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Badly recorded albums needing upgrading
pjr801,Now you caught me. I think mine are one CD case with two discs inside (DVD and CD), but am easily wrong about that. I have not pulled them out in many years. I will check it. 
Speaker cable recommendations in my budget
schubert,I think it was you who mentioned Zu cables and eBay in some other thread a year, or so, ago. I looked them up and bought two different pairs. Thank you. 
Future of cables!
@djones51, long on emotion, short on evidence.Is it ok to ask how geoffkait knows such intricate details about djone51?  
Badly recorded albums needing upgrading
skyscraper,Bruce Springsteen Nebraska is, I think, not the usual Bruce Springsteen sound. Overblown may be the last word to come to one’s mind when talking about it. Try it on youtube, or wherever else, before you buy it. Just in case. If you like... 
Badly recorded albums needing upgrading
skyscraper,I apologize for poaching your thread. Just this one thing, please.geoffkait,I know about that one, I actually played with it. It is a hard/flash drive based machine. It does play DSD but not SACD as discs. It is a nice little gadget, cu... 
Badly recorded albums needing upgrading
millercarbon,Does it take a lots of effort, or you are really that way? 
Badly recorded albums needing upgrading
What company? Any other detail? I have never noticed anything about it and I have been on alert. 
Future of cables!
"2. Why do seemingly insert audio components like solid state amps benefit from being isolated from external vibration?"Because they may rattle. It helps to tighten the screws, though. 
Badly recorded albums needing upgrading
geoffkait,No, you did not make a boo boo, at least not this time.skyscraper has a SACD player so buying SACDs would enable him to get full SACD benefit, if there is one, while also having a CD layer.In your case, it was wise to skip SACDs, unless ... 
Badly recorded albums needing upgrading
If you are looking for the early Rolling Stones (up to Let it Bleed), buy those 2002 SACDs and that is it. As geoffkait mentioned, they are relatively cheap (eBay, etc.) but the prices have actually gone up recently. Just make sure you get SACDs a... 
Whats playing on your system today?
Tommy - movie soundtrack 
Future of cables!
The future of audio cables is already here. It is called "wireless". Or, as it has already progressed, "true wireless". 
Speaker cable recommendations in my budget
Find Zu Audio cables on eBay. They sell there as auctions, or you can get them full price on their website https://www.zuaudio.com/ . Depending on length, you may be around $200. You pick the termination (or none at all). Libtec looks nicer, but a... 
If I have good local shops available, should I restrict my purchasing?
"Personally I don’t think there is anything unethical about not paying taxes on out of state purchases."I am not sure about ethics, but in some of the states in the U.S.A. it is illegal, or whatever word for "tax fraud" would be. 
Guest suddenly takes it upon herself to move my speakers
prof,I get it. I may simply be lucky as none of my adult guests ever tried to (semi)intentionally damage anything. At the same time, the last thing on my mind would be resale value. I would be more concerned about hanging out with people who enjoy...