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Fine trumpet , alto sax recordings?
Kenny G's just pure lullybuys. I'd call his music 'rectangular' with no unordinary shapes.Chris Botti's the best before getting laid. He's great trumpeter. From the today's trumpeters I give my preference to Roy Hargrove -- the REAL JAZZ. Recently... 
What is the average lifespan of a phono cartridge?
Hah Lyras have whole different story on longetivity. 2nd to none indeed. 
What is the average lifespan of a phono cartridge?
New phono cartridge is almost like new guitar strings. Unfortunately longer service makes sound more dull. In most cases I tend to keep it for 600 hours before purchasing or trading in to a new one. 
How far can room treatments solve boomy bass?
before purchasing anything extra make sure of correct placement that is the main culprit of boomy bass. amplification is also crucial in terms of sufficient power to drive speakers. 
phono amp +/- €1500
Violectric balanced phonostage has so many adjustments and features that it's suitable for any cartridge in the market.http://www.violectric.de/Pages/en/products/ppav600.php 
Fuses that matter.
For those who likes to travel I offer to try out testing on the different pole. It's all reverse there. Make it directional LOL! 
Fuses that matter.
My sincere and premature congrats with flipping this precious topic to the next page. wires are just out of fashion nowdays LOL! 
tube dacs vs solid state dacs
For the clarification DAC device is far more complex than output device. To make a good quality output device for budget is far more achievable than same with DAC device. 
Magnepans: single or bi-wire?
It's all realy meant to biamp and not biwire. Biwire is meant to charge more for a cable. Other than that who gives... 
tube dacs vs solid state dacs
Liz's right. there are no actually tube DACs. They all only have the tube gain stage. The logic part is done by DAC IC and that's where most of quality depends on. 
I have a buzz
It's strange, Audiofeil. From my experience buzz always happens in the morning and than gone by 6...7pm 
Nordost Cable Sale
Odin always goes with at least 50% off. Who wants to buy $32k cable?? 
Fuses that matter.
r u sure? 
I have a buzz
Your power line may have a ground fault.Try to block loose ground wire with cheater plug or ask electrician to take care of the problem. 
Dyneaudio Confidence C2 II and Naim
It's either or...Having incompatible to tubes speaker driven with high current solid state amp or easily driven by tubes speaker. Both sides have positives and negatives.IMHO "full HD" speaker isn't easy to drive with tubes.