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Do Ethernet cable Cat8 DH Labs need burn in
No. 
Sold My Ayre QB-9 DSD - Help Me Choose A New DAC!
If your goal is 100% natural which I can only assume you mean what's on the recording without coloring it I'll second the Topping D90. 
... WHAT POWER CORD(S) ARE PLAYING IN YOU SYSTEM TODAY?
The cables the manufacturer provided.  
Dac Suggestions around $500
Sabaj D5 https://www.amazon.com/Sabaj-Converter-Headphones-Amplifier-Preamplifier/dp/B07PYRM6J6 
If I upsample digital flac 16/44 to hires 24/192 is the sound equal to native 24/192
old piece of wood placed on the p.c power chord at the wall socket to encode the natural wood frequencies and tone onto the digital HuH?  
Male to male XLR question
The inputs on  your amp should look like the AES/EBU input on the DAC which is female so the input should be Male on the wire for the amp.   The XLR outputs on that DAC take female connectors on the wire.  
Series Mode - Licensees
I'm confused why not buy ZeroSurge products at ZeroSurge and SurgeX at Ametek?  
Male to male XLR question
The amp uses a Male connector the DAC uses female. 
Question for amp experts
I'm no expert but most all subwoofers are active speakers. A lot of studio speakers are active. Maybe it has more to do with the target market.  
Integrated Amp $1200 or less
I understand the upgrade itch, I used to have an Anthem 225i  and it's a great integrated some I've seen mentioned while they are good amps would be more of a sideways move than up. The weakest link in the Node2i is the dac. 
Why does a Music Server require high processing CPU power?
Maybe I was mistaken but I though we were talking about a basic home music server not enterprise solutions. You can use a few years old computer, NAS a raspberry pi4 with a hard drive attached to set up a music server for home use. 40 cores of Xeo... 
Bricasti Design M1 SE - W/ LAN Network Streamer - Version 1.51 V. Denafrips Terminator
Ive noticed it mentioned a few times that there is a problem with USB what exactly is the problem?  
Damping Factor - Interesting article
I posted this link on the Class D thread. A few questions into the interview Bruno Putzey talks about DF. Does the high damping factor of class D amplifiers negatively affect the subjective sound quality of some types of speakers https://audiophil... 
Why does a Music Server require high processing CPU power?
.Or, are there other processes going on in the streamer that requires high processing power? If yes, what are they? Thank you very muchThere’s nothing going on that requires what we would consider in today’s times as high processing power. I use a... 
Why does a Music Server require high processing CPU power?
I believe Compression was an answer in the 1980's when CPU power and storage space was at a premium. I think the bottle neck now is bandwidth. I could just as easily store and stream uncompressed wav on a home network but compression is still adva...