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Jim Gordon has Passed On...
@gregdude  Well said Greg.  Illness is not an excuse to commit crimes, kill people, let alone your mother.  He was not found insane at trial. I don't understand why society praises and highlights POS people just because they are famous or had som... 
Fee for home audition
I have run my own business for 23 years. IMO, this dealer is likely using the fee as a way to weed out customer’s who don’t have the means or intent to buy something this expensive or if the streamer requires set up for the customer by the store o... 
What can beat Wilson XVX for less money?
@blisshifi  +1 to that.  Concerts seems to either have terrible speakers, the volume is far to loud, or terrible acoustics.  We typically only go to only certain venues because they get it right.  Otherwise, why pay the several or many hundreds f... 
Name 3 songs where audio quality and song quality completely align
@rdschicago  +1  
Name 3 songs where audio quality and song quality completely align
@ratboysr    @mitch2  I am glad you liked that song.  Check out Warm Shadow by Fink as well if you have time -  the vocals are closer to the middle.  I like songs that don't have to rush into the vocals.    Good stuff.  If you ever find anything... 
Name 3 songs where audio quality and song quality completely align
I would be interested to read what people think of the track Trouble's What You're In by Fink.    
Can I add an outboard Equalizer to my music streamer ?
@garebear will you share the components in your system.  As others have said, spotify is not great, but maybe a small investment in a streamer and streaming service would yield huge improvements.  I am happy with a used Node 2i acting as a streame... 
Ray Charles - "Rap is not music"
I don’t think you can categized an entire class - rap is varied. That being said, I think it is fair to define what qualifies as music and what does not. Very subjective and a bit meaningless, but why not. Once those definitions are in place, soun... 
Just wow…
Nice.  Thanks for posting.  I love new music. Does any one else pick up a lot of echo or delay?  
How long do speakers last?
Can you define last?   Old speakers still play and sound good, but over time the sound quality, assuming no damage, will degrade slowly.  I had a 20 year old pair of SF and they sound good, but not as good as new.  Difficult to really compare with... 
50 years of Hip Hop- How Come?
There are not hard trends like in the past because there is not such limited sources to hear new music. If you look in the old days about how we became aware of non-live music, the channel were limited - radio mostly, then TV. They controlled the ... 
8-10k budget suggestions please
Here is another data point. I think I was at about 10K to 12k range. Two Revel F208 speakers (during a sale), Benchmark DAC3, Benchmark Amp, used BlueNode streamer (streamer only), cables from Benchmark and BlueJean cables. I feel it sounds good f... 
HT and 2 channel in same room? 1 or 2 systems?
I am not sure of your specific questions other then the title, and that is pretty vague. I can share with you my approach when faced with the same general question where I had one space and wanted to optimize several factors - appearance, cost, so... 
Quobuz subscription
Are you streaming from phone?  Or just using phone as controller?    
Do I need 10 gauge power cord if I have 10 gauge from panel?
No.  Listen to JasonB