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Listening time and habits
my rig is in the center of the house "great room" and I seem to get a chance to hear what I want at the volumes I like when the house is vacant, son at work, wife at the gym etc. this happens at least three mornings a week 
Why discussions generate into personal affronts...
I dropped out of this forum years ago because of nasty postings and only recently came back. I'm still on the fence about continuing to participate but the majority here seem helpful and courteous. I've gotten many good ideas from this forum and e... 
Looking at Anthem preamp. Do I need it? Also the Innuos Zenith (Zen?) and or Lumin T2?
I'm a satisfied T2 owner. It is a one box solution that incorporates a DAC. To my ears, the sound is detailed and natural tone sounding. The operating app is thoughtfully engineered and easy to use. It is a Roon endpoint device also.  I don't know... 
tube recommendations for audio research LS-16?
how much burn in have you done?? 
Why does my old CD player sound so much better than my new streamer?
T2 is in a whole another league than the D2 
Whats playing on your system today?
Brubeck "Time In" 
New to digital - wireless or docked
Apple music is lo-rez so I don't think you can improve on it by a hard wired physical connection. Someone will correct me if I'm wrong. 
Almarro 205 mkll
I wish I could help, I had heard the company founder was either passed away or no longer in business...not sure which. I owned an A318B for years and manually biasing those big russian power tubes was always a trip. That cured me of my desire to "... 
Abbey Road 50th Anniversary
I've only listened to the Tidal MQA version and think it's wonderful. I'm constantly amazed how digital playback has improved in just the last 5 years. I still have memories of the original CD players back in the 80's. 
Streamer to DAC which type of cable Ethernet or USB
I wonder what Innuos recommends. 
Amazon music HD ( Hi-res)
with Apple's "deep" catalogue, I hope they get on the bandwagon 
New to classical music
You want drama? Wagner, Tchaikovsky, Mahler and any Beethovan symphony, Glenn Gould, Maurizio Pollini, Horowitz for piano genius. 
TRL WON'T GIVE ME MY AMP
I don't know how much your piece of gear is worth but if under 10K ( I saw your insurance comment), there won't be many lawyers who will handle this and you'd end up with almost nothing after fees and costs; assuming you get a judgement in your fa... 
Klipsch, introduces The Cornwall IV, and I think it will be a killer !
I owned the original Cornwalls back in the 80's. I'd love to hear this latest version but no dealers near me. 
Tube amp forethought
good time to try tube power. many products now self bias and new production tubes are cheap, abundant and very high quality. I don't know if those speakers are candidates for tube amplification but others will chime in. you will get lifelike tone,...