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Bookshelf speakers under $1000
For under $1200, if youhave a subwoofer the Monitor Audio Studio has top drivers from the Top platinum line and a Very good AMT tweeter. I bought them with the matching stand and filled them with dryer play sand and agraphite lead shot.snd sound s... 
Do I need a specific type of 4 gauge wire for my monoblock amp?
To handle a 150 amp load youwill need a awg-1 gauge in a copper wire ,justlook up the awg wire index for 150 amps and wire size requirement . Something does not sound right ,this is not for a home ,  even on big power amps they use only a 20 amp c... 
Do I need a specific type of 4 gauge wire for my monoblock amp?
120 amp fuse  that  is higher then the current going through any wire in you home. Most houses have a 200 amp service for the whole house. Is this amp for a Stadium ?  I have never seen in Audio ever a 150 amp fuse   
Pangea AC outlets
I use their $20 Copper phosphor bronze outlet and treat the power cord with the best protectant enhancer out there Stabilant-22 on every part of the outletblades and IEC input ,and every connection after cleaning with high qualityisopropyl alcohol... 
Does a ripped cd onto a digital format sound better than the cd played on the cdp
Without question if you have a good dac and good digital cable for sure itis cleaner . I use solid state drives what aredead quiet no moving parts , with a CD youhave aspinning disc that  the cdreader  has to buffer to read,reread for errors and m... 
Solid core Versus Stranded Speaker cables
The key to my experience with solid core conductors are several factors for instance , I use the purest  occ-0 Crystal Copper  much less grain structure in the metal higher purity,2. - dielectric thin Teflon is the closest to air which would’ve th... 
New $24,000 inter-connect
Pure Insanity !! I remember being a dealer years ago and even maybe                 15 +years ago, Kimber had a 6ft pr of speaker cables the black pearl $15kbut they sold at  least 10 pair to the ultra rich .Even if I had money to burn I would nev... 
Emotiva equipmet, how good is it?
It is decent entry level amplifiers not much more grounding is not tops vs a good multi-way star grounding system can hear hum on certain systems. , their $4k processor is very good though , good for the money .their processor is more upper end . 
Sound Quality of red book CDs vs.streaming
I have found ripping with DB Poweramp on wav or # 8 uncompressed  flac files after cleaning with art De son,, the discs sound more alive then streaming and I put a Beldons best Ethernet cable then from model a AQCinnamon and atcomputer end . It so... 
Hi Fi Tuning Supreme fuse-Burn In?
Take a look here fellow Audiophiles here is the resistance index as I stated Silver and Copper top conductor ,look where zinc -steel is located on the chartthis is your fuse conductor element.http://eddy-current.com/conductivity-of-metals-sorted-b... 
Hi Fi Tuning Supreme fuse-Burn In?
This is to. kosst_amojan   Not even 1 purchase, or  saleand on Audiogon for less then 1 year , and is telling a Veteran as myself over 35 year, owning a Audio store  for years, and worked with some of the most skilled Audio  engineers in the field... 
Hi Fi Tuning Supreme fuse-Burn In?
What I stated is fact if you don’t understand that is not my fault try reading . The wire in a fuse is calibrated for its average they have various thicknesses . That is how they blow .a fuse wire will break when over heated past it’s ability, lan... 
Are Pass Labs amps probably the best ever you can buy ?
Since my brother owns one and I know them well read this review Gryphon Diablo -300 integrated Amplifier .http://www.6moons.com/audioreviews2/gryphon3/1.html 
Are Pass Labs amps probably the best ever you can buy ?
Fantastic Integrated my brother just bought one a month ago Gryphon  Diablo of Denmark  this is a work of Art  it is better sounding then the majority of seperates . I owned a Audiostoreand inside parts quality and engineering design are critical.... 
Hi Fi Tuning Supreme fuse-Burn In?
Why a premium fuse sounds substantially better then the stock steel- zinc fuses is easy to explain , just lookup metal  conductor  resistances the higher number the better, Copper,Silver veryclose 63-67 indexthe stock  buzz fuse a 18 maybe . It is...