ma128

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Mixing Ethernet Cables
Thank you all.  You've been very helpful.  
Spotify HiFi worth signing up for?
Spotify is excellent for music discovery. Its suggestions are much better than Tidal’s.  I listen to Tidal on my main system and with wired headphones.  Spotify is used when I listen via Bluetooth or at my desk through good but non-audiophile spea... 
DAC/Preamp/Amp Recommendations
Thanks, everyone.  These are great suggestions and give me great ideas to research.Cheers,Paul 
Your favorite 'concept' album
Quadrophenia 
Jazz for aficionados
Antoine Drye. Oblation, Volume 2: Duration via Tidal. Particularly “Jasmine.” 
Speaker advice for first hi-fi setup - Monitor Audio Gold vs. KEF R series!
As others have mentioned, you are auditioning systems, not speakers, at the dealers.  I think your best approach would be to determine the best system within your budget at each dealer.  A good dealer should be willing to spend time with you swapp... 
What are you streaming tonight?
Thanks uberwaltz  
What are you streaming tonight?
Art Pepper & George Gables - Goin’ Home via Tidal.  Perfectly complementary match of styles between Pepper and Gables.  
What do/did you do for a living?
I retired two years ago at 63 from a career in accounting and commercial real estate finance. Did well and lived prudently. We’re well aware that we are also very lucky - good kids and good health. One of my retirement presents to myself was a new...