jl35

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Sorbathane under granite slabs for speaker bases?
agree with Mapleshade, avoid granite 
Please Critique my Setup and Recommend Upgrade(s)
Good luckĀ  
how is this possible
it costs $35 to mail a pair of glasses there... 
how is this possible
it's free to place the ad and someone just might not be... 
Integrateds, which one??????????????
wait till you find a HK 990 
Vintage amps & power cords
it's the 50 year break-in period that makes them sound so good... 
Vintage amps & power cords
maybe you can combine yours and Wolfs concerns, and get an IEC input, and attach a cheap thin cord... 
Speaker Break In Question - going from single wired to bi-wired
unless you have some exotic or very expensive cables, it's pretty easy to determine which solution works best for you...I'm lucky, my Cerious Nano are not expensive and I can use a double run... 
Esoteric K07X versus K05
I would look other than Esoteric for Redbook only... 
Vintage amps & power cords
I've had my vintage gear changed to remove captive cord, and the results have always been positive. The safety concern on a cheap 40 year old power cord is very real. 
Best amp pairing with Aerial Acoustics Speakers?
Aerial used to recommend Classe and Theta for the 8b and 10T 
Best floorstander at $2k or less?
Vienna Mozart Grand, Dynaudio Focus 220 ll, Dali Helicon 400 
Please Critique my Setup and Recommend Upgrade(s)
acoustic treatment...room placement...component matching...especially speakers...though some speakers seem very sensitive to these, and others much less so, though always important...some speakers seem to always sound good even if mismatched with ... 
Speaker Break In Question - going from single wired to bi-wired
many feel single cable with jumpers sounds better than internal bi-wire 
Power cord replacement on a Node 2?
your only risk in trying one is the $5 return shipping cost