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Dear Audiogon,
@hifiman5   I was just kidding ;-) 
Dear Audiogon,
I keep seeing ads for tax accountants, personal security guards, private jets, yachts, castles, faberge eggs and private islands for sale. 
Whats playing on your system today?
@uberwaltz Great choices. Brings back memories. Soul Searching was soon after Steve Ferrone joined. Steve was really funky. Saw them on the Person to Person tour around that time. Their fortunes were on the way out as Funk/Soul/disco was dying and... 
Krell Owners: Is XLR really superior to RCA?
No surprise. The only surprise is how many audiophiles stick with cheap crap RCA and still think of themselves as serious audiophiles.The higher signal level alone on pro audio +24 dBu balanced can be equivalent to about a 13 dB lower noise floor.... 
Cover songs that are better than the originals.
Led Zeppelin did many great covers.Dazed and ConfusedSince I have been loving you etc.Probably the greatest cover band ever. They improved upon and improvised upon stuff. Jimmy Page and Plant were great at seeing potential in stuff and making it 1... 
Metrum Dac owners
Just a thought - rather than more resolving perhaps it might simply be that your DAC isn’t as well isolated on the USB as it could be. 
Military grade
@lowrider57   Exactly. That is why these cables are so special compared to the ordinary cables stressed by F14’s. ;-) 
Military grade
They are the best! After so many landings of F15 on aircraft carriers they have to change the cables out. The cables are not reliable enough to land anymore F15’s but the good news is the stress from multiple F15 landings has aligned all the molec... 
Best all British, except cables, system you heard or can think of.
Oops my bad.Remove the digital source and add EAR Disc Master. 
Best all British, except cables, system you heard or can think of.
DCS Vivaldi stack or Chord Dave + Hugo M-scaler EAR 912 Preamplifier ATC 150ASL but I like many of the suggestions above too! 
DAC suggestion Please
+1 RME-ADI  
Speaker recommendation
Good choice. You will like the Revel for sure. 
Relative fidelity of music sources
Hi-resolution 24/96 or 24/88 PCM and above is excellent. CD redbook is 2nd but can often equal above. (A lot of hi-resolution files arent high resolution at all but upsampled data - so only new hi-resolution recordings are best)Tidal is excellent ... 
Any Famous people on Audiogon ?
Am considering taking Audiogon private at $420. Funding secured. 
Can you live with your current speaker until you die?
Over my dead body! I will never change my main speakers.https://www.fidelitysoundandvision.co.uk/atc-el150asl-active-el-150a-sl-3441-p.asp#