kota1

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Cables to Add Brightness
My experience has been in order to get speakers to sound less bass forward/brighter to move them away from the walls. To increase bass/less bright move them closer to the walls. In order to have speakers to become clearer and more focused use an i... 
What's It All About?
I did both, it is fun but the kitchen took less time (and less budget).  
Mcintosh Streamer or a DAC?
@vonhelmholtz , your post is very helpful, the Mac MB50 is only available in the used market which means no audition/ no returns. I'll stick with a new dac with a return policy to avoid buyers remorse. I saw a post here about the ethernet fiber co... 
Mcintosh Streamer or a DAC?
Thanks @vonhelmholtz , any experience with mcintosh? The streamer doubles as a dac:    
Thoughts about the "Cheapaudioman" on YouTube
How can you evaluate cheap components without the context of valuable components? This cheap component is better than this cheap component isn’t really much of a comparison. At the end of the day if a component isn’t competitively priced it won’t ... 
Router for Audio Streaming
I would recommend the Add-Powr Symphony I/O, for more info check their website.  
I’m about to push the button to get 2 SVS 3000 micros to add to ATC SCM40s.
Congrats m669326, please do a follow up once you have them installed.  
Help finding a subwoofer
FWIW two small subs are easier to integrate than one big sub  
First Streamer...
I have a bluesound node and a Paradigm PW Link. The PW Link is a preamp as well as a streamer AND includes Anthem ARC room correction. You can run everything from your android phone via the DTS playfi app and will be surprised how much ARC will br... 
Hard of hearing
A review of a different model, the PW 300, from the same series: https://www.soundstagesimplifi.com/index.php/equipment-reviews/32-paradigm-pw300-wi-fi-loudspeakers  
Hard of hearing
If you go to Paradigms website or Ebay you will find Paradigm PW (Premium Wireless) speakers selling at a nice discount. The 600 and 800 models include ARC room correction which will tailor the sound to your room and listening positions. You can p... 
what kind of power conditioner for front end?
@juanmanuelfangioli, the Add-Power products are most typically deployed by plugging them into an outlet that is near your equipment.  The Electra-Clear could be plugged right into a power conditioner and everything that gets plugged into that cond... 
Esoteric N05XD (DAC/Streamer/Preamp) review
On a scale of 1-10 what would you give the node? the lumin? the esoteric?  
Triode Wire Labs
Nice, Darko posted a video on a visit to Cardas too, really happy you posted this.  
Order of importance and budget percentages
I would forget buying piecemeal and split the budget 15% room treatments, 10% power conditioner, 25% for source (s) and 50% on active speaker system like the KEK LS60, the Devilet Phantoms, the Dynaudio Focus XD series, etc.