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How to Solve High-Frequency Suckout in Room?
I like the ides of trying  a different  smp. That should put the room or amp question  to rest one way or another.  For the try even a cheap set of banana  to spade converter s will do what you want. Some midfi low fi store should have them.   
What Power Cords for Rel S510 Subs?
@1971gto455ho  lol remember  who started the  Derogatory  comments if you cannot  stand the heat stay out of the kitchen buddy. I might be impressed  if you have an lm or a swb.    Regards    
What Power Cords for Rel S510 Subs?
.  Reminds me of a story I was telling about my farm saying it took four hours to drive from one end of it to the other a blowhard told me it took him three days to drive from one end of his farm to the other. I told him 50 years ago we had a gto ... 
What is the “World’s Best Cartridge”?
I have always loved the koetsu  rosewood  signature  but with a large budget  I would  have a listen  to some of the stone body ones. You get down to decide  a cartridge  or new car for the same money.  I think the top stone body is over 30000 at ... 
What Power Cords for Rel S510 Subs?
First  off I don't run subs on two channel  and I don't have  that  hi dollar home theatre  setup ok but bot truly high end keep that in mind about the following  comments.    On the cheap sub in my tv/ home theatre  I had some free pos on the s... 
What Power Cords for Rel S510 Subs?
Well an older mid priced one at the time that was exceptional  on bass and in my opinion  messed up the midrange  was a cards cross the black jacketed one. Lol you are going to have to look for a prehistoric  one. This would be from. The early day... 
For those of you who had spent over hundred thousand dollars for your sound system.
@inna  lol I love my sub zero as well! Speed queen  washer and dryers are worth the extra as well. In many ways very similar  to hifi  you buy things that are ment to last a long time not to be junked after a year or two.   
Speaker Questions
@noromance  +1  
can I connect 2 sources directly to power amp (one XLR one RCA)
Can be done on a McIntosh  501 monoblock as they have a switch  which let's one input or the other hook up to it. I was looking at doing this with a McIntosh  tuner and a wadia  cd player for my bedroom.   
arc ref5-se
@ghdprentice +1   True reference  components  a generation  away from new are still exceptional  many times the flavor is all that has changed.   
For those of you who had spent over hundred thousand dollars for your sound system.
Building a high dollar system  is about many things. The learning experience o truly believe  that many people who say they cannot hear the difference  between  items either have not tried  them or hear them at there worse as I truly good piece sh... 
Time to upgrade the pre-amp.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/114861919949    
Whats on your turntable tonight?
Livingston  Taylor  ink   
Room tuning or listen to as is condition?
Yes good for you. Ma y people get upset when a person mentions  even a basic set up item. Glad you are experimenting  and using your ears. Enjoy  
Horizontal vs Vertical biamping
Look for a bryston  10b crossover.