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If you have a nice system why do you really need room treatments?
I see I see yes  the earth is also flat because I see it is flat in my little world!  
What to change in my system
Belles Aria integrated   
can you help me narrow my speaker cables short list please?
15 foot is a long distance is there anyway you can get the amplifier closer and have longer XLR cables?    if not, you’re not going to really get better cables than what you have now in your budget. what kind of speakers do you have? What kind of... 
15k USD Speakers for Classical and Pop Extended Listening, Near setup, Low volume
Use powered speakers your amp won’t do a pair of ATC justice unless they are powered. Also try Genelec with a small rel sub.    
The time has come and I request advice...
$2,500 use a computer you have  buy a better usb cable for it   
OCD mickey website and negativity.
OCD Mikey is a legitimate dealer who has an eccentric flair. He is right that a lot of big box stores are designed to impress rich people who know as much about audio as they do rebuilding their Porsche PDK gearboxes themselves which is zero. He ... 
DAC suggestions for a reasonably modest system
I have a yiggy less is more for my computer speakers   
Speaker cable length.
Dude if they are different lengths your speakers will be OUT OF PHASE  
Power cable Advice...
$1500 per cable gets you midfi cables. You a are better off putting that money into a 4500 pair of speaker cables. better value for money are the 500-650 dollar power cables from Synergistic research foundation and they beat AQ an Nordost. Nordos... 
Seeking Honest Opinions: Your Experience with McIntosh Audio Gear
Sound quality is warm and not neutral their autoformer is a not a good transformer and a design that colors things too much. Pass slabs is better if you want that warm sound but better build and even Pass is entry level hifi. McIntosh is midfi sou... 
Please be gentle with me! 🙏
Demo an Auralic Vega 2.2 DAC/streamer…don’t buy it but at least get a reference point.  
Amp — Leave on or turn off
A class D amp takes 24 to 48 hours to properly charge the caps and settle in since it is 95% efficient. You don’t want to EVER TURN ONE OFF SO HELP YOU GOD unless you are plugging in things into it  
Value of a preamp?
Depends on your DAC! If you get the new Lampizator Poseidon, it does not need a preamp, because the impedance level matches any amp.  same with playback designs.    
Cable upgrades
I would do an entire loom of Synergistic research SRX   
Upgrade My Turntable - How Much Do I Need to Spend?
He Said  Various upgraded cables and wires lol