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Have you found your "End-Game" speakers yet? I have. And it feels so good!!!
"Endgame" simply means end of the spending....there's Always something Better out there!!  
Equalizer in a Hi Fi system
Any piece of equipment that improves the music to YOUR EARS is a good piece....My system is $30 K and I use a LOKI MINI when I need to for certain recordings that need a little EXTRA something......EQ's don't improve your hi end system.....they im... 
Do you think driver “break in” is real?
My Borresen X-3's are stated as improving in sound quality every 100 hrs. up to 500 hrs. I can tell you ....it's true.....  
Big speakers, are they really the best way to get great sound?
I've noticed recently that "Bookshelf" speakers seem to be getting larger and larger...trying to give us a sound that's closer to Towers.....hmmmm....  
Warm Up Time/Cost of Operation
3 Tube amps here....Must be turned on and have a signal going thru them for at least 1/2 hour to perform properly AND YOUR SPEAKERS need at least 30 minutes for their voice coils to warm up and expand to function to their highest potential accordi... 
Results of Actual Hearing Test and Next Steps
I have 2 LOKI Mini's @ $149 ea.   FANTASTIC eq's...bought the Loki Max @ $1500....It's already on the way back...The Mini's are more "Musical"  Spend $149 and fix your problem.  
Should I graduate to floor standers or will larger bookshelves suffice?
Floor standers are Always better than bookshelf speakers...I've got some great bookshelf spkrs but they don't have the musical impact of a live show like the kick ass floor standers, Period. IMHO  
Anxiety help needed. New instal of Hana ML
Many of mine have looked a little off But if It blew you away....Leave it alone....you try to "FIX" it and it doesn't sound as good...then you're screwed.  
Benchmark or McIntosh....
I love Tube sound I.have 4 Tube amps EL 34....KT 88 and 845’s...and Decware Zen Triode.......The new Aavik Amps ( Denmark).....have the warmth of tubes and the detail of SS with an EXPANSIVE soundstage. The Best of all worlds....High End Class D i... 
any current integrated amps in market have great dacs?
The Danish are designing unbelievable Electronics and speakers....  
Up, over, and resampling
Non oversampling ( Audio Mirror) is sooooooo Sweeeeeeeeeet.  
any current integrated amps in market have great dacs?
The new Peachtree Carina is excellent for the $$ and they have a trade up program...If you can find a used Aavik U-150 for under 10K , Buy it.....best dac and MC phono stage Steve Huff ever heard in an integrated.....I own one 20K new...it's bette... 
Speaker Cable Recommendation
Buy Morrow cables when they are on sale. Excellent value...  
Help settle a streaming argument!
Is there a 3,000 dollar streamer that's as easy to use as a Node?  
Loki Max analog improvement
@jctoy Mbmi please update regarding the Loki max performance. Will Do......And Wolf, Thanks for the info...........