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Cambridge CXN V2 or Innuos Pulse Mini?
Cambridge CXN is not great at all.   Bought it few years ago, used it for a week , I had to return it.  It doesn't sound great at all.  The unit is light and feel like nothing inside.   I returned it get my full refund and got the Lumin instead.  ... 
Margin on speaker sales by high end dealer
I got friends that used to be McIntosh, Anthem....etc dealer.   He closed his business cause not getting too many buyers.     In order to be a dealer, you need to pay license fee to those brands.   He can get almost like 50% off from any items.   ... 
Why is everyone so down on MQA?
There is no need to argue if MQA is good or bad. Like others said, make your own choices and pick what you like to listen that’s all. To me I don’t hear any difference between Tidal and Qobuz. I joined both and decided to cancel Qobuz. They have l... 
Hum on Tube Amp - Can't find source
I don't think is the Rocket cable.   Try swap the 12ax7 also.   I didn't swap my small tubes.  just removed the KT88 and put in all 4 KT120.  Problem solved.  Dead quiet.    
Hum on Tube Amp - Can't find source
That happened to me a month ago,  I heard the hum through both of my speakers, very annoying.    That hum noise was from my KT88.    Later I swapped my tubes to another KT120.    Noise is gone,  so quiet.     That was my fixed.  Nothing related to... 
Zavfino OCC SILVER DART 1.5 power cable
LOL as for jasonbourne52,  its ok.  May be he has his point.  No need to make fun of him.    I have purchased a few interconnects from Zavfino (Raymond)  before.  The Fusion and Silver Dart , he said "the terminals are their own custom design wit... 
Interconnect RCA Cables between Preamp to Poweramp
I bought "the fusion" silver cable. It is awesome ! Best bang for the buck! Pure solid silver. I have been talking to Raymond at Zavfinousa, he is very responsive. They actually engineer and design some cables for high end company but he can't tel... 
Balanced vs Unbalanced?
I am also confused with the different between Balanced vs Unbalanced. When I google it, they all say XLR better than Unbalanced. But during my test, I notice that it is not the case. I don’t know if its my system act differently or not. Here is my... 
Interconnect RCA Cables between Preamp to Poweramp
@rhljazz,   I just placed the order last night.  They shipped it out today.  Once I get it next week,  I will test it out and report. 
Interconnect RCA Cables between Preamp to Poweramp
Does anyone heard of this brand name Zavfino based in Canada?https://www.zavfino1877.com/the-fusion 
Interconnect RCA Cables between Preamp to Poweramp
Where can I order one and try it out ?  Can you send me info please. 
Interconnect RCA Cables between Preamp to Poweramp
What about using pure solid silver cable for the connection?   
Interconnect RCA Cables between Preamp to Poweramp
So from your experience, does it matter using a regular basic rca cables like those cheap audioquest compare to a mid grade cables since this is just a connection from the preamp to poweramp 
Interconnect RCA Cables between Preamp to Poweramp
What would you recommend to connect the McIntosh C52 preamp to a tube power amp using RCA? 
Solid-state preamp with tube power amp
I also  disagree with Elinor.    I am using McIntosh C52 as preamp , have it connected to my tube amp muzishare x7. I called it Hybrid and it sounds amazing!All my tubes from the X7 are gold lion KT88 along with the signal tubes.