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Bill Chinook / Bruce Springsteen
The remasters of wild and innocent sound fantastic with the plangent process .  Wild Billy's circus story becomes audiophile quality  
Audioquest Niagara vs PS Audio
While I have not heard the 1000, I use the Niagara 7000 in our listening room (I’m a dealer) and have found it to be an incredible upgrade in every aspect of performance. I also noticed Michael Fremer who has the Shunyata units, in his latest amp ... 
My final table , hopefully !
Larryi  - can you elaborate on your insect damping method for the WTT.  I used to own that table.   Would you consider it more of a tweek or a bug?   
Bill Chinook / Bruce Springsteen
While Born in the Usa isn't my favorite Bruce album, I find even his last 4 or 5 released to have some amazing and insightful tunes.  I think he's one a a handful of artists who has evolved over the years instead of recycling their old ideas.  The... 
Power conditioner help
I'm have also heard power conditioners choke systems.  The audioquest niagara (I mentioned I became a dealer for) can actually deliver 90 amps for short bursts, which I can hear has helped dynamics.  (As well as noise floor)There are some great vi... 
New Transformer on the Pole
Yes I was about to add also lower resistance due to new/cleaned connections.   Wish they did that here in Manhattan but everything is under ground.   
Power conditioner help
I recently brought in the Audioquest Niagra power conditioner for our dealership demo system here in NYC.  If you want to contact me I can tell you more about why I chose that power conditioner over others after extensively reviewing the options.t... 
A New Comprehensive Turntable Setup Video
I'll have to check this out.   Wonder if Michael Fremer is loosing sleep over the competition.   
Best Preamp - NO preamp... (?)
Just to clarify.   I have heard it explained that The volume control in the Ps audio DS (I'm a dealer) is digital up until 50 - from 50 to 100 it is analog.  as Robert Deuch found it sounds fantastic and close in sound to the Cat preamp.   Well as... 
Tinnitus worries...
NR - the main ingredient in the supplement Basis has been shown in studies to protect the hearing of mice from sound induced damage. (Whether they were given it before or after the exposure!!!)It has had a host of other even more beneficial effect... 
Best Preamp - NO preamp... (?)
Hi Ami.Since I have the same DS dac you have, perhaps I can shed some light. First I have to give a dealer alert, since I sell the Ps line. while the DS happens to have an extremely transparent volume, and it does sound great in my system, a top p... 
The most transparent speaker cable
I recently became a dealer for Audioquest here in NYC to handle their power conditioners.    I was offered to audition their speaker cables and thought why not.   I got to extensively listen in my system to their 2 top of the line speaker cables, ... 
Finally stepping into the hobby after 30 years of watching from the sidelines
Hate to be a kill joy but it sounds like you might have a system turned on many hours of the day, many days of the week.   I think you'd go through tubes rather quickly with that many hours of usage each week.  Maybe a hybrid design would give you... 
Upgrade my DAC or buy more weed?
I would buy a volcano vape unit and have it modified with a better power cord, dynamat internally to damp vibrations, change out the red led for blue and have still points inserted into the base of the unit for mechanical grounding.  Also the powe... 
High-Resolution Audio: You Can Hear Me Now
Yes I agree with this that Ac isolation reveals low level details that high res excells at.   But there are so many other factors it's hard for a study to really ascertain the benefits of higher resolution.