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The Science of Cables
I've set up many audio systems for novices who don't know anything about audio (one acquaintance mounted his turntable platter upside down which I determined by his inability to get a record to play correctly and a photo sent by email-fixed the pr... 
CD Got Absolutely Crushed By Vinyl
Plus, I keep mentioning the fantastic historic performance reissues on labels such as Marston at bargain prices for rare recordings in great sound, better than I can achieve on my 78 rpm set up. 
CD Got Absolutely Crushed By Vinyl
CD is not a dead format.  Many great remasterings are happening and have happened in the past few years.  I keep finding superior sounding recent reissues of Jazz and Classical on Amazon at great prices.  E.g. Monteux's famous RCA Sleeping Beauty ... 
The Science of Cables
I've also added a black SR outlet and Perfect Path Omega E-Mat on my power panel.  The latter really boosted the video color density and brightness.  The audio improved as much.  The power outlet improvement was significant but nearly the same pri... 
The Science of Cables
That is one cable that I have found no difference with.    HDMI cable for video purposes produce all the same video quality on a high end 4K 75" top of the line Sony LCD TV.  Someone lent me a $170 cable to compare to my $15 or $20 Fry's HDMI cabl... 
CD Got Absolutely Crushed By Vinyl
I used a Tandberg 310? to make live performance cassettes when I couldn't drag me Tandberg 9100 to the site.  Although the cassettes sound good, the RR recordings were better and with much lower, unobstrusive tape hiss at 7.5 ips.  Now I have a Pi... 
The Science of Cables
I must add that some very musically involving systems used $300 to $700 cables (Tiode Labs, Wireworld and others not as well known) while the best one used $400,000 of cabling (an extensive amount in a $1.5 million system). 
The Science of Cables
Some cables are made which incur significant time, material and labor costs. They should sell for more than HEA cable prices in the $1000s and $10000s. They include GroverHuffman cables which one can read about on his site. Just drawing the wire i... 
I’m gob smacked. What were you’re aha moments?
I know the Talisman has a 1000% mark-up but it is worth the $200 I paid for it.  It is more consistent (100%) than my AudioDesk CD lathe/trimmer which I bought used for $200 as well.  I stopped using it because I don't know that it is 100% safe to... 
I’m gob smacked. What were you’re aha moments?
geoffkait  I meant that the Walker Talisman which is a demagnitizer is easier to use than a bulk tape demagnitizer that millercarbon suggested.  You know that I know the difference but didn't spell it our precisely.    
I’m gob smacked. What were you’re aha moments?
Millercarbon  I know this is more expensive, but the Walker Talisman for CDs and LPs is much easier and faster to use than a demagnitizer.  $200 but saves so much time and effort.  Time is both money and there's too little of it.   
Amp - preamp or integrated
There are now some excellent quality integrated units.  One that I liked almost as much as the separate was the VAC Sigma170i .  Yes, that's an expensive unit but it is high quality throughout with optional phono.  I have the room and cabling for ... 
The Science of Cables
millercarbon  I did the same thing for my video (non-hi fi) system.  I used a Yamaha CR620 receiver and a pair of ADS L620 speakers at a cost of $250, added my friend GroverHuffman.com much older technology ICs and speaker wire from 10 years ago (... 
High resolution digital is dead. The best DAC's killed it.
There are 3 models of Kassandra DACs, between about $25k and $90K.  Which one did you choose?   
How important is it for you to attain a holographic image?
I was too lazy and my 185 lb Legacy Focus speakers are too heavy to easily move to the optimal position. So, I tried three positions and left them at 4’ from side walls, 9’ center to center and 5’ from rear wall. I sit 13’ feet from the front of t...