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The Audiophile's Wife
That's a scream...!!!! 
Dont laugh
Hi Gammajo, I'm not laughing. I have a minimalist CD-only system that costs around 5 grand. My analog IC's are balanced Mapleshades Excalibur ribbons (VERY happy with them), but tried a 3' pair of Dayton balanced mic cables for a temporary fix onc... 
Does listening fatigue go away???
Hi Daimbert, yes, listening fatigue is an all-too-real phenomenon that you CAN get rid of – just not quickly. I don’t believe there’s any real and reliable way for us to ‘pinpoint’ what the source of listening fatigue is in a given system. It won’... 
Looking for a balanced upsampling DAC under 1k
There are 2 I've considered: the Mapleshade-modified DACMagic - it's inherently the same output stage as the Cambridge 840C ($1600) player, but with a top-flight power supply and AC cord. It's $800 and can be had with a USB package if you need it ... 
Receivers with 4 ohm speakers
Hi Dwcoleman. Does it ever dropout right at start-up, right after the speaker relays finish kicking in? Even if the answer is no, I'd still suspect it's the speaker relays are beginning to go bad. I lived with an R-115 and an RV-371 for a time and... 
OPPO BDP-93 RAM Modification Thoughts.
You could try giving Ric Schultz a call over at EVS (Electronic Visionary Systems - you can Google "EVS tweak"). He's 'officially' discontinued his mods of the 93 and is currently offering mods on the 95, but he may be willing to do something for ... 
Receptacle Cover Plates & ISOCLEAN Alternatives?
Just my 2 cents, guys...anyways, you axed... 
evs ground conrol tweak
The pair I have are mounted inside my speakers at the crossover input. While not an absolute OMG experience or anything, they sure improved things, and in my case without making anything worse. There was an increase in dynamic punchiness - not exa... 
Receptacle Cover Plates & ISOCLEAN Alternatives?
I know. I would've thought the very same at first. All I can say is 'have a good laugh' if you don't believe it. 
Receptacle Cover Plates & ISOCLEAN Alternatives?
Hi Adamlau, I'm an audiophile not an ee, but there are lots of those products out there now - some pricey, some not - but I'm not so sure many are based on solid reasoning...most seemed to be based on what passes these days for conventional wisdom... 
Sony BDP 470/570/770/480/580/780 mods by EVS
I had thought about going this route myself several times, but now I'm having Ric modify my Behringer DEQ2496 for DAC use (new D-to-A mod, chip, output stage with regulators and RCA digital in jack) in a CD-only sourced system. Ric is one of the f... 
Seeking advice on how to improve my system
St01, I'm afraid I don't have too much advice on the excess treble energy if for no other reason than I'm an owner of a digital EQ, so if I have such a problem all I need to do is zap it, of course. But, traditionally people do generally try to so... 
Seeking advice on how to improve my system
If you're at the point where you're feeling vaguely dissatisfied with system performance, but aren't sure exactly why, I agree that power conditioning may be a good and likely place to start. But, before you accept coventional wisdom on it and sta... 
Balanced to RCA interconnect--is it beneficial?
All other things being equal anyway, Balanced to Balanced would be the most ideal. Single-ended to Single-ended would be the second most ideal. Balanced to Single-ended would very likely be the least ideal of the 3. In theory, this last situation ... 
cooling mono amps
Have a pair of Monarchy SM-70 Pro as monoblocks. To reduce warm-up time I leave em on 24/7 unless I'm out of town. They're very high-biased class A, so w/o cooling they'd otherwise likely cook themselves into an early grave used this way. I tried ...