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Just wondering about speaker cables
i just use components that have skinnier, olympics-ready electrons - its an off menu item if you get to know the owners of high end equipment makersgetting older now, don’t like to double up anything, want things light and compact 
I need help with an amp decision
soix’s question is a key one, as is the budget for the ampafaik, nelson's first watts don’t run balanced ins in standard stereo configuration -- (e.g. the f4 has a balanced in, but it is used only if run as a monoblock) 
HELP! I bought equipment drunk, don’t know anything.
https://www.shipt.com/bevmo/?utm_campaign=post_launch-search-na-conquest-na-national&utm_medium=...you buy the right stuff from here, the mismatched gear will sound great nonetheless...have fun, don't drive 
BEL E88CC/6922 tubes - what can I expect?
sonic frontiers is long gone as a going concern, though chris johnson is still in ontario canada, now running parts connexion, the online hifi components seller, and doing some mods on equipment on a limited basisyou could reach out and ask him hi... 
D’agostino preamp - unfortunate its SS?
@roxy54 You still won’t stop asking this senseless question? Wake up!i have stopped substantively replying to this posternot the sharpest pencil... or just pranking to get a rise... reminds me of a few other usernames that have gone dormant now th... 
Just wondering about speaker cables
twice the cable twice the fun twice the music twice the bass... do it!!!let us know how it goes!!!!!****************************************************************************just kidding 
Large Focal Speakers Shipping Service
does the owner still have the original boxes and internal packing materials for the focals???if not, you are likely dead in the water on this oneusing a run of the mill pack n ship outfit without original packing will usually end in outright disaster 
Speaker Cables? why all the hype for expensive speaker wire?
hahaha the thread police have gone hog wild on this one!!!   
BEL E88CC/6922 tubes - what can I expect?
@thosb Final question - this might be too SF pre specific, but is it worth to put high quality tubes in all six positions?i will say it again... the search bar above is your FRIEND... https://forum.audiogon.com/discussions/tubes-for-sonic-frontier... 
Discrete R2R Ladder dac from Soekris, Absolute Sounds review.
got a hold of a soekris 1421 and am starting to listen... info in this thread has been usefulsoekris manual says there can be remote volume control using an apple remote... will try this out too, as my preferred way of hearing a dac is direct into... 
System forclassical music
@mahler123 Do people really believe that some systems are good for Classical and bad for everything else, and vice versa? I would hope that a good system should excel in all areas of Music my take on this is that yes, most good systems will play a... 
Gustardx26 pro vs RME ADI2FS
Whether it sound better than the custard I don’t know, but it sounds a lot better than it did with a wallwart. i dunno if it will sound as good as a gustard but i am sure it won't taste as good as a custard!... especially a frozen custard!!!  sorr... 
Sopra 2 Bass
many of the chi-fi dacs that are advertised as being mqa capable (topping, gustard, smsl...) only decode it properly via their usb inputs -- coax and optical, no can do 
Gustardx26 pro vs RME ADI2FS
well said brucei have come to believe the same over the numerous years i have spent in this pursuitwhether it is something being lost in the recording and mastering processes, or in the playback chian, the classic notion of ’straight wire with gai... 
New/Used Amp recommendations for about $3k-$4k?
no idea what improvement is possible over the emotiva’s you mentioned, as i have never heard themin the price range (roughly) you mention, used, i would personally lean towards a hegel h20, or if less watts is needed, a pass or first watt ampthese...