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DAC suggestions
the Wyred4sound 10th anniversary dac is a very analog sounding dac, it beat the PS audio direct stream chord and other higher price dacs, I find it equal to analog setups.  
Best vibration isolation for speakers on carpet?
Carlsbad, you got that wrong, the podiums isolate vibration down to three Hertz so the speaker is not vibrating at all that would defeat the purpose it stops the vibration from going into the floor and then coming back up into the speakers and sh... 
Best vibration isolation for speakers on carpet?
if you want the best speaker isolation that stops vibration down to three Hertz and also eliminates the Earth vibration which is constantly shaking your speakers get the Townshend podiums they're not cheap but they are way better than they ISO aco... 
Recommendations for HiFi Listening Room
and for cables get OCC single Crystal wire it has been proven to be the best wire for audio for over 50 years now far superior to anything ofc at any price. but again don't cheapen out.  
Recommendations for HiFi Listening Room
and if you want to get rid of room problems get the Townshend podiums, they stop speaker vibrations down to three Hertz and also they get rid of the constant Earth vibration that's there all the time, when your speakers shake it smears the sound t... 
Recommendations for HiFi Listening Room
don't listen to audio Troy he's just pushing his stuff, the paradigm persona are very bright and edgy I guarantee you won't like them, if you have them in your town like I said go listen to the monitor audio platinum they're much more musical and ... 
Recommendations for HiFi Listening Room
get rid of the paradigm persona that beryllium Tweeter and midrange are very bright and edgy, go listen to the monitor audio platinum 200 ll or 300 ll much better speaker, more natural sounding and way more three-dimensional, the sound  just wraps... 
Neotech cables
the only problem with the Amazon and the Sahara line is the speaker cables are stiff as a board you have to basically go with the curve in the cable the way it is it won't conform to what you want to do, but the sound OMG much better than round OC... 
12'x16'x8' room OK for good stand mounts?
unfortunately the Joseph audio aren't as good as the new gold that MPD Tweeter is way better than any dome tweeter on the market the three-dimensionality is huge The sounds they just envelops the whole room as good as a Joseph are their driver tec... 
12'x16'x8' room OK for good stand mounts?
the monitor audio gold 200 and 300 sound amazing and your room is not too small my room is only eight and a half by 23 and I have the platinum 200 ll and they sound incredible.  
12'x16'x8' room OK for good stand mounts?
actually you won't need room treatments if you treat the vibration coming from your speakers with Townshend podiums, they're not cheap but they totally eliminate the problems in the room that speaker vibration cause, room problems just disappear, ... 
Why not?
tump350, you should try OCC single Crystal copper which is even better than pure copper because there's no Crystal barriers in the wire at all, pure copper is not the same as OCC single Crystal it can still be ofc wire which is very inferior to O... 
Simaudio P8/W8 or Latest 740P/860A????
the pH is much better than the 740p I was told that by Sim audio themselves so I have no doubt that the w8 is better than the 860a.  
Looking for Speaker Recommendations
tekton is mid-fried junk, very flat sounding in two dimensional it's a little company they don't have the money to develop good drivers they buy off the shelf stuff and their cabinets look like absolute crap.  
Looking for Speaker Recommendations
that's a monitor audio gold 200 or 300 Gen 5 this computer doesn't know how to spell LOL