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Class A amplifier alternative?
300 watts @ 8ohms. Seems to want heavy class A bias budget $3k What your describing will be a multiple of your budget There is stuff in the class AB range that is "rated" at that kind of power output but I cant recommend them. Heck even some A... 
Budget High Current Power Cords
The problem with referencing the PC shootout, It's not clear what he actually used the PCs on. Was it amps? preamps? source?  
Horn speakers are really bright?
I have klipsch speakers and I think they are quite awful. Terrible for music with the exception of maybe rock and a few other genres. I tried a bit of everything and couldnt get them to sound good.I now use them exclusively for home theater and I ... 
Best SS Amp - Pass Labs X350.8 vs. Luxman M900u vs. Ayre VX-R Twenty
I just recently cross shopped all these amps. Local hifi store had the demo Ayre for sale. I tried it out and while i didnt find much fault with it, i didnt find it engaging enough.A different seller has both the luxman and passlabs. Of these two,... 
Audioquest Dragon Powercord vs Hurricane
Could you recommend the dragon HC for an integrated amp that uses a passive pre-amp? or is that still a no no 
Budget High Current Power Cords
Is a HC powercord suitable for an integrated amp if the preamp portion is passive? 
What do audiophiles do in their cars?
I have an m5 with the B&W sound system. Its actually decent. Better to go direct connect instead of airplay it sounds better. with that said, its fairly bright 
Wholesale prices
Guys I’m pretty sure when he says the KEF Blade 1 hes referring to the big kef blades which msrp for $32kIn that case 14k is a phenomenal price and cheaper than I see even on the used marketI heard the kef blade 2 at a local dealer who was incredi... 
DAC - DCS Bartok or the new Berkeley Alpha DAC 3
I was in the same predicament. I demo’d the DCS which I found very good but unfortunately I couldn’t demo Berkeley.A local dealer let me home demo a lumin x1 and to my surprise I found the lumin better... so now I own that. Punches above it's pric... 
PC for Gryphon Diablo 300
yea it's priced very aggressively. I'll probably look to the used market. Thanks for the input 
How much does power amplifier really matter comparing to other hi-fi components?
As for the pre-amp, this is also difficult to put a value on. some ppl with higher end DCS or even something like the lumin x1 choose to skip the pre-amp all together and go straight to amp.Others will find that the pre-amp is the 'heart" of their... 
How much does power amplifier really matter comparing to other hi-fi components?
It’s hard to say. It really depends on the chainIn a recent video series Jay compared a rogue audio class D amp to a high end amp. I dont remember if it was duel mono or not because he didnt specify the elite amp, but for sure it was over $30k vs ... 
Townshend Springs under Speakers
^^ correct 
To horn or not to horn
I have owned the Klipsch rf7 3swhile its not the best/most high end horn speakers, they are still modern and come from a renowned horn speaker specialist companyI would have to say that for music they are some of the worst sounding speakers I have... 
Townshend Springs under Speakers
In fact, IsoAcoacustics actually demo’d the Gaia 1s on the bladeshttps://isoacoustics.com/gaia-1-demos-at-vpi-industries/ “Installing the GAIA isolators on my KEF Blades gave the biggest improvement in sound I have ever heard on the system. Better...