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He spent his life building a $1 million stereo. The real cost was unfathomable.
@srs148  no he could have stood by his word and got a bit less money. A man is only as good as his word.  
Is more amp power always better...?
The simple answer is rarely.  If  you want to seperate  out the real garbage  form the better quality  from a piece  of paper is look on the spec sheet  at the weight.  A friend  years  ago bought a 5x100 watt Sony home theater  receiver  it weigh... 
He spent his life building a $1 million stereo. The real cost was unfathomable.
@srs148  that Is the most disturbing  story of all. When a man is not capable  of keeping his word over a few dollars you know what the problem s stem from with his family.  On the other  side nothing worse than making a deal and after the buyer s... 
Canary Audio Tube amps
A pair of ca 160 mono blocks  and a ca 801 l and ca801p. They will drive just about any speaker. They have the rich tube beauty. The preamp  is one of the best I have ever listened  to. You will enjoy your time with your canary. Remember  though y... 
Your greatest high end audio purchase!!!
A set of valvo 6922 gold pin tubes.   
Would you buy a pair of speakers by just looking at the measured freq. response?
I will tell you a great way to pick a speaker. Look for Canadian  built speakers that were designed in the national research  council s anecchoic chamber and decide if you want to buy a God awful  speaker or not. If you want an awful speaker pick ... 
He spent his life building a $1 million stereo. The real cost was unfathomable.
Not sure why it is sad that he didn't  get all his money back. What do you think people get back who's hobby was drinking and  smoking?  
Integrateds: Luxman vs. Ayre?
@ghdprentice  Would the old word for sparkle  be bright? There has  been a trend in hifi the last number of years in my opinion  towards brightness in the equipment.    
Eliminated my preamp with amazing results
I have a different  twist on this subject  and I mean no harm by my comments. In the past I listened  to the McCormack  line lots as I was thinking  about upgrading  to it. Within there line I personally  believe  you have there best amp in the .5... 
High End System Building. How important is the matching, cabling and room? Thoughts ?
Another thing of huge importance  is the quality  of the recording. Or of the lp, cd, radio broadcase.   
Experiences With Costly Balanced XLR Interconnects Above $3,000
I used audio questions lapis power to pre for a number of years. After I went to transparent  reference  there was a slight hardness that disappeared  that I never really knew about til it was gone. I like the newer generations better  in there li... 
Is There Just One Single Album That Does It For You, Completely? Just One.
A tutorial  on boat building.   
Aggrivated tinnitus from speakers?
You have what they used to call a bright system.  Brightness is elevated  by hard walls.  Glass and brick. Some wire also leads to more high frequency  output. Interesting  you find the streaming worse than cd or lp. That tells you your streamer i... 
Help me spend $100,000 on a new system
Lol personally  I would look at top shelf used equipment.  100k will get you some of the best in the used market.  Personally  a set of canary grand reference  monoblocks  8 300b tubes in each one plus there top dog 4 box preamplifier.  Likely  ke... 
What was the first power cable that you noticed a difference in the sound?
Well I had a system  that just didn't  play bass I changed  the receptacle s to the 20 amp lines to the amps. Wow I got a bunch of bass. I am wondering  if you cannot tell much difference  because  you have a problem  farther up the line. If you d...