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Best 40 to 50k used speakers
@thieliste FYI on Alsyvox - https://www.usaudiomart.com/details/649661765-alsyvox-tintorettos/ (though a dealer ad)My second fav speaker is the Thiel CS3.7, which you seem to be moving away from. What an incredible sounding speaker.My favorite is ... 
Timbernation
I bought a custom sized stand last month. Very happy with it. 
Looking for a desktop power amp
I had the Parasound A23 with Benchmark DAC1 and KEF LS50s on a desktop setup. The Parasound is a warm sound and it was OK. I have not heard the new Parasound zampV3 but it is $300 and supposed to be pretty good. https://www.parasound.com/zamp-v3.... 
Paradigm Persona series
The Blade + Meta is what I am looking at when I get the large living room for music. We will have to wait for the Blade + Meta future release. Covaid also needs to be managed so my kid goes back to school and I can use the living room (his playroo... 
Best streamer given my constraints
Keep your computer and add a Sonore Rendu. The opticalRendu’s are the best ones but a bit more complicated. The microRendu (what I use) is a breeze to setup and sounds very good. Much better than direct from your computer to the DAC.These are digi... 
Linn Akubarik Exakt with AK EXT DSM
My condolences for your loss.The following dealer in S. Cal. is a huge Linn dealer. You may get some helpful advice from them. I heard the top end Linn system there earlier in the year. I would call instead of emailing.http://www.shelleysstereo.co... 
Paradigm Persona series
@steve59 Congrats that is a great speaker. You 360 amp is one that I have heard a few times and liked somewhat with the KEF Blade. However, I have heard the Persona 5F with an amp that sounds a bit like the Hegel 360, the neutral SimAudio 860A. I ... 
Pre Amp comparisons
Benchmark LA4 is reference class if you do not want to hear the preamp. I do not want to hear a preamp. There is a 30 day free trial offer to do a head-to-head comparison with anything else you have in the house. 
Hegel H390 or NAD M33 for Bowers and Wilkins 802D2 speakers?
I was always suggesting to people to get the Hegel 390 last 2 years. However, today I would likely get the NAD M33 based on the Purifi module and that it should sound like the Benchmark AHB2. Both are super quiet, which has become a very high prio... 
Lifetime Roon is a go - alternative to Roon Nucleus
Why is a ROON Nucleus better than a generic ROON headless server? ROON themselves have stated that you do not need a perfect machine for the headless server.In the last 3 weeks I installed the ROON server on a 24 Core + 96GB RAM server. Anothe... 
KEF LS50 - Question
I wonder what type of speakers people who hate the LS50's like? 
Yamaha NS 5000
http://www.theabsolutesound.com/articles/yamaha-c-5000-preamplifier-m-5000-power-amp-ns-5000-loudspe... 
Cables for Audio Mirror Tubadour III
I recently looked at the ROON DSP settings and did not try it for too long since it was for Audeze. However, now that you mention it for Focal. I will check it out. Though I must say I like the way the headphone sounds in the current ROON  configu... 
Cables for Audio Mirror Tubadour III
@arafiq  I had to look up IIRC, I do have the Empy. My frame of reference is the Empy and a Sennheiser 600 10 years ago. So not much experience with headphones. I bough the Empy because a dealer told me to get that instead of the Focal Utopia whic... 
What are you streaming tonight?
Hugh Masekela - The Boy’s Doing ItNew discovery today. If you like Fela Kuti have a listen to this one.