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CD Got Absolutely Crushed By Vinyl
Please keep the unfounded rumors coming.  They just serve to depress further the bargain basement prices of used CD's massively available on Amazon and elsewhere.  Each month I pick up classic performances and obscure repertoire for pennies on the... 
Beware of the cable claiming long burn in period.
7 hours a day, each and every day, without fail, for 60 days, is not my definition of "easy to do".  Besides, if a product is not performing properly at the moment of its sale, why are you selling it?  Purchasers should have 60 days to perform lis... 
From tubes to SS amp : Ayre, Belles, Pass or else ?
Cronus Magnum II.PMC Twenty.24.@mr_m 
Classical Music for Aficionados
Liking #2 as I write, still on first movement.  Listening to the Donohoe/Barshai EMI recording, which seems very good.  An excellent breadth and depth of soundstage, and seems to get the balance between piano and orchestra just right, which many p... 
Classical Music for Aficionados
So what's up with Tchaikovsky #3?  Will some piano expert explain it to me?  It just sounds so anomalous (and to my ears, wrong), after #1. 
From tubes to SS amp : Ayre, Belles, Pass or else ?
Happy transition here from Rogue to Belles (Aria). 
Small drivers vs big drivers
That's precisely why they also make these:https://voxativ.berlin/bass  
Classical Music for Aficionados
The full glory that is Martha Argerich in Tchaikovsky #1, that never sounded better than on the latest iteration of my system (hint: GIK). 
Full Range under $5k-ish
Proac 140 Mk II or Proac DT8 
Beware of the cable claiming long burn in period.
@fsonicsmith I thought you got and liked AQ Water.I search Firewire and all I get is pages of computer cabling. 
Road trip to demo $10,000 speakers
Did you get your speaker cables sorted out? 
Chord DAVE, any lesser Chord DAC come close?
Wasn't there a very recent thread on the Qutest, with comments on some of the other Chord models? 
Small drivers vs big drivers
Yes, excursion distance before bottoming out is another factor to be taken into consideration.This is whole thread shows why I find the Raidho (and similar) philosophy totally unconvincing. 
Small drivers vs big drivers
It's not just a question of whether a 7" driver can produce 20Hz, it's surely a question of at what level.BTW, 3 x 7" = approximate surface area of 1 x 12" driver. 
Less Loss Firewall 64x Module
I presume that previously the ATC's were plugged directly into the wall?