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Has anyone been able to define well or measure differences between vinyl and digital?
@teo_audio To clarify, an engineer is not trained to commit to the scientific method or invention, they are trained to follow the books, as that is why they are engineers, not scientists who explore and change things as required when required. ... 
Package Lost in US Customs
Everyone complains about delays at US Customs International Sorting Center (ISC) during the best of times. Nowadays it’s 10x worse. Private carriers sometimes expedite but it all depends. You could pay for DHL Express but they might hand off to US... 
What is this speaker cable connection?
The downside of those Parts-Express WBT/ Furutech knock-offs is they’re made of brass, not pure copper or a high copper alloy like tellerium or beryllium copper. So they don’t conduct as well as better bananas.  
Are manufacturer AC cables good enough?
Power cord must be:1.UL rated2.Originally supplied, or meeting same specs as original3.Long enough to reach your units easily ie. no tension4.Connected to a good quality surge protector (unless your stereo is a cheaper crap than the power cord its... 
Magico vs the world
I’m surprised there has been so little discussion of YG Acoustics in this thread. They’re readily comparable with aluminum cabinets and bespoke drivers, yet they’re vastly different.   
DIY Cable Supports
I have not compared my nylon, carbon fiber and aluminum cable supports to ceramic insulators. I do believe that good cable management is part of building a good system and different systems can benefit from different tweaks to get the best perform... 
NAD C 658 DAC
Subscribed. NAD C 658 is on my short list. I really want to try Dirac Live. But I wish the NAD had a digital out that could bypass the internal DAC so that 3 years from now if/when something better comes along I could just upgrade the DAC and not ...