randy-11

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Album Recommendations for Magnepans
maybe chamber music or top-notch acoustic guitar?female vocalsand something in the lower mids or upper bass - Maggies are not known for the bottom octave or two... but above that are sterling reproducerstrombone, tuba jazz? 
Best Footers for DAC?
scientific (mechanistic) reasons behind use of these for a DAC could include tribo-electric effects, or piezo-electric effects on any internal crystals in the DACGoogle will be helpful - both are known mechanism, tho the magnitude of such effects ... 
File transfer from Windows formatted HD to Mac formatted HD
to preserve date stamps on your files do not use the transfer facility that Apple gives youinstead, write it all out to your backup HDD and then read it in (or copy) to the Mac's regular storage drive 
Michael Fremer's system
Does all the clutter function as a set of QRD Diffusors?  
Schiit Yggdrasil... Hi Fi Tuning fuse users....
use a blue if the sound is too warmuse a red if the sound is too cool 
Best Footers for DAC?
The OP will test how the chosen mounts sound right?And, NO Peeking! 
Looking for some recommendations about preamp options
I like my ARC LS25 Mk II - you can buy one used & use it while looking for a used 27, then sell either for a small loss  or a gain. 
Looking to get into tubes on the cheap
Yes, There are tubes "on the cheap" from $40 on up to many kilobucks 
DAC for 2016 MacBook Pro
better ask Schiit 
Best Footers for DAC?
read Barry Diament's site 
ARC Ref 5se inferior to LS28?
shuberto - that is silly and shows you don't understand the scientific methodcleeds - I agree there are more potentially confounding variables - there usually are in economics, and that is why it is not a science 
Looking to get into tubes on the cheap
not true - you can easily build a tube pre or amp for $100Nelson Pass will give you designs too - tho a very high SQ amp will cost more 
DAC for 2016 MacBook Pro
Benchmark DAC3 or 2 or 1 - all are top notch, and the older ones are about $600 usedSchiit DACs are Redbook only AFAIK 
Best Footers for DAC?
try some ball bearings set on ceramic doll house plates - a very cheap test of concept 
Has anyone changed the trim on magnepan 3.7
I'd love to change mine and I know people have done the earlier models.Will watch for info