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Do better ingredients make a better Ground Wire?
Ozzy, where do you place them as both leads are hot, only 180 degrees out of phase from each other?John 
Do better ingredients make a better Ground Wire?
Bud, I think it was stated before, but I don't understand why. I have a fully balanced amp (Wyred 4 Sound) that I run in full balanced from source through preamp to amp. Why will the GCs' do nothing in my case? 
Cable conundrum: Parasound A21 with RCA AND XLR
Well tell us, are you still running both XLR and RCA?If so how does it sound now? 
ADCOM GFA-5800 clipping
make sure if you use stranded speaker wire that there isn't one small strand touching another. I have seen this happen and the system will still work, but overheat the amp soon after. 
Next - Tube Preamp, Integrated, and/or Crossover?
First try the 300SE full range if you can. See if the volume is acceptable as split freq bi-amp will only get you a slight bit more volume with the 300SE.I'm not sure on your possibel paths, but definately get a buffer before the NHT volume to kee... 
Can foam padding isolate better than spikes?
Home Depot is a treasure trove for all these "McGuyver" tweaks. 
Ribbon speakers
look at Legacy Victoria LE 
Laziness in a dark room & digital hi-fi
Look into a Blacknote DSS 15 it will read FLAC off a hard drive and has a built in HQ DAC. 
can mundorf supreme caps be used for AC filtering
Yes, I do it and it works great. Lots more detail in the music that I was never able to hear before. The 600 volt rating is well over the 120 volts of house AC. 
Tube Buffer between cdp & pre
My digital source Blacknote DSS 30 has a built in passive volume output, so to better match the impedances I use an Audio Horizons TB 5.0 tube buffer in between the Blacknote and my amp (W4S ICE amp). Without it the highs are somewhat reduced and ... 
Lightspeed Attenuator - Best Preamp Ever?
Since the resistor changes with the amount of light, could I open the case and use a light bulb with a remote dimmer to change the volume? 
Lightspeed Attenuator - Best Preamp Ever?
George,Are you, or could you, consider making a fully balanced version with some sort of remote volume function? 
Anyone listening to 24/196?
All the time. I download them from HD Tracks and play them on my Blacknote DSS which accepts the format. 
With $20,000 in your hand, what speaker would you
How about using the 20K to buy and sell used speakers on audiogon? You will get to play with some great ones and have a lot of fun in the process now that you have some time. 
Best digital stream player
Look at the Blacknote DSS line. No computer necessary, just a USB flash drive or external hard drive. It plays all kinds of files up to 24/192