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Top 3 songs to evaluate a system
You guys actually still do this?  
In praise of isolation.
Compare Gaia to Nobsound. Then compare with Townshend. What I think you will find, Nobsound gets very close to Gaia for a fraction of the price. Might even be better. Nobsound are just springs, no damping, and so depend a lot on tuning the load to... 
Townshend Springs under Speakers
F2 is what they race to warm the crowd up for F1. The Townshend equivalent of F2 is Isolde. What I like about F1 we have a once in a lifetime battle of the greats in Hamilton vs Verstappen. The other thing I like about F1 is how it is so fast and ... 
Acoustic treatment question: do you agree with Dennis Foley that $46k to $65k is required?
Now you know why I said, "might". 
Prima luna equipment cable sensitive
Made in China. 
Amp Preamp Advice
1) Performance is not about watts, it is about sound quality.    2) Separates at this price level are almost always far more expensive for what you get especially once the extra interconnect and power cord are factored in.   Therefore:    3) Your ... 
I'm a Dummy, Tell Me About Turntable Mats
It’s called stylus jitter. https://youtu.be/F65mODzn4Gk?t=778Yes the problem is endemic. Yes it varies all over the place just like you said. I just bought a SG200 so hopefully will hear all the wonderful benefits PL talks about here.  
Does Heavy Metal music benefit from a high end audio system?
You haven't heard heavy metal until you've heard 4 watts single ended. THUNDER!!!!! THUNDER!!!!! 
Acoustic treatment question: do you agree with Dennis Foley that $46k to $65k is required?
One can only imagine what mahgister could do with $65k worth of embeddings. Who knows, that might be enough to make even him give up and upgrade a component or two? 
Separates vs Integrated and Separate phono stage vs preamp with phono
Is it really hard to make the phono section of preamps with built-in phono (at under $6K) as good as very good separate phonos at $1K ~ $3K?    Yes, it is really hard. Everything Mike says is true. In addition to the interconnect there is also t... 
Tiny bridges everywhere, but why?
Take a loot at my system https://systems.audiogon.com/systems/8367    This system is tweaked to the nine's. Every single one makes a difference, some big some small but it all adds together. Take away the tweaks and this is just another average sy... 
Cost Effective System Improvement?
mglik- +1 for Townshend Podiums best improvement ever for speakers. Yeah it is hard to believe something so expensive can also be so cost effective. But it is. 
How Do You Learn?
If you are still looking for a dim light dabel have you tried a lava lamp? 
Townshend Springs under Speakers
In that case Podiums first, for sure.  
Member Make Zero Sense
Mine is circus-sized.