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advice on speaker matching, selection
room size? seating position to speakers?  speakers can be away from walls and corners (e.g. free standing placement)? 
Hegel H390 power cable
totally system, home and power grid dependentmine worked fine with the stock cord, not improved with other 'expensive' cords tried 
Pontus, Brooklyn+ or Benchmark 3? Pros and Cons
of those 3 i would pick the pontus, it is the most 'organic' sounding of the bunch imho^^^ never mind what i said earlier, aboveyou like solid state sound... mytek or benchmark is more up your alley... or chord... enjoy 
Jazz listening: Is it about the music? Or is it about the sound?
there are many good sounding, well engineered jazz labels... to me though, manfred eicher's ecm sets the bar as the gold standard over the years and still, todayyou must like the selection of music/artists though...  
Jazz listening: Is it about the music? Or is it about the sound?
assembling a system that can deal with the wide wide range of recording quality of the various forms and sources of music we listen to is a key learned skill in this pursuitthat been said, it is still hard to have cake and eat it too... whereever ... 
What Amp with Sonus Faber Olympica 3?
samglad everything is settling in and you are enjoying the music! best thing all primaluna owners can do for better sound is get those grim chinese input tubes outta there (and buy a pass too LOL) 
Stereophile's 2021 products of the year
let’s get serious, and real, herethe publications/reviews business is just that... a business - whether it is old style print (now with online versions), youtube reviewers, or online only pubs like dagogo, 6moons, part time audiophile, etc etc and... 
Suggest one obsure album we all should hear
obscure may be the wrong word, it is a new album from a new artistmatt carmichael - where will the river flowbeautiful lyrical jazz, great sound qualityin addition to the absolutely lovely music, it is an excellent test of truth of timbre of a hif... 
Budget Hunter: Spendor S8e vs Totem Hawk
craigjust noticed these... a little more $ than s8e but they are mighty fine and in your backyard!https://www.audiogon.com/listings/lisa9893-spendor-fl10-full-rangewould be an interesting alternative to a harbeth c7 or super 5, less $ than those, ... 
Vandersteen Model 5, 5A 5C Owners
johnny - stop being so demanding... i have a theory -- some people can only type, but cannot read -- let's find out if it holds here... 😂😂😂😂https://www.vandersteen.com//media/files/Manuals/5amanual.pdf 
Stereophile's 2021 products of the year
wow... i will have a dozen with my morning coffee!!!  :)i am sure all 250,000 of those aegir owners out there are feeling their amps sound much better knowing this! 🤣🤣 
Refurbishing 30 year old speakers
https://www.simplyspeakers.com/KEF_bymfg_63-0-1.htmla go to source... not sure if they have parts for your specific vintage kef... 
Hegel H80 & Yamaha A-S801 Conundrum
h190 is current... h90 has been replaced by h95 and h120 on lower end of the line, mostly updating the dac sections... h190 dac section considered to be quite current and should not be updated in the near future to say hegels make a yamaha sound o... 
Speaker Positioning - ProAc D30RS
d30rs is way too much speaker for such a small roomresponse 1sc’s or tablettes are more appropriate 
Pontus, Brooklyn+ or Benchmark 3? Pros and Cons
of those 3 i would pick the pontus, it is the most 'organic' sounding of the bunch imho