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Butcher Block Acoustics
Thank you for sharing your positive experience.  
Crutchfield Customer Service
Always been a sucker for a happy ending 🙂 good for you and Crutchfield!   
Better sound on rainy days?
Maybe the rain is acting as "dither".  
My endgame system I think
Beautiful system. Has family life driven you to the basement? Lol, in all seriousness congrats on your arrival.  
New Analog Technology???
@atmasphere thank you sir. I wasn't totally sure about lacquer composition. Only that these weren't "new"   
New Analog Technology???
They're just lacquers. The only difference that I can sus out is that the lacquer is applied to an aluminum disc vs lacquer all the way through. In other words, it's more of a hybrid than something new.  
Upgrading from Primaluna
Ignore any of the posts that are off topic. Your question was about maybe trying a bhk essentially, I say maybe build a short list of more powerful amps both ss and tubed and find a way to try a couple. Those other posts are full of assumptions.  
Amp Search and Upgrade
Ignore the dogpile on the node as a streamer, it's more than adequate. The first response above is the best one. Use the hint6 as a pre amp temporarily. If you feel that you like parasound, I'd suggest a pair of used JC1's. Then spend another $4k ... 
Anyone having problems clicking on ads on Agon?
Thanks! That was extremely helpful 😀  
Speaker massage ...
Invite your neighbors over for a eurobeats dance party and turn it up! The bass speakers benefit the most.   
A CD PLAYER whose sound quality NOT AFFECTED by the DAC?
Does it sound good the way you do it? Therein lies your answer.   
I'm trusting FedEx/ UPS less by the day
There's an easy way to avoid all this  
"Too much gain"? (Cary SLP05 question)
"After reading through that revived SLP05 thread, it made me wonder and inquire if the same volume would sound better if I was obtaining it at a higher setting of the volume knob.  In other words, would my desired volume have a better sonic qualit... 
Has the cost of HiFi gotten a bit too much?
chinese manufacturers  Chinese communist party   
System bottleneck?
Op, yes use the heos app that is controlling the Marantz not involving the phone in the stream. Should get you the best possible results given your setup.  Maybe get an outboard DAC if you have to scratch that itch.