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Unusual countries for audio gear
What you notice is audio is low tech so talented people anywhere can make interesting things.   
What is the most overlooked consideration?
Overlooked. Options you didn't know about when you made a move.  I used to work for a billionaire. All he wanted was knowledge. His options. He got fed up with consumer audio and got three bids from pro audio contractors.    
Out of Balance
It's window on the artist's power in the recording studio, or the engineer in the mixing box at a live event, with the artist's final approval. Of course very old recording quality may be limited for tech reasons. Best example I like is Stevie Ni... 
What is a good all around high quality speaker to purchase?
The contrarian move is Yamaha NS-5000 for $15K.  It is a synergy of resources from the world's largest producer of musical instruments with a world famous motor sports business. Add a zero to the price and the single material driver technology w... 
What is a good all around high quality speaker to purchase?
What's your target price?  
How good is the crossover in your loudspeakers?
My main crossover is on Yamaha's website (NS-5000).   
Tin Pan Alley and Thanks to You- which speakers play the tap on the snares the best?
Yamaha NS-5000 has tonal accuracy 26hz-40khz using woofer/midrange/tweeter made from the same aramid fabric. It has the effect of a single driver with much broader frequency range.  There's a Vandersteen model that does the same. The market trend ... 
We Need To Talk About Ones And Zeroes
 The other glaring variable in resolution is antique coaxial internet service versus fiber optic or microwave mesh. At my old house I was limited to coaxial and it was not pretty. The technician told me he had a job for life replacing coax connect... 
Do most people prefer tight bass or non tight bass?
I would not frame the issue in those terms. Bass intensity and detail are more accurate. Does your subwoofer dovetail with your speakers' woofers? Do drums and stringed bass instruments sound the way they would in live  small venue music?  Or do y... 
Need help choosing speakers for Outlaw Audio receiver
Hsu CCCB 8 is interesting. Under $800 for a pair. For the full $2K maybe Tekton Pendragon.   
Why most $3000 and lower DAC’s sound almost identical
I never worry about it. I'm using the DAC onboard my Peachtree PreDac and I like it. There's a handful of DAC chip manufacturers everybody uses. It is not cutting edge technology.  
Integrated amp under $5k
Peachtree Carina 300 has Hypex modules.   
Has anyone switched from Class AB/A to Class D? Was it better? Was it worse?
I bought a Panasonic SA XR 50 with an Energy Star sticker on it for my transition to class D. Not a reference piece but it can do 5.1 signals and it never gets hot. Now I run B&O Ice Modules in two sizes: Red Dragon M500 monoblocks; Wyred4Soun... 
Class d amplification
Wyred 4 Sound SX-1000 R are 1000 watt Ice Modules with nice power supplies and proprietary input boards. 3200 USD. Head room for your Blades. Gear depreciates precipitously so buy low to insulate yourself.    
Nomenclature for streaming
I call mine Frank.