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What does your Virtual System page say about you? 
Maybe group 3, I don’t care, you figure it out or ADD?   
Getting a Divorce and can now buy floor standing speakers
Emotional topic to say the least in more ways than one. Purchase a few plane tickets and invest in some time listening before making hasty decisions. A quick jump in the sack with the next one quickly removes pain of the past but usually just a qu... 
What were your favorite gear additions in 2024?
GT 3 Audioworks Planer Magnetics and Twin servo subs.   
What contributes most to a change in how an amplifier sounds?
One might also include OTL.   
What % Of Your System Are Your Cables?
Wow, who really cares but less than 5%. Just have to know your magic key.   
55” or 65” TV Screen Size and Your Speakers: Please Join Survey
Easy, James 633.   
Friends hi-fi system not very good, what do you do or say?
Say it’s a good start. You are on your way.     
Suggestions for phono preamp for LOMC's
Nothing wrong with a gold note consideration. Can always upgrade it with separate PS. Lots of options also on the fly.   
Time For a CD Player Upgrade
@wspohn, same post, different day.   
IsoAcoustics GAIA
Any firm opinions as whether to spike or not spike the gaias on carpet?  
Leave it Open or Close it Off: A Listening/ Living Room Dilemma
I would advise to listen, but leaving it open is an escape valve for pressure and bass.   
Keep light equipment from tipping up from cable weight?
Rebar chair, Home Depot, Lowe’s, Amazon about 80 cents each.   
Relaxed/Analog sounding DAC for under $10k (used or new)
Used Meitner MA3, no fatigue there.   
Balanced vs Unbalanced Digital Cables
All else being equal, u might get an additional 3 db of gain? However, if smear is an issue, maybe go shorter rca as ribbon could get up there for long lengths.   
Mary Martin Died
Wow, what a childhood memory of the one and only Peter Pan. Think she passed about 1990?