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twoleftears

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Considering simplifying my system... talk me down (or whatever)
Depends on what you mean by simplifying/downsizing.There are plenty of integrated amps that your back doctor doesn't want you trying to pick up (or perhaps he does...).There are plenty of separates that I can carry with one hand.Horses for courses. 
Yamaha NS 5000
Music Direct: "bookshelf speakers" (!?!?!)So they come with the matching stands for 15K?Got to admit I'm intrigued and would love to hear them (dream on) in a head-to-head with 40.2's or Classic 100's. 
Anybody in Touch w Andy at Vintage Tube0
New batches of Sophia Electric? 
Classical Music for Aficionados
A couple of days ago listened to the Bryden Thomson Enigma on Chandos and liked it a lot.  Will have to hunt down that other one.  Then I will never eradicate the Nimrod earworm. 
Speaker Cable Experiment Opinion
Where did that guy go who wanted us all to use 0 awg gauge battery cable for speakers? 
Speakers
the Song3 BeAT version is really excellent. 
Developing critical listening skills
It's important to have two benchmarks, music that you know well played through a system you know well, and real live music.  When you audition a new piece, in theory you can then judge whether it then sounds better, worse, different or the same as... 
Recommend speakers for a large living room
Daedalus Zeus.  They demo this model in rooms that size at audio shows. 
To power strip or not
Naim likes the Wiremold power strip, doesn't it? 
The Home Theater Company Collusion Theory
So what's Audio Asylum like?  Better?? 
Artwork And Acoustic Foam
https://www.gikacoustics.com/product-category/acoustic-art-panels/  
Gryphon Diablo 300 vs Vitus RI-101
They always sound better if they cost more. 
What Class D amps will drive a 2 ohm load
Here's a new model that claims it can handle 2 ohms.http://lkvresearch.blogspot.com/2019/04/lkv-veros-pwr.html#!/2019/04/lkv-veros-pwr.html  
Amps with meters ...
Graphic equalizers with twin rows of multi-colored LEDs bouncing up and down--now that was livin'... 
Why do Harbeth speakers have such a cult following
@mapman @pdreher's characterization of the differences aligns largely with my own, though I don't think I'd describe the SHL5s as exactly lacking body.  Certainly less meat on the bone.It seems like the C7 has some family resemblance to the SHL; I...