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What are your thoughts about moving up product line(s) within a Company?
It depends....for companies that keep relatively stable and defined key principles then yes a move up the line ( assuming you can drive them and or the room is OK acoustic wise in the case of speakers )so for example Ayre, Vandersteen, ARC, Aesthe... 
Vandie .7 vs Maggie .7
Congrats on the VLR’s a fantastic and as you have seem overlooked coax that can give the deservingly lauded Kef a run for the money !!!on stands I would say concrete is pretty light, porous and resonant in blocks, invest in some Sound Anchor or ot... 
Vandersteen's new affordable mono blocks at the CES 18
the new amps are factually $15 K the pair, the CES flyer will say preliminary pricing but if any of you have ever built anything of substance with hundreds of parts and a complicated supply chain that should be understandable. I have not heard the... 
Vandie .7 vs Maggie .7
the vlr driver is incredibly expensive to build they sound incredible on stands and have real bass output so you can use a sub but still get a great blend.on a pair of sound anchors or other heavy metal stands they will be awesome. The kef product... 
mono block or bi-amps which would you pick?
no object “ do bothhai will say a properly executed stereo amp can out perform poorly grounded monblocks. 
Full detailed sound at 30 - 40 - 50 dB
search out the source of any competing noise...dimmers, appliances, etc... 
AMPLIFIER BLOCKS
amplifier as bug hotel.....yikesbut hey a true class A bug zapper Elizabeth,,,, 
AMPLIFIER BLOCKS
HRS if you want a math and science based approachthey are built into the monoblocks I am using but the platforms work wellalso the maple is very cost effective, i made two for my vintage tube anps with Vandersteen speaker spikes (3) on each and th... 
Vandie .7 vs Maggie .7
Otto it sounds like you are having big fun along the way, which I find important and then settling down to imersing yourself in THE music afterwards...Funny story circa circa 1983 or so...Scott the owner of Progressive Audio where I worked yelled ... 
Solid state DAC under 12K retail preferably with ethernet
MSB Analog with the upgraded PSUor Aesthetix Pandora Eclipse, tubes but sublime 
Blue sound Node 2 vs Lumin D1
i can tell you that a Vault or Aries Mini feeding a Lampizator Amber II into Vandersteen 2’s will just knock your socks off !people complain about ultra high end $$$$$ but IMO we are living in great times for affordable high endadd a nice integrat... 
Least expensive discrete resistor ladder NOS DAC?
OMG what a cool and esoteric niche oriented world we live in...... 
Help for some friends
either but do give Bluesound a shot 
Vandersteen Treo Speaker Cable Suggestions
coolkeep us in the loopi have a pair of Treo CT on order 
Vandersteen Treo Speaker Cable Suggestions
gritter2coolkeep us in the loopi have a pair of the Treo CT on order in a wild ( well I think it is wild ) Ambrosia Maple veneer - I plan to start off running the LFD cable I spoke of.......your setup thoughts and room tuning exprrience will be va...