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dlcockrum

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Ugly vs Gogeous speakers
Good to know.Dave 
Synergistic Red Fuse ...
I was surprised to see that the contact area of both the Black and the Blue fuses is plated with brass/nickel. Everything I have read and my own experience re: receptacles makes this a puzzling choice to me.Dave 
Synergistic Red Fuse ...
New SR BLUE Fuse: http://www.synergisticresearch.com/fuses/blue/Dave 
What's the weak link in my system?
It appears that we are in complete agreement rbstehno. Nice.Dave 
Is it ok to not gush over Vanessa Fernadez?...one listener's perspective.
I like it too. Sounds fantastic to me streamed via Tidal...Dave 
What's the weak link in my system?
There are very notable exceptions re: power conditioners but agree with sbrownmw that your Furman may not be doing your system's SQ any favors...Dave 
What's the weak link in my system?
Experimenting with speaker placement and (not or) getting your room acoustics improved should be your priority right now IMO.Someone here started a thread on trying placing household pillows on the floor. Not a long term solution to be sure and ma... 
What's the weak link in my system?
jdm11,Be careful not to swallow every pill crammed in your face. Your preamp/amp/speaker combo looks pretty solid. In that case, sources are your best bang for SQ improvement, excepting the one thing I do no see discussed: Have you experimented wi... 
What's the weak link in my system?
Narrow opinions on everything do not equal expertise at anything. Quite the opposite in fact.Dave 
Wow. Tidal now has Internet radio in USA
You are both right, nycjlee and hgeifman.It is indeed SHOUTcast.I only use Aurender and the app is so "Tidal-like" that I assumed this was through Tidal. Sorry for the mis-info and thanks for correcting.hgeifman, also thanks for the tip on Calm. I... 
Amps Always On - System Power Up Sequence
Friendly tip to those new here: check out the date of the OP and/or the last response. Sometimes it is worthwhile to resurrect a very old thread, so if that is the case, carry on.Dave 
Oppo UDP - 205
Touche, csontos. Valid point and well taken. Don’t think I will move in that direction but will instead play in a different sandbox. Thanks for the nudge :)Dave  
Oppo UDP - 205
Can’t argue that the room is the weak point. Investment should be made here as one of the first steps for any serious audio system IMO. Yet, we can only get the room so good. But that is not the topic of this thread. Much out there already about t... 
Wow. Tidal now has Internet radio in USA
I think it is relatively new to the US market, 2psyop. Enjoy.Dave 
Oppo UDP - 205
azbrd, Everything you say in your first paragraph is true re: that MW does not touch the digital section directly in their mod, excepting improving the AC quality fed to it, both by use of the Bybee rail and also freeing up the stock unit’s power ...