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Digital coaxial advice needed
Cullen digital cables are outstanding 
Final Report, Canare 4S11 Speaker Cable
I have Canare bi-wire speaker cables. Really nice low end and mid-range but they sound slightly rolled off and washed out on the top end.  I inserted Legacy bi-wire cables in their place.  The Legacy are not rolled nor sparkly on the top end but a... 
I wouod like a power cord recomendation that's in the budget category
Cullen cables are excellent 
inexpensive interconnects for MF X10-D tube buffer
Canare or Belden cables 
Class D is just Dandy!
This is a fascinating discussion.  I love tube amps like made by Canary, I have their 160 wpc monoblocks and I am thrilled with my Pass Labs x250.5 amp paired with Don Sach's preamp.My brain does not appear to be wired in a way that class D amps s... 
Supratek..Cabernet 6SN7 or Cabernet DHT
Just ordered a DHT/6SN7 preamp from Mick at Supratek.  Will be a couple of months.  Damn, I have the audiophile disease real bad.  I will soon have three more preamps than I need.   
What is the best solid state amplifier you have ever heard?
Pass Labs 250.5 stereo amp....best solid state I h ACC ve heard from a certified tube lover..... 
Supratek or Don Sachs - which way to go?
I have spent decades as a hardcore audiophile.  Have had at least 15 preamps and that number or more amps ranging from solid state, class D, hybrids, and tubes.   I peruse these threads all of the time which is how I found out about Sachs preamp w... 
Preamp Deal of the Century
How do the supratek preamps compare sonically to Don Sachs preamps?  I have a Sachs preamp and it is excellent. 
I need advice for power cords
Cullen cables produce outstanding speaker, power and digital cables.  ICs are strong as well.  Cannot go wrong with his cables..... 
Has anyone else auditioned something that really was terrible?
Mogami speaker cables.  Hands down, the worst piece of stereo equipment I have had the misfortune to audition.... 
What would you buy
A watt is not necessarily a watt for tubes.  They seem to my ears to play well above their rated power..... 
Dipping toes in tube preamp pool!!
Don Sach's tube preamp is phenomenal and costs less than 3K.  I have paired is with a PassLabs X250.5 amplifier and am in audio heaven.  The preamp is great irrespective of cost.  For the money, it is just stupid good. 
Review: Pass Labs X250.5 Amplifier
I just picked up a X250.5 on Audiogon and am driving it with the latest Don Sachs tube preamp.  OMG.  Other components include two heavily modded Dayton subwoofers, a heavily modded pair of Magnepan1.7s, a modded Cambridge transport and Chord DAC.... 
backert vs sachs preamp
Don Sachs preamp is a giant killer.  Their cost relative to their performance is tremendous.  Backer has modded equipment for me and he does good work.  Sachs preamp is for sure cheaper with out of this world performance.