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Chinese knock-off headphone amps
Would I be throwing my money away by purchasing one?Probably.  Why would you want to support fraudulent businesses when there are great legit amps available from the likes of Singxer, Gustard, and others?  C’mon man. 
When is a mismatched center OK?
I don't have room for the standalone style center. I’d either make room or do the phantom center thing.  Nothing worse than a compromised center channel IME.  Best of luck.  
LG Electronics will stop making cell phones with DAC 'S built in!!!!!!
I don’t think too many people here rely all that much on any phone’s DAC.  Could be wrong, but I sure as hell don’t.  
Vandersteen Treo CT or Proac D48R
@danbnjshore — duh, shoulda realized you were a fellow NJ resident.  Anyhoo, congrats on the excellent new speaks!  As someone who counts both ProAc and Vandy as two of my favorite makes I’m curious what Johnny R. said about them to you.   
New summer home thinking about the following.
Agree that one Classic One won’t have the juice to properly power the A1s.  Given the sound characteristics you’re after you should give a look at the Unison Unico Due or Secondo that are hybrid designs and offer more power in a similar price rang... 
New summer home thinking about the following.
Deadwood?  Sounds lovely.  Seriously though, the Magicos are a pretty blank canvas, so what sound characteristics are you most looking for? 
Vandersteen Treo CT or Proac D48R
Take a trip to beautiful New Jersey and come hear them with Johnny R. and you’ll know what to do. AND you get to experience the splendor that is The Garden State — the unsung jewel of the northeast — as a bonus! 
Would like to upgrade amplifier and would appreciate suggestions.
One of the reasons for keeping my amps, is I may find after updating the speakers that they are just fine with a more efficient speaker.Which is why it’s kinda silly to even be talking about amps at this point.  I think you’d be better served to a... 
New Perlisten S7T Towers
Second question, what percentage off of full retail would you consider fair?At this price level the ONLY questions that matter are if they have the sound characteristics that are most important to you personally and if they match well with your ex... 
Any Thoughts On These?
As for the LSA-20, they appear to be yet another box speaker with yet another soft dome tweeterFortunately we don’t listen to appearances.  You might want to read up on some of the reviews and who designed them before just going simply on appearan... 
endgame Amp for my Audiovector R3 Arrete
Gryphon. 
Any Thoughts On These?
I worked at Magnolia for a short time and got to demo the Motion speakers.  Not a fan.  To me the sound was muddled and not coherent.  Save yourself $1200 and buy the LSA-20 Signatures available on sale here for $2300 new — they’ll blow the MLs aw... 
Revel Salon 2 vs Vandersteen 5a Carbon
Depends what type of sound characteristics you’re looking for.  
Is D for Dry? Class D...
Sorry, I ain’t takin’ the bait.  Have fun.  
Sound quality of the Audioquest Dragonfly Red via a good streamer
I tried my Dragonfly Red with the Jitterbug and thought the Jitterbug significantly deteriorated transparency and collapsed the soundstage so I returned it.  Have you tried the Red without the Jitterbug?