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Why Are We Breaking Our Brains?
There are certainly parallels in wine and hifi both are a blend of art and science and both are sensory experiences. Both have criteria about them that are both objective and subjective. I will say this though deductive blind tasting can make you ... 
Upgrade Cables or Just Upgrade Equipment & Live in Shame?
If you're happy with the sound why change? I use a hodgepodge of cables myself.  
Amp to pair with FM Acoustics 122/245 combo ?
Awesome rost those are fantastic amps I’m sure. I hope its a great match and quite a system you have there!  
Cable upgrade
+1 on working with your dealer and auditioning cables.  I will also say my first real speaker cables were the Goertz MI Veracity cables and they were decent starter cables but nothing special, so your dealer is probably right there.  
Every Music Genre Has The Blues
Wow I LOVE David Bromberg had some great bootlegs tapes of him I managed to lose. Great to know he's touring again.  
Comparing One System to Another - A + B
If I'm reading this right your living room speakers are mounted about 20 feet in the air, try bringing them down and putting them on good stands.  
A warning about hd tracks
That seems odd don't you just pay then download?  
Opinion: Modern country is the worst musical genre of all time
What I would call corporate country music is pretty awful. The other side cowboy music or alt country or Americana whatever you care to call it is great.      
Amp to pair with FM Acoustics 122/245 combo ?
rost I'd say given the extreme cost and relative scarcity of any FM Acoustics gear will mean almost no one can help you here. That being said I would imagine any competent amp, and you've mentioned some good ones, would work with your preamp. Perh... 
Who Would You Spend A Day With - Pick Two
@noromance back atcha and also @tomic601 @lowrider57 @lalitk @charles1dad @mikelavigne and I could go on and on but I'll stop there.  
Who Would You Spend A Day With - Pick Two
A heads up @mceljo almarg sadly passed away a grievous loss for this forum.  
Streamers?
I'm an Auralic fan one thing to consider with a streamer is the interface, I find the Auralic LDS app to be fantastic.  
Is a noisy tube a bad sounding tube
For a tube that's not noisy that's quiet.  
What happened to those dreaded 1099 forms we were going to receive from Paypal?
Anyone know a Dr Sloan here? He appeared seriously triggered by one of my posts here and sent me several insulting barely readable PMs. Never heard of him or seen him post here before.  
The goal of audio reproduction
Hey @jakleiss understood I was just gently poking fun and as I said in my post it sounds like a very thought out and reasonable approach.