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Analyzing DACs
Online empirical research? That’s oxymoronic. "Researching" online is the exact opposite of empirical research. finally, a serious post in this train wreck of a forum thread LOL  
streaming and audiophile stereo
op - there are numerous threads over the past year or two in the digital section asking about and debating the sonic differences in digital streamers, i suggest you search and i am confident you will find useful info  
Have You Tried One Schiit Aegir with LRS
@peterf6  see another active thread talking about amps for maggie 3.6's... much useful discussion there you may benefit from to your specific question, unless you listen very softly, i would not use aegirs (mono pair or single stereo unit) with ... 
REL high Level + Class D amp help pls !
helps to learn directly from the amp manufacturer whether the speaker negative terminals provide a true ground.... not all class d amps are the same, just like not all class ab amps are the same in terms of their design, and treatment of the groun... 
Difference in Using Mono-blocs with Maggie 20.7's
op sounds like you are a bit all over the place you have truly great speakers in the maggie 20.7 - if you are committed to them we can suggest better amps than your mcintosh, be they stereo amps vs monos (this particular distinction being a mino... 
Difference in Using Mono-blocs with Maggie 20.7's
stereo amp to mono bloc amps as a generality is essentially meaningless - what the to/from amps are, how they are designed and built, what specific stereo amp to what specific mono block pair is being considered ... those critical details are what... 
Budget amp that will give Magnepan 3.6Rs better depth of soundstage
as a longtime maggie owner of various models (mg 3a, .7, 1.7i, and currently 3.7i), i heartily support the worthwhile pursuit to try to identify and catalog suitable amplifiers to drive maggies to satisfying volumes while producing the tremendous ... 
6SN7 vs 12SN7
as old stock tubes go 6sn7 octals are still relatively plentiful as many many many were used in mass market television production - they are still relatively cheap and the us made ones by ge sylvania and rca (under various brand names) sound very ... 
Whats playing on your system today?
   
Are MULLARD NOS EL34s and LTA ZOTL40 REF worth the price of admission?
i concur these are outstanding amplifiers, unique in how they present the music, a precise yet very beautiful sound, certainly not your granddaddy’s rose colored, rolled off, smoothed over tubey sound but at over 8 grand new, 5-6 grand 2nd hand, ... 
Analyzing DACs
I really enjoy hearing detail and separation. That is I can hear each instrument and clear vocals. just buy a chord qutest and be done, or even for less money, an rme adi-2 if you don’t care much about imaging (it is clear as a whistle and flat... 
Help with DC power connectors please
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Linear Tube Audio- Little Known Great- Linear Power Supply
there are many well made, capable linear power supplies out there these days... priced very high to quite reasonable no doubt lta makes good stuff, i am an owner and lover of their zotl 40 ref plus amp, a wonderful sounding and well built piece .... 
Help with DC power connectors please
can not see the pic mitch  
Vandersteen 2CE Signature III — video review on YouTube by Steve Guttenberg (1/15/2023)
After much tweaking I have integrated my Vandersteen 2CE Sig II's with a pair of Rythmik F12G-SE. The Vandersteen's were good before the subs, but now the sound went to 11. As they say in Spinal Tap "this one goes to 11".... +1 well integrated...