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amplifier longevity
Yep, heat is the biggest enemy. Point to point wiring and greater spaciousness a good thing, best quality parts with higher heat ratings and cooling with fans helpful. Inrush current is in fact a concern with tube amps, my 845 SET with nearly 1000... 
Musetec (LKS) MH-DA005 DAC
@jc4659 Sounds like cd player may be on last legs. I gave up cd's when couldn't find adequate replacement for my Mark Levinson  #37. If you're considering replacement transport you should check out  Pro-Ject CD Box RS2T, tons of great reviews, mec... 
Nietzsche and Runaway Audio Consumption
How bout imagination. Based on my observations, adults seem to organize and run every moment of their children's lives. I recall as child running free in Michigan prairies, much time to wonder about nature's secrets. Too many are far from nature t... 
Soldering Help
Point to point wiring, love it, only way I go with pre and amps these days.   I agree, temp of gun varies with amount of heat sink working with, binding posts can take much heat. Just need to protect other in circuit components with their own he... 
Musetec (LKS) MH-DA005 DAC
@jc4659 Toslink (optical) outs on cd transport and 005 input is the worst possible. Yes, galvanic isolation, but well documented as poorest connection. Try coax out, will be much better.   Streaming with usb will be much better with dedicated mu... 
Best USB port on a late 2012 Mac mini
+1 on LPS. I use the Uptone MMK with JS-2 LPS, also only critical services enabled. Modded mac mini in entirely different league from stock mini. Do thunderbolt to ethernet conversion for direct ethernet out for another nice improvement, much bett... 
Nietzsche and Runaway Audio Consumption
Spirit is what informs one. Material interests, information, data all emanate from human spirit. One has the freedom to choose what spirits inform. Choose malevolent spirits, anger, complaint consumes, choose good spirit, experience a more measure... 
Setting up a Mac mini as a music server, and other digital music questions
A stock mac mini may or may not be upgrade from any other general service computer. Only highly  modded mac mini is worthwhile as a top notch server. I'd pick a NUC over stock mac mini or any other general service computer for that matter.  
Soldering Help
It would be good to practice soldering skills on trashed circuit boards, you'll find out how easy to lift solder pads!  
Modding/tweaking my system
All good advice thus far. You're going to learn a lot about different damping properties with some of these experiments. Far too many materials over damp, using damping is not the way to tame brightness, Brightness is symptom of something wrong up... 
Nietzsche and Runaway Audio Consumption
Are there humans devoid of spirit, or is it only unknown to themselves? God and N not dead as long as they evoke spirit in others.   Spirit much like love, sometimes spontaneous combustion within us, other times dies without warning. When it lea... 
Nietzsche and Runaway Audio Consumption
Food for thought in all the above.   One thing we haven't touched on up to now, what about our own contribution to this cultivation of spirit. Aren't we artists of a kind in putting together audio systems? Yes, we want to experience the spirit o... 
SET Shootout China VS The USA
@larryi  Funny you mention hyper realistic with the 2a3. When I was running 2a3 monoblocks with Omegas I often thought about this particular characteristic of internal luminescence. Mids had the sense of being lit up from within, very unusual, nev... 
Beautiful Music That Reduce You To Tears
Any number of Tim Buckley songs. Once I Was, moving to me. And then there is the real life tragedy of Tim and his son, Jeff, only adds to the emotion.  
Nietzsche and Runaway Audio Consumption
Good to know others with spirit and questioning of spirit still exist!   Seems to me information, data taking the place of spirit in decline of civilization. Its rather confusing, on one hand, information, data elevated to level of belief, on ot...