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Pre-amp worthwhile?? Denon AVR-4311 with B&W 703's
You will hear an immense, obvious, and very very worthwhile improvement going from your Denon multi-channel receiver to ANY integrated amp. The improvement is so vast you could sell your Denon and with whatever you get buy a new integrated and it ... 
Windows in a listening room
Do a little research emcdade, it is amazing what electricity, heat and lighting can do for a dungeon these days. Some even have wall to wall carpeting. Me personally, I prefer the nicer Persian carpet. Roll up the carpet, roll out the rack, do a n... 
Help me avoid sonos, please
Okay so what you do, turn up the volume on your stereo and leave the door open. 
Where are the subs?
A common misconception.Scroll up and read cal, scroll up and read. 
SS Amp Designer by Reputation
Second McCormack. DNA 1, and done. Why shotgun when you can nail a bulls-eye first try? 
Where are the subs?
^^^What Tim said. 
Increase VTF to help with skipping?
If your table is vibrating so much its skipping the solution is NOT more VTF. The vibrations will still make it skip, only now it will hit back down with even more force. Which will still be happening even if it does somehow eliminate the skipping... 
Careful if buying Purist Audio Neptune fluid cables.
Saw and heard some of these once. What a joke. And you know the thing about a joke? You either get it or you don't.  
Power Cable ~ $300 - Which to get? Nordost, Audioquest, Furutech, Shunyata, Zavfino?
I have an inquiring mind. Which is why I tried making a few myself. Then I met a guy, lifelong audiophile, whole basement with a great big work bench devoted to tweaking and building interconnects, power cords, speaker cable. Thirty years building... 
Why According to some Turntable extremists Pitch Control and Direct Drive is Sacrilege?
Some say the worst thing you can say is some say. Some say its weaselly and manipulative. Some say its better to be direct. Some say if you know who said it then just say so. Some say otherwise you never know.You don't have to be a clear speech an... 
Does anyone know if Michael Farnsworth, founder of Talon Audio, is still around?
Yeah, there are a lot of speakers I have enjoyed but very few enough to buy. Had mine at least 15 years now and still love em. Especially now with my Swarm subs, they will probably be with me forever. It was many years ago but what I remember from... 
Worth of current system
What did my system cost me? A new 911.  
Does anyone know if Michael Farnsworth, founder of Talon Audio, is still around?
Well, I have a pair of Khorus X that got the MkII upgrade. Put it in there myself. What would you like to know? 
The Science of Cables
I tried the Schroeder Method. Worked so good I raced out and bought some more Y-connectors. We are now getting unimaginably fantastic results running the Miller Method: Connect one Y-connector to the source, then connect one Y-connector to each ch... 
Used vs New vs Vintage vs Floorstanding vs Bookshelf vs ..... OMG!
tykozen asks: Oh I have another question: is there really any difference between a Sony CD/Blu ray reader and an incredibly-expensive used CD reader from Audiophile brands? and Don't understand how a speaker with a single driver and tweeter ca...