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Best Used Tube Based Preamp $2k Or Under?
This updated Audio Horizons TP 2.3sV should be of interest. It has everything that you’re looking for - including a remote. I have a similar version. Mine is an original TP 2.3SvB with updated balanced circuitry, an R-Core transformer and larger ... 
I Was A Skeptic Now I'm Not So Sure
Congratulations on your discovery. Yes, cables do make a difference - especially digital ones. The 1’s & 0’s ride along an analog carrier - which can be tweaked. After reading this review, I purchased this SR Galileo digital cable. Wow! It’s f... 
Cayin D30 DAC outperforms Weiss, Playback, CH and MSB
46Kg shipping weight in a wooden box.  Even after deducting the weight of the crate, that's one very heavy power supply in a separate chassis.  The quality of the power supply is where high-end audio is heading.  No surprise.  
Directional wires/cables
@jea48 These types of technical discussions seem to be about: What is known and can be measured vs what is yet to be known and has not yet been measured. This reminds me of the America’s Cup Race in 1983 where Alan Bond’s Australia II snatched ... 
Directional wires/cables
retiredaudioguy . . . It would seem to me that the best construction using drawn cable would be that each of the two conductors be a pair of wires, arranged in opposing directions to minimize the grain structure distortion. Does anyone know of ... 
OK Audiogon, help me out please
OP: The problem with my current speakers are they seem very bright in the mids and harsh in the upper. What you’ve described is probably the most common complaint in this forum. I suspect that new speakers may not be the solution. Typically, th... 
Directional wires/cables
retiredaudioguy Just saying ... What a coincidence! Just saying these guys also have a science background. - - - Bybee Technologies – Founded by Jack Bybee – Physicist Jack Bybee’s first commercial products emerged from Cold War-era militar... 
Been out of HiFi for awhile and looking to get back on a budget - Power Conditioner Ask
Here’s a BPT at only $200 for local pickup in Forest Hills, NY. When looking for affordable pre-owned audio equipment, visit HiFi Shark. I’ve got two balanced power conditioners - one is for the streaming chain in another room, the other is in my... 
What does your Virtual System page say about you? 
OP: Yes, I listed my components in order of importance - to me. Clean power is the fuel for the system. High Octane = High Performance.  
Forward Sounding Speaker Crossover Components - Suggestions?
An excellent source for advice and caps is Michael Percy Audio.  
My Sonus Faber Amatis have weak bass even though I'm running ML 536s--800 w/ch into 4 ohms
This thread discusses a similar problem.    
Using both balanced and single ended outputs at the same time?
Some visitors to this thread might not understand that there are two types of circuits in stereo audio components: ’single-ended’ and ’balanced’. Single-ended is also known as as SE. An RCA connector is used on a ’single-ended’ circuit. An RCA co... 
Would like to get more bass out of my B&W 801 series 2 speakers
Is your listening chair in a null? Have you walked around the entire room to determine the room nodes: the peaks & nulls of the bass? A drawback of a full-range floorstander is that the LF woofers are in a fixed position. That’s why some peop... 
Speaker hum from Subwoofer
Possibilities: - If the sub is plugged into a different circuit, plug it into the same one as the Luxman. (Same circuit not same outlet.) - Are any of the interconnects unshielded. Check routing to make sure they’re not crossing over a power cor... 
A cable too perfect?
mclinnguy . . . is to search for a power cable for the amp that can richen things up +1