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Placement of Single Subwoofer Affecting Sound of Main Speakers
Ideally you want one sub front and center. Front and slightly off center is next best. Avoid the corners. Rear center is another decent option especially if you sit closer to the sub than the front mains.   You can get away with a lot with sub pla... 
What speakers for Naim Unity Atom
For a room that size, with your requirement for detail, were it me on that budget, I’d stick with the smaller stand mounted monitors to start, see if enough bass and if not add a sub or subs later. I would avoid floor standers if room is upper le... 
What speakers for Naim Unity Atom
No brainer, go with a pair of KEF ls50 meta for just a tad more new (they do detail as well as just about anything, within their limits), or even older ls50s that would come in under budget used.  
Whats playing on your system today?
Radio Paradise.   
How much “suspension of disbelief do you need?”
Not important to me anymore.  Been there, done that.   
Do I really need an " Audio Grade Network Switch "?
No.   
Can one have too many tube components in a system?
It’s the overall tube amp design and implementation that normally matters for sound. Not # tubes. Where # tubes matter is when one starts to go bad. You have more tubes to test and verify in order to isolate the issue than otherwise. So in genera... 
Listening without interpretation...is it impossible?
I found this very entertaining example of listening and interpreting    
Try a sub a third in the back
https://ohmspeaker.com/news/for-optimum-sound-how-many-subs-and-where-do-you-put-em/   “For the best imaging when you have more than two subwoofers, the other subs should be placed so the listeners are equal or greater distance from the mains an... 
Genre: Sacred or Early World Music, what's your go to?
I am both a Bach and Bloch fan.   
Listening without interpretation...is it impossible?
Listening and interpreting is how one’s ears become trained. In fact all our senses work that way. The outcome should be better not worse. So I am not seeing a problem with how things just kinda naturally work. Am I oversimplifying things? Maybe t... 
Powered speakers for a turntable
Vanatoo guy here.   
The hunt is over
I was fine.   Now you got me all riled up again!  🤔  
Audio Research I/50
Interested to hear.    
Audio Research I/50
Big ARC fan here and I like the more contemporary i/50 styling for WAF.   If ARC can deliver its typical product performance in a more contemporary package that perhaps more might want to own, I’m all for that.   A tube integrated amp has been...