randy-11

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Fuses fuses fuses
Who really cares the reason is confirmation bias and not actual sound quality!! 
2017 Honest Cabling that doesn’t promote bankruptcy
The real answer is very simple:for ICs  - use balanced XLR cables on your balanced components; if you don't have such components buy them (and avoid components that are not properly engineered next time)for Speaker cables - you will never be able ... 
Best indoor FM antenna, your experience.
ST-2   - it is a 1/2 wave whipI just use an old RadioShack black 'wafer' (folded or coiled antenna) with a Grateful Dead sticker on itdepending on your problems, you may need a directional Yagi or other design 
Recommendation for a power conditioner
Topaz is what a lot of people in the audio industry use - you can buy them cheap on evilbayI'd use one for the digital side a lot sooner than on a power amp... 
Low-Profile (Right-Angle), High-Quality 15A cable for PS Audio P3?
Lots of people have been buying the Topaz units used and are very happy. 
Which good CD transports can be found in the used market?
test to be sure they are bit for bit accurate if the OP wants - tho I'd bet they already arethen... get a nice recently made DAC if his is oldand maybe this:http://schiit.com/products/eitr 
Price No Object Amps
there is some Schiit happening in the amp world right now 
Which good CD transports can be found in the used market?
if your rips are accurate bit for bit, a transport cannot improve thingsthere is software that can check for accurate rips but I don't bother with it, I just turn on the checking in iTunes when I rip a CDthere are many things related to the DAC fo... 
Low-Profile (Right-Angle), High-Quality 15A cable for PS Audio P3?
try newegg.comget the cheapest decent AC cable and use your $$ to buy a real power conditioner 
$35K to spend, how will you build a system?
my dream is a living room with built-in Sound Labs or maybe some giant Quadyou could not see the 5 or 7 speakers but they are there in the walls 
best matching full range speakers for sx880 pioneer (60W rms per channel)
Polk makes a $300 speaker with a 6-1/2" mica-reinforced poly driver ELAC has one with a 6-1/2" aramid-fiber driver- either should be pretty stiffalso, see what JBL, Epos & Cambridge Audio haveyou can do pretty well these days for low bucks, bu... 
USB Cable: Oyaide, Cardas, Shunyata....
$200 budget... what is the cheapest LPS for a mac mini?? 
HARMAN INTERNATIONAL ACQUIRES ARCAM
Substitute Tile:  Arcam Gains Access to Huge R&D Facility 
Does my laptop need to be grounded when charging?
Cheapest: unplug it and seeBest advice: post on www.computeraudiophile.comjea48 has the likely issue but could static buildup possibly affect your SQ?  no matter as USB can be a very problematic interface and it appears that not all problems are k... 
USB Cable: Oyaide, Cardas, Shunyata....
what did Cary say when you called them?why not look at the products that Uptone Audio makes?  (no affiliation)any cable should be about the same - an exception could possibly be Lush but they are not common in the US and it is unclear what they cl...