randy-11

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Should I Switch Preamps?
all good - you need to listenWhenever you get the itch to change things up...  move your speakers around, then improve your room treatments.  If you need to spend money, buy better speakers.  If your speakers already cost $35,000 then build a new ... 
Hearing is believing?........power cables.......
"The person who does understand history remains doomed to misinterpret it."- the Lemma to Jorge Santayana 
Hearing is believing?........power cables.......
some jaws drop more easily than others 
Can I Live With A Hardwood Floor?
an isolation transformer is a device about the size of an amp that your equipment plugs into - it will not adversely affect your SQsince you are on a budget (yet have Quads??) you will want to be very careful about wasting money:- you probably do ... 
Considering switching from Audio Research to PrimaLuna, troube with VS115 amp
You need to do a listening test in your room with your pgm material.ARC has been around a long time and I've had good customer service from them.I know some dealers are enthused over PL, but I don't know if it is pure SQ or if they are just pushin... 
Dog Proof Speaker Stands For Harbeth SHL5Plus Speakers
Bitter Apple may help also 
Initial impression of the Nuprime ST-10 amp
Bad News!  Mytek is introducing a Class D amp and they are making big claims for it... 
Can I Live With A Hardwood Floor?
if you have a line problem then go straight to an isolation transformer; buy used on ebay or somewhere else & you may need an electrician to wire it inPS Audio will be glad to sell you one for 3x to 4x more and it will look nicer... 
What order?
YES.Also get yourself a copy of the Master Handbook of Acoustics and read twice... 
Dog Proof Speaker Stands For Harbeth SHL5Plus Speakers
Labs are great (second only to Goldens) but a young energetic puppy will still be quite large by 1,2 even 3 yrs old.  A proximity buzzer might help (they really chirp not buzz).  Training, yes and the buzzer can provide a "correction from the envi... 
Hearing is believing?........power cables.......
the problem is that liberal arts majors do NOT get a balanced education -- I know that quite well, having been close to the problem for some yearsLack of a basic science education leads to worse things than wasting money on placebo cables, anti-va... 
Hearing is believing?........power cables.......
only if it's good poetry 
Jazz for aficionados
Speaking of Trane...  anybody know if the Church of Coltrane still exists?  I know they had to move from one location in San Francisco a few years ago...  
Dick's / Dave's picks
Where did you get the  Charlie Miller remastered 5/9/77??BTW, I just checked and the HDCD processing seems to start at some middle point in the Dick's Picks releases, after the 'art" covers, not at the same time.Plangent is a more recent processin... 
Hearing is believing?........power cables.......
No, I won't tell you that the hallucinations and flashbacks are a placebo effect because I don't know what drugs you are on when you post.