foey

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Bluesound, best value streamer?
I heard this at Bristol.  It sounded very good. 
Chord Dave or Ayre QX5 Twenty DAC???
Personally I think the Chord Dave is overpriced.  I heard one through very nice headphones at the recent Bristol exhibition.  No doubt it sounded good but so did the new Sony Dac at a fraction of the price. A shame really cos Sony in 2017 has not ... 
The awful truth about CDs, do they have the same shelve life as LP's ?
In 30 of me buying cds I only ever had an erosion problem with ONE. Thats one out of 2700.Problems I have with Lps over 40 years . Lost count.There is nothing wrong  with Cds other than people suddenly declaring them out of fashion. 
How old is too old for a Dac?
Its all down to listening at the end of day.I bought an Audiolab M Dac plus a few weeks back . I really like it. 
The "most foolish" loudspeaker tweak/upgrade ... is
The only foolish speaker upgrade is buying speakers that cant interact with yr listening room. 
What is most important part of a system?
RoomFurnishings/ChairYouYour moodDecent musicPowerSourceCablesAmpsSpeakers The amount of times I have seen pictures of ultra expensive equipment in peoples homes with cheap furniture & a single chair is laughable.