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why do people feel the need to buy expensive cable
What makes an expensive cable expensive ? Is it the fancy jacket ? The Ultra rare conductor materials used (LOL) ? The fancy box they come in ? Biggest sham on us audiophile fools ! If we only knew the mark up v.s. actual costs , no one in their r... 
Best DAC for around $10K new or used
"I just went from the Bricasti M1 to a Jeff Rowland Aeris DAC. There are no absolutes in Audio and based on my experience the other components will determine what works best for you. In others words, if possible try them in your system. There is n... 
Need reasonably priced balanced preamp
Bryston BP5 ,BP 20 . BP 25 
The missing piece
Torus power conditioner . Will stay in every system I put together as long as I live . 
Your thoughts about ATC loudspeakers
I would venture to guess they are not changing their house sound now after decades . Small refinements typically from the Pro market . 
Worth upgrading from Morrow MA4's?
ZD , your posts should have cliff notes . Who said what and where and when ? 
Worth upgrading from Morrow MA4's?
just ignore that zd . He is a tool . 
Paradigm whole studio system
studio v1 , v2 , v3 , v4 or v5 
paradigm used
we will need to know what model and series to answer the question . i have bought several Paradigms used . 
"Warm Sounding" Solid State Amplifiers
ZD , What do you like about your Ayre amps ? What speakers are you driving ? What preamp do you use ? What Ayre model do you have ? 
Bookshelf Speakers with the decent bass
Zd , You pulled out one sentence out of a million and defend yourself in a whole on that one sentence ? No one really cares who and what you recommend . I surely do not . The constant quotes of members thoughts , idea's and recommendations is aggr... 
Bookshelf Speakers with the decent bass
Wow , You are a dealer huh ? It makes you a living , keeps you alive with food and shelter . Defend until the end ? I now see why you wanted to defend zd since he exclusively recommends Vandersteen . Are you an Ayre dealer as well . You seem like ... 
Bookshelf Speakers with the decent bass
Audioconnection , If you are going to chime in on Roxy54's recommendation of "the clue" being a clueless suggestion then give your own recommendation for the speaker the op should buy . You must have the "correct" answer with all that knowledge yo... 
Bookshelf Speakers with the decent bass
Audioconnection , You assume you know peoples emotional states ? Your recent post is a emotional incoherent rambling. You like zd's brand recommendations . Fine, look closer at how he states them . Telling someone he will like the Vandersteen ? Ne... 
Bookshelf Speakers with the decent bass
zd's first post on the original subject to break down : Or, should I try Floor standing speakers. Thank you in advance on yours opinions.Topten (Threads | Answers | This Thread)"I think a floor standing speaker would be a much better way to go. Se...