mclinnguy

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Sold Sold Sold
A bird in the hand is better than two in the bush.   
Sold Sold Sold
Next time, if you really want something and you are going away, you buy it and tell him to ship it when you get back.  the only part that is wrong "on so many levels" here is you are naming the seller, making it look like they did something wrong... 
Presto Music Tsuyoshi Yamamoto hi res download
@lak  Thanks for the suggestion. Just bought it. I spent about an hour finding out there is no download for it, other than Flacit, decided against that option. Then thinking about ebay or Yahoo Japan for the XRCD version for $100+, some prefer th... 
Anyone knows reputable places in Europe and Canada to buy NOS tubes from?
No mention of Jac music yet? As reputable as it gets: https://www.jacmusic.com/Navigation/Tubes-All.html   And here is good article on Telefunken tube fakes https://www.jacmusic.com/nos/images/Fakes/index.html  
Streamer Advice
Can you notice the difference between any of those formats, streaming a wireless signal to a $20 dollar speaker(s) inside of a $200-$400 plastic box? Don’t get me wrong, I love Sonos, and have a Play 5 that the wife streams Roon to, but I think a ... 
Streamer Advice
The reason I want to upgrade is the Sonos does not support MQA. It seems like you have read some articles from a few years ago. Ignore all that MQA garbage. That suggestion posted by soix above is a good one, and it is from a dealer- if you are... 
What happened to the Innous discussion
You would not be the first person with Mcintosh amplification to not notice any significant differences with upstream changes.   
What should I upgrade next in my system?
@rickguild I think this is right up your alley:  https://www.linn.co.uk/ca/network-music-players/selekt-dsm https://www.whathifi.com/reviews/linn-selekt-dsm-edition-hub Find a Linn dealer and see what this box can do for you. It is totally conf... 
What should I upgrade next in my system?
It is quite a strange post- there is a lack of an objective communicated although it appears the first responder’s assumption looks to be correct. You spent quite a bit of effort posting it so hopefully you get some responses.  Just to clarify: ... 
Directional wires/cables
....and checked the equipment ground contact of the outlet for a minimum of 4 ounces of contact pull out holding contact pressure. They had a device they plugged into the outlet that had a mechanical pointer that indicated the pulling out resista... 
Directional wires/cables
@jea48   I was in charge of wiring the power to feed MRI Rooms, Cat Scan rooms, Countless numbers of X-Ray Rooms. I believe that is more in lines with roughing in the electrical to the rooms, but more in line with this thread, I am curious if ... 
The Audio Science Review (ASR) approach to reviewing wines.
  @hilde45  I had a long and bitter debate with Ethan Winer about this. My position is that there may be things heard which cannot be measured because the brain and perception are way WAY beyond our understanding at this point in our scientif... 
Directional wires/cables
Okay, I was kinda done with this thread, but in response to this: Can’t happen... The energy travels at near the speed of light. It’s at the light bulb the instant the contact closure completes the circuit... It’s that Fast! Ponder this: You a... 
Directional wires/cables
   
A not sarcastic question for the power conditioner/upgraded power cord folks
my system is down for maintenance. What?! That is considered an essential service. You need to legislate a back to work order.