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Audio Leveling Software Recommendation?
Your Squeezebox has replay gain. In Settings, go to Player, Audio, Volume Adjustment/Replay Gain, select Smart Gain or try all of them. 
Signal Cable Silver Ref XLR
I agree with the posters raving about Signal Cable latest designs. I own the Silver Reference interconnects (RCAs), the speaker cables and the Magic power cords. All of them have significantly improved my system. No brightness, just more resolutio... 
Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC?
This thread is really too long, and I have read it in its entirety!Depending on your budget, buy a Soundsmith moving iron cartridge and laugh all the way to the bank! 
PS Audio PerfectWave DAC vs Bel Canto DAC3
There is a new competitor for top of the USB DAC heap I would like to listen to, the Ayre QB-9. 
Ribbon tweeters...out of favor these days?
Just listen to any RAAL, heavenly. 
Vandersteen Model 7: has anyone heard?
44"h x 14"w x 20"d 
Good Monitors for no more than 150?
I forgot to add a rave review of the OLi1 by What Hi-Fi? magazine. 
Good Monitors for no more than 150?
This is an easy one, the Roth Audio OLi1, a solid and beautiful British minimonitor with great sound for $150. Read my reviews at Amazon and Audio Circle. 
phono stage options for Lyra Cartridges
Sutherland is supposed to be synergistic with them. 
Hi-Fi Power Conditioner ?
I agree with Macdadtexas. I also own an APC S15 power conditioner and it is the best purchase I have made in many months. You don't want a blackout damaging something in your system. And the sound is good too! Priceless is not an exaggeration. 
Thinking about Laptop system - Newbie Questions
I would go with the Squeezebox Duet or Classic and a good DAC. FLAC; wireless is just fine. I love my Monarchy Audio M24 DAC. 
Budget bookshelf speakers FOR a bookshelf...
Roth Audio OLi1. Small, inexpensive and with good sound all around except of course deep bass. They benefit from close boundary location like a bookshelf. And yes, that review is mine, as well as this one. 
JL Audio sub users
Maybe the best way to run the JL Audio subs as bass augmentation devices is to use custom speaker-level cables such as the ones in this review. JL Audio should include them with the sub. 
Which is the most tubelike solid state amp around
Monarchy Audio SE-250 with your favorite NOS tubes 
Tonearm for rega Planar 3
Any Origin Live tonearm.