jl35

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Why Do Cables Matter?
I certainly have tried cables that made my system sound worse...but I just returned them, no reason to try to convince myself that I liked them - some were more expensive, some less...  
Why Do Cables Matter?
My bias is to prefer Mogami because it's so inexpensive, but unfortunately other cables sound much better...when I had Dali MS5 speakers I bought a set of their speaker cables that were identical to the internal wiring but did not prefer them...an... 
Integrated suggestions
Gato Amp 150 , and Belles Aria Signature  
My Final System Build in Words & Pictures
Awesome ...  
Stupid Asking Prices- Why Don't Sellers Read Audiogon The Blue Book First?
never looked at the bluebook here, probably because bluebooks used by audio dealers in past and car dealer bluebooks are so tilted and fraudulent...though maybe the one here is great...guessing many here have had bad experiences with various blueb... 
Neil Young somewhere under the Rainbow
if you're a fan and it's the only way to get this music, then...fans of certain artists want anything and everything they can get...  
pS Audio is dealer only now I guess..
I just looked, to get price you have to click on the item...  
pS Audio is dealer only now I guess..
They sell direct only in USA, through dealers outside USA...  
How many of you streaming?
typically entire album...  
Maggie LRS+ terminal issue
I had LRS and LRS+ and both accepted the bananas on my Analysis Plus and Cerious GE cables...yes, you must loosen the screw on the terminal initially...  
Forté 1A power amplifier.... still good?
call Jon Soderberg. Vintage Amp Repair, his expertise is updating old Pass designed amps...certainly it can sound great refurbished...he did my friends Threshold and it sounds superb...    
Can the level of pleasure derived from music be measured?
someone is very very bored today  
Bluesound Node for Hegel 190?
Node will best Airplay, DAC in Hegel better than DAC in Node...source is important too, not just DAC...  
direct stream 2-Stereophile review
I'm a very happy owner of the DSD MKll...was quite surprised at how negative the JA review was..especially as it's very rare to see such a negative review of an expensive product in a mainstream mag...lots on this in the PS Audio Forums if you're ... 
Is it possible for a high end manufacturer to overprice their goods?
Possibly the super priced speakers you refer to are all totally "custom" and not in a retail catalog...and clearly many $100,000+ speakers sell well and others do not...seems to have worked quite well for Rockport and Wilson over decades of sales....