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Can you tell the difference between a $200 and a $200,000 guitar?
Yes the playeris by far the biggest difference. the rarity’s most key especially 50-60s , if owned by a legend like Jimi Hendrix  over $1Million dollars easy especially if documented at a event like Woodstock for example. . To be honest $2k you ... 
A stupid question(s) about power cords
Using the3pin plug won’t hurt anything your equipment mfg  decided to internally ground it. it can make it quieter for noise potentially can ride on a common ground .. thereis no hard in that.  
Comparing Aurender N20 vs eversolo dmp A8
Romanesque you know little about digital . I owned a Audio store for years. pits pretty simple ,digital travels from home to home Ungrounded, bringing in Noise, that $5 wall wart that comes with the router is pure junk $2 worth of parts it just ... 
How you know your system is improving?
You didnot mentin the cost. In Audio this rabbit hole never ends ! If streaming that is the biggest weakness in most  Audio systems an absolute since digital noise travels House to house ,from your modem router combo A LPS power supply a Must... 
Comparing Aurender N20 vs eversolo dmp A8
The Curious Ethernet cable not exactly musical the AQ Vodka is a very good under $500 cable  Go to Perrotta Audio consultants Anthony gives good deals  please advise on digital connectors too count. Telegartner make the best Ethernet connectors ,... 
Comparing Aurender N20 vs eversolo dmp A8
For starters Never use Anything with stock power cords, it totally degrades the potential of your electronics .if on a budget  buy the Pangea  AC power cord the awg14  sig MK -2 for just over $200 a Big upgrade give it 100 hours playing time . Th... 
For those familiar with Sonus Faber
The Serafino2 has been out ,I owned the Olympia Nova 3 the Serafino 2 is much more refined . for less money you should absolutely take a look at the Borresen X3 speakers . a Ton of trickle down technologies other speakers Donot have . The ribbon... 
Best DAC’S $5k to $15k
Ok Retail is $7200 but around $6k is what it could be bought for if you shop around  to be correct,as far as it’s quality of sound it’s very good my most any standard .  
Best DAC’S $5k to $15k
By a country mile best dac, value put together the T+A200 dac for $6k nothing is in its league at $6k,even 2x that it still competes with anything up to $15k very well . visiting many audio get togethers ,my brother owns the dac200 with HQ player... 
New Dedicated 20A Circuit Wiring Questions
I have been using a 4 wire awg 10 Copper wire  Cryo treated. in a 4 wire setup  the breaker is silver coated copper from Siemens Germany  I tried to get industrial warehouses only ifyou can still find them they don’t oxydize like copper. there a... 
Anyone listen to entire albums?
One reason I went to digital is I can skip around and make a playlist of my choise also digital has advanced so much in the last few years if you cover all bases  starting with a good LPS power supply from your router, high quality Ethernet cab... 
Does Every Track Sound Great on Your System?
The bass is full but defines in these songs from Diana. there will be recordings in any audio system that won’t sound like master recordings . For example in the 60s many rock bands just starting out could not afford the best mastering equipment ... 
Accuphase or Leben for heavy metal
Neither ,the AAvic i280 is better then them both . a cass A technologies and Tesla coil noise cancelling technologies. the one powerful integrated that does everything well. I heard this against the Accuphase 3000 pass labs, Boulder , and severa... 
USB Switch Upgrade or Not
Muon filter and Ethernet cables as well as Ethernet hub very good and they give a decent package deal price ,I have heard them several times,they and Ansuz Denmark are the best I have heard over $6k with cables but once you hear them  night and d... 
USB Switch Upgrade or Not
Ansuz make a great switch even better then innuos my brother sold his innuos for the D2 I think or newer model  there is a great company in the U.K I will share if you want a truly analog sounding streaming systems you need the 2 high quality Ethe...