ... as a matter of fact in high school I was so poor in math that I thought that Calculus was Julius Caesar's hair dresser . 
Entreq ground conditioners - what's the theory?
The Entreq appears to be a sink for stray voltage that is floating around on your component’s chassis and ground planes .. it might be using magnets or ceramics to provide a low impedance sink and path way for this stray voltage on the chassis to ... 
experiment with isolation??
.First step to problem solution is problem identification ... I think your missing two thirds of the issues that need to be addressed In addition to injecting noise back into the power line ..RF or airborne noise is ballooned into the surrounding ... 
Soundstage vs background noise?
The lower noise floor of the new SS amp is now helping to reveal new low level details that were previously masked or blocked by the higher noise floor of your previous Tube gear The newly revealed details that were there all the time but inaudibl... 
Is it just me?
"Is it the humidity, barometric pressure"How about high Pollen count (;-. 
Room treatment in phases...where to start
Yes that is correct ... the wall behind the speakers is what I was referring to as the back wall ... that can be a confusing term If you are handy and can make some nice frames it’s easy enough to get the 703 and 705 material or better yet and le... 
Room treatment in phases...where to start
A clearer understanding of the room generated problems and frequency response characteristics should make selecting the correct solutions a lot easier You need to establish what the problem is .. where it is occurring .. and how to defeat it corre... 
Audio Magic Pulse Gen products
"because they are magic boxes!"Harry .. there is no magic in this hobby ... Math and Physics are the only things that can effect your system’s performance Most audiophile’s lack of advanced Math and Physics basics causes them to not be able to con... 
Power distribution
Richard Gray Power Company makes a unit called The Sub Station which accepts 240V and outputs 120V ... output is 16 amps or 1920 watts ... just about 2KVA Here is a link to the RCPC Sub Station