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Room Treaments - Where To Begin...
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“You Shall Not Make for Yourself an Idol” (Exodus 20:4)    
Audio Research or Luxman?
Personality I didn’t have chance to compare, but close friend of mine was using his  Luxman 507ux as a preamp with his tube monoblocks for years and was pretty happy with SQ until he tried Bespoke passive preamp instead. He was really shocked with... 
Room Treaments - Where To Begin...
@4krowme  Soundproofing is not only about to be nice to you neighbors or relatives. Sound is Energy and if you have leak of energy you have nothing to work with using all those panels and fancy tricks.   
Room Treaments - Where To Begin...
@4krowme  no, this is your insinuation, the OP was asking about room treatment not room acoustic, so soundproofing is under the topic and first thing to start with.   
Room Treaments - Where To Begin...
Room Treaments - Where To Begin... Beginning is not at placing acoustic panels or analysis of room characteristics. First thing you need to do is to seal all possible acoustic leaks. Imagine that your room is the vessel filled with water, then ... 
Thank you millercarbon
The Thank you Note is nice, but how’s the sales of M101 Supernova !?? .. Without decent output the thank you note is no more than marketing move.   
Dustcover Blues
Interesting experience you have. I don’t like my dust cover to be next to my system at all when I listen, I even keep it in different room when it’s long listening. Maybe it’s too much, but I think my cover is very reflective as it pretty big put ... 
Tube Vs. SS Preamps
Dogmatic approach to the question is wrong. Individual preference should be on the first place. Personality, I prefer tubes in pre amplification. I moved to tubes from SS in my main system about 15 years ago and never looked back, however I still ... 
Best Phono You've Heard Under $2200
In that price category the Tavish Adagio definitely worth an attention. The Rogue Audio Ares is great too and if you can stretch to $500 more you could consider Magnum version of Ares which is truly excellent, I’m very happy with my.  
Tube Line Stage around $5k
In that price range the best you could get is Modwright LS 36.5.  
REMINDER: tighten up your loose screws
Yah, the blue thread lock is good too but it’s an extra non necessary move like buying, spending and nail polish is always there in your wife’s medicine cabinet waiting for some real purpose  :) 
REMINDER: tighten up your loose screws
Long time ago when i used to have speakers with back panel attached with the screws I didn’t go crazy screw them extra tight, I just used nail polish to put them on. Nail polish is easy to unscrew if you need it and at the same time it holds screw... 
Top 5 Reaons to NOT BUY A TURNTABLE.
What are your thoughts? That’s totally fine. The video is made for the guys who try to make excuse for themselves or for youngsters who looking for better SQ but not able to handle simple handy and brain work and that’s totally fine… less people i... 
Does Heavy Metal music benefit from a high end audio system?
@audition__audi It could be absurd in theory, but I done lots of practical experiments on this topic, so my opinion is pretty strong about it…. Oh, and I’m not alone with this conclusion…https://geargods.net/editorials/why-solid-state-amps-are-bet...