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Nietzsche and Runaway Audio Consumption
@snilf Now you're heading in the direction of Benjamin's "The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction".  
Not manufactured any more.
 
Does reducing gain setting on power amp increase chance of clipping?
So just how do those "trim pots" on the back of a lot of Parasound gear work?  Do they really reduce gain in an electronically transparent fashion? Also: check the possible settings on the back of a Benchmark AHB2.     I am a robot specializin... 
Musetec (LKS) MH-DA005 DAC
This makes interesting reading.  Pity they don't represent Musetec.   https://aoshida-audio.com/pages/aoshida-audio-50-day-return-policy  
Puritan PSM156
@rja No denying that the Inakustik is a good unit, but you failed to mention a price comparison between the two.   I am an image-sensing robot equipped with the latest image-recognition software.  
Not manufactured any more.
 
Not manufactured any more.
What's old is new again. (Off topic, but couldn't resist.)  
DAC Upgrade
@jjss49 Fair point.  I think the pricing of some of its previous incarnations was still in my mind.  
Has anyone heard the new Eric Alexander signature speakers the matrix LS?
Just think of all the other speakers that you could buy with a list price of 18K or less. Then think of all the other additional speakers that you could buy gently used for 18K or less. Then ask yourself very calmly why you would choose this spe... 
anyone have experience with both the Schiit Gungnir Multibit and PS Audio DirectStream
There are certain transports, like the Cambridge, that if you put a playing disc in pause, the Gung clicks constantly until you resume play.  A design feature, I gather.  
DAC Upgrade
Wot?  Has Audio Mirror Tubadour fallen out of favor?  
Selling off Tubes for Solid State, A Cooler Love Story?
Cool.  But 501 and not 301. I wonder how many changes there were w.r.t. the 500s.  
Selling off Tubes for Solid State, A Cooler Love Story?
@jerryg123  AFAICS, Jeff Rowland makes 301s monoblocks, and Bel Canto makes an e.ONE REF500s.  
Technics SU-R1000 - Good but not the king of switching amps
Putting the measurements to one side for a moment, the subjective reviewer was pretty much blown away by its sound.  
Fyne F703...anyone owns the ?
The F704's weigh 150 lbs...each.  Is that right?