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What speakers work with low wattage class A amps
I have some Fritz Carrera BEs and they sound remarkable with a 25 watt Class A First Watt M2 amp  
Banchmark DAC3B vs. Denafrips Pontus II (12th Aniv.)
I have the Pontus II with an ultraRendu streamer.  I love the combination and have never had the pops and clicks issue.  I use it with an Audio Research LS7 preamp, a Rogue Audio stereo 100 amp and Fritz Carrera BE speakers.  I am very happy with ... 
Opinion: Modern country is the worst musical genre of all time
Don’t know if they are modern country , but there are some good country artists: chris stapleton sturgill simpson jason ibell Eric church zach bryan    
Made in USA
Rogue audio preamp and amp Fritz speakers small green computer streamer and server audio envy and morrow cables  
A public service announcement
I have to admit, I have done that a few times…end result was a better system😂  
recommendation of amps
I have a rogue stereo 100 with Fritz Carrera be speakers and a rogue rp-1 preamp and the sound is remarkable. Beautiful soundstage and detail.   Fritz speakers are great.  Don’t be afraid of tubes.  Having said that, I would like to hear the bench... 
Birthday DAC
+1 Denafrips Pontus 2.  Huge upgrade from previous Cambridge Audio DacMagic 200M  
Changes in my life, new system, need new speakers
+1 on Fritz.  He’s a nice guy on top of that.  Email him and he will get in touch.  I love my Fritz Carrera BEs  
Cambridge CXN V2 or Innuos Pulse Mini?
I used to have the Bluesound Node and a CA DacMagic.  It sounded pretty good.  I switched to a small green computer ultraRendu, which sounded much better than the Node and works well with Roon.  I then got a Denafrips Pontus II DAC and the combina... 
Pontus ii and Hi Res
I use an ultraRendu to my Pontus II through Roon or Qobuz and it goes higher than CD level resolution for sure  
Candidates for best speakers in the $2000-5000 market
+1 on Fritz speakers  
If there was only ONE album/cd/release you can listen to, over and over.............
Waiting for Columbus is an excellent choice.  For me Miles Davis Kind of Blue and Radiohead The Bends  
Streamer matching to system
I have a Sonore i7 with an ultra Rendu from small green computer fed to a Denafrips Pontus II and I love it.  Easy to use, Roon endpoint, sounds amazing  
Streamer Recommendation.
Would also suggest looking at the ultra Rendu or optical Rendu from small green computer.  I have an ultra Rendu connected to my Denafrips Pontus II DAC and the combination is magical.  
Cable burn in
I have found both better speaker cables (audio envy) and interconnects (morrow audio) made significant improvements to my DAC and streamer sound quality.  Customer service is excellent at both companies