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Stereophile review of the $30,000 tekton speakers
@audioman58  I have no skin in this game, I don't own and will never own Tekton speakers but I am curious as to what your  factual basis of these 2 statements are: "Payed  for reviews." "Now average sales at best" Thanks in advance for providin... 
Tube amps under $7500
Depending upon the amp tube biasing can take all of a couple of minutes so maybe consider that        
Surge protector
@rvpiano - Might consider doing 2 things, having whole home surge protection installed at your panel; and also getting non-sacrificial surge protection to plug the equipment into. I use ZeroSurge. I haven’t had any degradation for whatever reason(... 
If you have a nice system why do you really need room treatments?
@emergingsoul You are the one with threads and posts whining about anything and everything with no loss for the melodramatic.  
If you have a nice system why do you really need room treatments?
Op despite your operating under the misery loves company mantra it’s not welcomed  
Preamplifier sound Quality impact in home theatre bypass
+1 @soix but to each his own   
Preamplifier sound Quality impact in home theatre bypass
Listen with and without in your HT listening and decide for yourself with your equipment vs relying on someone else's personal result  
Looking for advice - Mola Mola Kaluga amp has no output
It hasn't been my experience that a dealer/distributor or the shipper has any pull with customs to speed up their process.  
Furutech NCF Power Vault
In my system(s) unlike the SQ benefits realized from Puron & Shunyata Defender the  NFC Clearline didn't add any SQ improvement. So on the surface my interest in the Power Vault would be none. YMMV  
Anyone listen to entire albums?
I spin CDs , buy several most every month ,and listen to them all the way through.  
Stereophile review of the $30,000 tekton speakers
"We you present and observed me.since you are so observational."   Can someone translate this?   
If you have a nice system why do you really need room treatments?
And the Academy Awards blathering and whining goes to  
If you have a nice system why do you really need room treatments?
@emergingsoul "Adding an additional absorption panel in a 20 x 18 room that’s furnished is extremely hard to discern. Maybe Superman hearing would do it." "Reaching to a textbook to help figure out whether a situation sounds good or not may be ... 
If you have a nice system why do you really need room treatments?
@emergingsoul "Why is everybody so dependent upon what dirac says?" Well, you stated this in a prior post hence the question I raised "Using dirac, I did acoustical measurements and the original curve versus DSP were very similar. It got a bit... 
If you have a nice system why do you really need room treatments?
@emergingsoul "I have a bass trap in the corner otherwise minimally treated room . I’m a big fan of getting rid of reverbs so one absorption panel is on the far wall" A week ago you mentioned plural of both "Treatments consist of corner base ...