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Bought powerful/expensive Amp+Speakers but plan to use an old preamp , am I crazy?
sure, so long as you view it as a stop gap measure - nothing’s going to blow up and you’re going to get music, you’re just not going to really hear what the rest of your gear can do.  
Great speaker sounds terrible in my room?
Am I correct in understanding that you you went from from a normal listening environment with wall reinforcement to a near field set up? If so, the situations are bound to sound totally different, and you cannot expect similar results. Moreover, ... 
Neil Young calls out Tidal
 
Atma-Sphere vs. Supratek
I agree the internals of that supratek look like a high school science experiment and certainly not something I would let out the door of my workshop. I have seen the internals of two others which are better, but still not what I would call awe in... 
How many systems do you have?
main. bedroom, downstairs living area, workshop, bluetooth front veranda  
About users with hidden agendas
 I find his posts wildly entertaining. me too, I wish I could write like that..  
About users with hidden agendas
collateral damage from the tubebuffer ‘boner’ incident I see they just decided to napalm everything in the zone..  
Thorens, TD-125 MKII
The evolution of the Thorens was to eventually compete with the Linn Sondek  The Linn was a ripoff of the Ariston RD11, which in turn was a ripoff of the Thorens TD150, which predated the Linn by a considerable margin.  
Power regeneration - good idea? PS audio?
+1  
Neil Young calls out Tidal
Will it ever be possible to have a rational Neil Young music thread on Gon ever again?  
$100K system build - % breakdown of spend
what do you reckon a mint NOS SP10 motor is worth?  
Which Tweeter preferred- dome natural material, Beryllium/Metal or Planar Ribbon? Why?
As always it’s all in the implementation..  
Why terminate speaker wire?
I know exactly where you are coming from. Yeah bare wire is the best - but for. how long? I too have settled on bananas as the best compromise, because there’s usually a little bit of spring tension in interface that you don’t get with normal spad... 
About users with hidden agendas
That is exactly what is happening read my posts, then tell me I’m an objectivist. I have posted multiple times that I believe Denney’s behaviour is making it difficult for subjectivists to be taken seriously    
Power Cable Suggestions Needed
You can’t just buy a cable based on random recommendations from a forum. You have to hear how any given cable will interact with any given component, and the only way you can do that is by listening. Find a good dealer or dealers who stock a range...