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Do Turntables sound better with time?
No. Your brain just gets used to it. Some folks think their turntable sounds worse as it ages. Depends on what you're drinking.  
Coaxials - Reality vs. Experience?
@johnah5  Really big improvement, openness, refinement, clarity, tonal specificity.  As I said the inside panels got covered in No-Rez. Removed the binding posts and filled the holes with small rubber grommets and ran the wires through to the c... 
Coaxials - Reality vs. Experience?
@johnah5  We built our own using same values as the stock x-over, but way-upgraded parts quality- Goertz inductors, V-cap ODAMs and Miflex caps, Path audio resistors, we went nuts- would not fit inside the speaker so we mounted it in outboard box... 
Coaxials - Reality vs. Experience?
@johnah5   Funny that you should mention the Hsu coax speaker, the CCB-8. I modified mine with an upgraded, external crossover, better wiring, internal panel damping, and high passed at 80hz, then going to a Audiokinesis subwoofer swarm. Amps are ... 
Why don't higher end amplifiers come with a separate power chassis?
Some do. McIntosh make one. Also Jadis made one.  
Dynavector 10x5 retip
A nice little upgrade would be to trade it in for a Te Kaitora Rua and not waste money upgrading the cantilever and stylus on a 10X5.  
Need recommendation for hi-rez xlr plugs for re-termination project
I had the silver AECO XLR’s and gave ‘em away. Hope you like bright and edgy.  
How tight do you tighten a record clamp
bpoletti's instructions are correct. Indeed, Oracle use to teach this method to it's dealers.