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Dallas (Fort Worth) Audiophile Club - we meet every month or every other month
DFWAC Meet 43: 8/17/24, Saturday, at Alex P's ATC based system 3 sessions, full.   
YouTube star Jay loves McIntosh MC 901 amplifier
@jayctoy  He is in Florida not Texas.  
Racks, equipment and footers
I dislike coupled racks.  
Phono Stage in inputs for 2 tonearms
ARC Ref 10 Phono is recommended per my experience.     
ABX testing with AQ Dragon power cords
I would say if you can't hear a difference without straining or having to swap multiple times - then the utility of change is marginal.  Why spend an absurd amount of money when it's not going to improve your listening experience?  Why even pursue... 
Market Stabilization?
I agree I see more sales too   
Audio Research Pre-Amp advice
Don’t listen to the people saying it’s built like a tank or it’ll never need service or don’t worry about the tube life etc   Trust me, keep up with the tube life, monitor.  Change as recommended by the factory.     Dont ask how I know.     
Dallas (Fort Worth) Audiophile Club - we meet every month or every other month
DFWAC Meet 42 8/17/24, Saturday, at George's Wilson/VAC/Sonorus 3 sessions Full  
Dallas (Fort Worth) Audiophile Club - we meet every month or every other month
DFWAC Meet 41 6/22/24, Saturday, at Terry's CH/Stenheim 3 sessions Full  
Dallas (Fort Worth) Audiophile Club - we meet every month or every other month
DFWAC Meet 40 5/11/24, Saturday, at Willie’s Rosso Fiorentino/Master Sound 3 sessions    
Meeting up with members even where there is no sale
Make a thread and sometimes you’ll get locals to contact you.  
805 SET Monoblocks
Cary 805rs has been something I’ve wanted to try Of course there’s also the Kondo Kagura  
My end game speaks.
Wait for Magico s5 2024  
SOUTHWEST AUDIOFEST 2024
I enjoyed it As well  
Dallas (Fort Worth) Audiophile Club - we meet every month or every other month
3/16/24 - SWAF Day 2 Saturday: We had a very good dinner at Fogo De Chao Dallas. About 33 were there including Jay of Jays Audio Lab and Ron Resnick co-owner of Whatsbestforum. Many memories I won’t soon forget. The group has become just a grou...