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Wilson Audio Haters
Funny  that most  people that denigrate the Wilson speakers have never heard them - probably reacting to a company making speakers they can't afford?I listened to various Watt/Puppy combos over the years (never occurred to me that they looked like... 
Store sound v/s Home sound
Are you talking about listening to demo speakers in the store and then buying new in the box speakers that may need extensive break in? 
Doh, left system off all night
Yeah, my big mono Class A amps will heat you out of the room in summer, and then there is the cost of electricity - the equivalent of having a 1 kw space heater going whenever they are on.Fortunately they take very little time to warm up. 
Help, My Vandies Sizzle
I'll second how good the Vandie 4As are.  Makes for a busy system, biamped and triwired, but they sound great.  I had to have my woofer surrounds replaced last year - no big deal. 
What's been playing on your turntable and what turntable is it ?
Glen Gould doing the 6 Bach Partitas on a VPI TNT V. 
Your Go to CD to Impress
I don't put any CDs on - I spin some well executed vinyl if I want really good sound. 
Is it a OK to leave tube pre-amps powede up 24/7
I run a couple of hybrid amps and both have circuitry that allows the tubes  to be turned off when you switch to stand-by mode.  It means a delay when you fire it up again, but not as much as if you turned it off completely.  One is an Audio Resea... 
Where is the significant point of diminishing returns on hi-end turntable?
I have an analogue front end that would be about $25K new - but I paid maybe half by buying used carefully over a few years.You might want to consider doing that. 
Seller asked for PayPal fees after the sale. Should I pay them or not?
I've had the same experience. No mention of fees to be paid by the buyer in the ad (it would have been contrary to Paypal terms of service) and then they demanded them from me after the Ebay auction.  I declined and suggested that they review Payp... 
Why warm amps sound better.
My Class A amps warm up very quickly - maybe 30 minutes, after which they don't change sound.  Which is a good thing considering that this sort of amp uses full current at idle and puts it out as heat (they actually put out less heat when making s... 
Using tube amp with electrostatic speakers.
One data point.I use Martin Logan CLS (original) in one system and although I have auditioned tube amps with them, I have found that solid state amps with good power supplies work by far the best.  Mine are run with a stereo Classe DR3 VHC (a whop... 
Looking to buy floor standing speakers in $1000 per speaker range.
Go for a good pair of used Vandie 2C!Way more bang for your buck than any new speaker I can think of. 
Wilson Maxx II problem
I own the same speakers.Don't mess around - send the driver to Wilson and get it checked out and repaired or replaced!  Might be a simple issue..... 
help a Die hard ANALOG guy choose a budget CDP
I'll second (or third) the Emotiva.I have switched to digital from a server these days, but still wanted a stand a lone player and bought an ERC-3, which I run through my DAC (a Hegel, that does indeed sound better than the on board circuitry on t... 
Just bought used Wilson audio Sophia 1 and Wilson audio center channel comments
Are you sure you even need a centre channel?I also run Wilsons (Maxx2) and the main speakers sound better using a phantom centre - pin point imaging etc. that I elected not to use the centre channel that I have.