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Whats playing on your system today?
John Coltrane, “A Love Supreme”   SACD “Pictures At An Exhibition”,  RCA Living Stereo SACD  
McIntosh C49 Standby Light
@oldhvymec ,   I love my C2500, but don't use the DAC.  
New Amp Search- MBL. Spectron. Pass ??
@gasnsteering ,   Well, it certainly wasn't the McIntosh.  Either speakers or room set up.  
Spatial X5 speakers
Congratulations!  I have not yet had the pleasure of hearing an open baffle speaker.  I was planning on this year's RMAF, but we all know what happened there.  
McIntosh C49 Standby Light
Link isn't working, can you fix?  
Trouble in Paradise: My Sony HAPZ1ES is Dead!
I bought this one new in 2014 and it’s in my office system.  I also have another I bought used in 2016 in my main system.  If I can’t get this fixed, I may buy a used one and swap out the drive but I would rather get this one fixed.  I hope someon... 
Any recommendations for a tube integrated amplifier
Rogue Cronus Magnum Integrated, 100wpc.   Why 2 posts of the same question, one should be sufficient?  
Toe-In or Toe-Out
Whatever sounds best to you is the way to go. Every room and person is different.   
More expensive = better?
I had a Parasound Halo6 integrated amp @$2500.00 and moved on to a more expensive integrated @$6500.00.  It was a night and day difference for the better with the kind of sound where I can’t wait to turn it on daily.  The newer integrated is a dif... 
PS Audio FR-30 Speaker...
Hmmm…….2 passive radiators on each side of cabinet. Where have I heard that before? Looks like he mimicked my GE Triton Refs. I find the PS Audio speakers not very appealing looking. If I don’t like looking at them, I certainly wouldn’t like liste... 
New Amp Search- MBL. Spectron. Pass ??
wait until another pair show up for sale.  
What model of Paradigms are these?
Looks like the tweeters were replaced, but not a very good job.  Not bad though for $75.00  
NORDOST SORT FUT VS. ISOACOUSTICS GAIA
Sounds like a big pile of BS to me too.  The GAIA II made a huge difference under my GE Triton Refs, and as good as the speakers were without them, they made the speakers sound better in every way.  My wife actually asked me if I changed the speak... 
Dust in the window
To clear things up just in case someone got the wrong idea. I do dust the room occasionally, like once a month, but I don’t go nuts cleaning like my wife would. Hence, she stays away, and we are both happier.  Also, my wife uses one of the spare b... 
SS Preamp with Tube Amps? Don't se it often. Why?
I have always had a tube pre and SS amp.   For me, the expense of getting a 300wpc tube amp to replace my SS amp and the cost of retubing them would be a financial death sentence.