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Anything SS sounds better than D'Agostino ?
@georgehifi  I'm quite pleased with my Pass gear. I have no calling on driving a .9 ohm load and I suspect neither do most folks. Mosfet mist? a term i've not heard in eons, yet in any event, I don't have any mosfet mist-  However, Pass certainl... 
RCA cables to a subwoofer- how much does it matter?
@jtcf  Eh, not much of a highjack. Just a slight detour   
Percentage of cable cost
About 10%, maybe less-   
Anyone using a LAN isolator?
@lalitk - thanks- I love my older gear! The newer stuff too-   
Anyone using a LAN isolator?
@jerrybj  @lalitk  Early impressions- all positive- rounder tone but with no loss of details. I can only surmise that although I did not perceive any noise in my system, the RL1-iGB-Triple C must suppress whatever noise there was which overlayed... 
Anyone using a LAN isolator?
@lalitk  I took your suggestion and now have an Acoustic Revive RL1-1GB-Triple C Lan Isolator connected to my ethernet cable which itself (the Acoustic Revive) is connected my Auralic Aries G1. I have listened less than 2 hours so far, and everyt... 
Harmonic Technology Magic Link soldering issues
@rsf507  I too had a failed solder connection on a pair of Pro Silways long ago- and my pair were not pulled in any way. I desoldered everything as I thought the soldering workmanship was mediocre at best.   
Unity in cable manufacturers?
simple answer is no  
Audio nonsense
@dill fact is I did try Belt stuff in home- zero effect; I compared a system with and without the Tice clock in a NYC shop - zero effect. So so much for the assumption that mine are the comments of someone who has had no experience with the object... 
Your single most significant purchase mistake?
@slovett At one point I owned a Proceed HPA 2 amp; I thought it was pretty good but it died at one point and needed to be serviced. The company repaired it at no charge, which I thought was great. As best as I can recall, I eventually sold that am... 
How many systems do you have?
living room setup; bedroom setup; plus damaged partially working gear I've not had the heart to throw away in the garage that provides either radio or through an inexpensive cable, streaming from my phone   
How important is it that all cables come from the same manufacturer?
Zero reason why one needs to go all one brand for cables   
Your single most significant purchase mistake?
My mistake was in not buying something- two 10B tuners- $1,200; that was for the pair-   
How long ago did you catch the bug?
@ghdprentice  old farts here? Hey, I resemble that comment   
How long ago did you catch the bug?
@cerrot i remember harmony house on Amsterdam - near Rockefeller U and Sloan Kettering. I thing they were still open as late as around 1990 or so