mcroth

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SPDIF Coax cable recommendation?
Acoustic Zen Mc2 is excellent at a fair price.  
Klipsch La Scala replacement?
JBL.  
The Right Speaker Cables
^^Agree with soix. Been using Satori for years with Parasound amps and most recently the JC5.  Also use all Acoustic Zen power cords. Extremely good cables at fair prices.   That pair on US audiomart looks perfect. I'd jump on that.  
Acoustic Zen - blown tweeter - out of business? replacement?
Robert at AZ can be a little hard to get a hold of sometimes, as he is a very busy man. But once you get him by email or phone he is very helpful and a man of his word. I have been using his cables and power cords for years.  Happy customer! Wi... 
Innuos Zen MK3 won’t transcode DSD to FLAC
Go into the Innuos sense software and click settings and then advanced. Check the box to limit signal to 96khz.  
What is the Bu-ray plauyer that you are using?
Try and seek out a Pioneer LX500(sadly discontinued). I have a Oppo103 and Sony XA5400ES(SACD/CD only). The Pioneer is better on Blu Ray/4k and SACD on my system. Not by a huge margin, the Pio is cleaner a more focused. Video side is much closer. ... 
Does carpet deaden the sound too much?
I've had  close to the same system in 2 different  rooms. One with hardwood floors and plaster walls and the other with wall to wall carpeting and drywall. Both rooms can be set up to sound very good. Hardwood floor room had a more live show feel ... 
How to make small room sound bigger
Combination of absorption and diffusion. Room acoustics vary from room to room. And some is personal preference. I would experiment with several different placement options. But yes, too much absorption will kill the room energy.  Good luck and h... 
Looking for “just good enuf” for garage man cave
Dynaudio XEO 10 and Bluesound Node.  
Roku ultra streaming versus Apple 4K TV
Same.  
Digital AES/EBU XLR Cable Recommendations
Acoustic Zen.  
Just updated my virtual system
Definitely a balancing act with HT/2 channel in same room. You’re right about HT favoring a bit more absorption. Really helps with dialog and separation when thinks get busy in all channels. But it can be done, and done quite well. Listening to a ... 
Just updated my virtual system
Nice! How do you like the diffusors behind your speakers? A well thought out plan.  
pre-amp processor
Check out the Anthem AVM90, if it ever gets here...  
Do you trust your system?
I will always enjoy reading about all the different  versions of the same album mastered by different companies and individuals. I'll pick up the best version in the majority of the people's opinion and compare with what I already have and also wi...