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Speaker wiring question
Keep connections as designed on bottom end & you will get much better performance if you swap out those horrible jumper bars for some real cable jumpers... 
Recommendations on what I should listen to with my new TIDAL account......
Jazz:Miles Davis "Kind of Blue" & "Bitches Brew"...John Coltrane:"Blue Train"...Melody Gardot..Madeleine Peyroux...... Classical:Mozart "Serenade #10 for Winds"... If Tidal has a "Shuffle" function do as I do & simply use the above selecti... 
Speakers
Nice Sansui! I would expect it's voice to be a bit warm,never brittle or etched..With that in mind I would look at Focal Aria 906 or maybe Monitor Audio which I prefer to B&W...Also the Matin Logan Motion 35XT might be a good match... 
Speaker Cables for Athena AS-B1
Signal Cables,Anti Cables or Blue Jean Cables... 
Vinyl***What If***
Yea BACK ON SUBJECT people.... Still researching,I think it’s the gear that has me interested & not the experience but I'm still curious...The Project Elemental has caught my eye..$230.00 delivered & ready to play with Ortofon OM5E cartrid... 
Want to get into Analog
Being still curious I have been looking on ElusiveDisc.com, Musicdirect.com,Crutchfield & One Call & am blown away at all the really cool table/arm/cartridge set ups they have from $250.00 to $400.00..Really amazing looking set ups from Pr... 
Best Inexpensive Platforms
Vibrapods for electronics..Can't say for the speakers.. 
Integrated under 1k (hopefully 500) for Wharfedale Dentons & Snell
Gently used Cayin A50 would make magic with those speakers... 
Want to get into Analog
^^^ You should read the thread I started called "Vinyl,What If"....Very eye opening... 
Nordost Power Cables - my latest experience
I just last week changed pc to a Lief Series Red Dawn..UNLIKE the Lief Red Dawn speaker cables,which were a revelation,the pc did nothing,no change,zipp,nada.... 
Head-Fi Rack Recommendation
1 word,TUBES.. 
Vinyl***What If***
Thanks guys..I think I will explore Class D Amps instead of vinyl.... 
Vinyl***What If***
hahahahah @noromance did you think you had a new convert? 
Which courier do you prefer?
Fed Ex is NOTORIOUS for simply leaving packages sitting by the front door & I have had a couple packages go missing with them so I will NEVER use them again...USPS Priority Mail has NEVER failed me for the smaller stuff & Big Brown gets th... 
Vinyl***What If***
I am fully committed to Digital..Just thought I would play around with a small,inexpensive(about$350.00 total + some vinyl)vinyl rig but it's looking like it won't be worth the effort...