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Speaker wire is it science or psychology
WOW Craig, great and thankyou and also Detlof thanks for the clarification. 
Is Component "Upgradability" Important ?
If I were a manufacturer, I would go into offering upgrades especially when I felt my sales going down, my stocks were fairly low and a new model was in the works, ready to hit or already on the market. I would send the new model to be reviewed in... 
My overlooked cheap tweak
For the female, I use my man's pipecleaners, dipped into Kontak or something similar. For the males its Q-tips. 
Attention Scientists, Engineers and Na-s
Detlof, not that I mind, I often like your posts, but you seem ambivalent in your stand. Do you trust your ears or don't you? Honest answer please... cheers 
Speaker wire is it science or psychology
Detlof, what amps did you use in this setup and what were your sources? LP or CD? Agree with you about Craig's post. 
What type of breakers are best for audio
You bet, Bob and thanks for your kind mail!Regards, Kat 
The gender-split in audio
Phild, to me at least its music over gear, for the man I share the music with its both. I am fascinated with what gear can or cannot do to music, but the emphasis remains on music. For me it does not have to be "perfect". I enjoy it as is, for him... 
Hospital Grade Wall Outlets
Kitch, it is definitely true. We got ourselves a pair of the plasma tweeters from a-capella to implement our ESL's and the improvement in imaging and in the placement of the individual instruments was quite amazing. 
What type of breakers are best for audio
Bob is right. Avoid circuit breakers. Use ceramic fuses if you can and keep them spotlessly clean. Then listen and (perhaps) be amazed. (My husband did and we both were amazed) ( We didn't do any double-deaf testing though) 
Impulsive audio purchase
Beautiful, Cornfed, I liked that with the prefect roundness and Noonen, please listen to Sigmund and buy a TT. 
Survey-What is your most used source?
Vinyl over 90%, the rest CD. Classical hardly ever on CD, except, when something really striking comes out, like Abado's rendering of the Beethoven symphonies with the Berlin Philharmonic. 
Fluxbuster info
Albertporter is right. Do as he says. 
Speaker wire is it science or psychology
Jademo6, I think your last post contained a rather unfair ad hominem snide in the direction of Jostler3. Even though he often doesn't mince words either, he seems generally careful in avoiding an ad personam argument. Hence my negative vote to thi... 
The partner or wife factor
Seems, females get hooked on other things than electronic stuff and their music reproduction, though most of us like music of course. So our influence is probably being made felt in the sense of balancing out those attacks of hypertrophia, a male ... 
Spectral/MIT
Thanks for all the posts so far! Kelly, could you please clarify, what do you mean by "inextricable" ? What cannot you get out of? Did you have the "forced marriage" of gear and cables in mind? Any experience of Spectral with other than MIT cables...