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Can one ever be "done" in this hobby?
There’s a fine line between audio nervosa and just doing what needs to be done. You could even call it housekeeping. Very unstressful. The stress comes when you can’t figure out where to go next or what’s wrong with your system. There’s not enough... 
Does anyone use wood for vibration control?
Uh, oh, I’m getting a bad feeling. Somebody else didn’t think my post was nicely put or summed it up very well. 😛 
Why is the high end stratospheric?
Good sound is not rocket science. But great sound is. If you want to settle it’s no skin off my nose. I did not create reality. As Bob Dylan says at the end of all his songs, good luck to you. 
At what point is an external D/A converter warranted or beneficial
2 Richard Gray conditions? And you don’t take ME seriously. What exquisite irony! 
Replaced CDP w/ Transport; Now, Soundstage Changes Dramatically w/each CD. Why?
Actually my point was, for a component with a foot on all four corners, if you remove one foot the component could easily topple over. You can get away with three cones only if you can arrange them in an equilateral or isosceles triangle. Three po... 
Does anyone use wood for vibration control?
What are you two knuckleheads going on about, now? 
Axpona reviewers perceptions and reality
My old boss at NASA told me never get behind anyone 100%. I think that’s very good advice, especially in the audio game. I did not fall off the turnip truck yesterday. 
Chinese fake cables How fake, how good?
There is a difference between a Foreign company using inexpensive labor in China to assemble or manufacture products using materials and methods supplied by the Foreign company in their own facility AND a Chinese company producing its own products... 
Does anyone use wood for vibration control?
“If I could explain it to the average Joe they wouldn’t have given me the Nobel prize.”Guglielmo MarconiThe Nobel Prize in Physics 1909 Born: 25 April 1874, Bologna, ItalyDied: 20 July 1937, Rome, ItalyAffiliation at the time of the award: Marconi... 
Whats playing on your system today?
https://youtu.be/AqZceAQSJvc 
Axpona reviewers perceptions and reality
instlouis56 posts04-28-2019 1:39pm@geoffkait - Weren't you advised to cut down on your sodium?You’re very close. It was lithium.  
Chinese fake cables How fake, how good?
US - China trade agreement. They agree to buy our great products and we agree to buy their crap products.  
At what point is an external D/A converter warranted or beneficial
The damage has already been done by the time the signal gets to the DAC. The problems all occur in the nanosecond period of time it takes the laser to read the data. The system doesn’t recover no matter what you do downstream. Sorry to burst anyon... 
Have you ever downgraded deliberately?
Sometimes, to create one must first destroy. - David the advanced robot in Prometheus 
Replaced CDP w/ Transport; Now, Soundstage Changes Dramatically w/each CD. Why?
millercarbon, God gave animals and pianos four legs for a reason. He gave CD players four legs for the same reason. It’s so they won’t run around in circles.