twoleftears

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Difference between amps
@redwoodaudio  Check out the impedance of your speakers.https://www.stereophile.com/content/harbeth-monitor-302-40th-anniversary-edition-loudspeaker-measurementsIf you averaged it over the entire spectrum it would be well over 8 ohms.  Sensitivity... 
Recommendation for new cables
Two more high value recommendations:Triode Wire LabsAudio Sensibility 
Speaker sensitivity vs SQ
So the story usually goes like this.Back when tube-based amplification was the only option, and most tube amps were really low powered, designing speakers with high sensitivity was the only way to go--there was simply no alternative if you wanted ... 
Class D
Isn't Jeff Rowland (hardly a bargain basement brand) still using Pascal modules? 
Duelund conversion to DIY Helix Geometry Cabling
Why double up with the DS method, when you can QUADRUPLE!!https://www.ebay.com/itm/Interconnect-Cable-RCA-Custom-Hi-End/284139528202?hash=item422809200a:g:Sc8AAOSw8ilf9dsh  
The Vinyl Community's Mazzy's new "Cease & Desist" YouTube video.
+1 @slaw  Hit the road, JackAnd don't you come backNo more, no more, no more, no moreHit the road, JackAnd don't you come back no more. 
Looking for new (to me) Speakers for Leben CS300XS---Devore, Harbeth, or Reference 3A?
Audio Note range in sensitivity 94dB to 98dB. 
Looking for new (to me) Speakers for Leben CS300XS---Devore, Harbeth, or Reference 3A?
Instead of the Harbeth, strongly consider one of the Audio Note models.  They are excellent and would play superbly well with your Leben. 
Is the marantz 30N or ruby almost a universal player
Technics doesn't do DVD at all.From what I can see, the Marantz handles DVD-R but *not* DVD-A. 
Is the marantz 30N or ruby almost a universal player
This doesn't get the love it deserves.https://www.technics.com/us/products/grand-class/network-super-audio-cd-player-sl-g700.html  
Perfect Speaker Placement - Put next to the back wall as much as possible.
If you have plasterboard walls and studs 16" on center, you have plenty of room to fashion some niches/alcoves into which the speakers can be inserted.  Try to make the niches/alcoves as deep as possible, even if this means robbing some space from... 
Bigger drivers = bigger soundstage
The size of the baffle in which the driver is mounted is a big part of this too.  There have been plenty of A'gon threads arguing about wide baffles vs. narrow baffles. 
Class D
What's wrong with getting a competent Purifi-based class D power amp from Apollon, March, Nord, etc., and then sticking a nice tubey tube preamp in front of it? 
Perfect Speaker Placement - Put next to the back wall as much as possible.
The only way to solve the problem is like this.https://6moons.com/audioreviews/stax/stax_2.html  
High end Class D amps?
They’re just 12AU7’s.AVM use unique tubes in their integrated and power amps.