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thecarpathian

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Front Row Seat Power Cord?
@laginz , Apparently if you want that Bellasound audio cable, by their own declaration you can buy a 1.5 meter custom length for $750, or a 2.5 meter length for $1250 instead of the 2 meter length for $5500. Must be some type of enhanced quantum... 
ATC SCM40A speakers
Pick me! Pick me!  
Front Row Seat Power Cord?
5500 USD (for 2 meter length and US wall plug / custom lengths in 0.5 meter increments at $500 per meter, 1 meter minimum, Schuko wall plug add $100) Now, I’m not the brightest bulb on the tree, but given the above wouldn’t a 2 meter length ... 
Front Row Seat Power Cord?
"Bybee Inspired Enhanced Quantum Purification Core Technology..." I'm out...  
ATC SCM40A speakers
@audiotroy , Just came to me you might be addressing @audphile1 and not me. In that case; correct, sir.  
ATC SCM40A speakers
Incorrect, sir. They are the SCM40A active speakers. Retail $13,000, selling for $8000. Less than a year old.   
ATC SCM40A speakers
Are you looking at the pair for sale on USAM? Quite the discount off retail...  
Integrated Amplifier Recommendations Needed
Or HEGEL...  
Will one cable upgrade make a noticeable difference?
Best answer: Only one way to find out. All others are nothing but guesses and predictions. Order the darn cables and see for yourself!!  
System assessment...
"I don’t care what anyone on A’gon says,you can not get natural warmth from speakers with metal drivers! Dump the beer cans & get speakers with natural materials.." And here I am thinking that metals are natural materials. I learn so much ... 
Why is an iPhone such a good streamer?
I’m listening to Pandora right now off my iPhone and it sounds dandy. Use a lightning to camera adapter and it bypasses the internal dac. Have it plugged into my Mytek dac. I wouldn’t say comparable to a good streamer, but still sounds darned goo... 
Realistically Speaking.....
"Picked up my power amp from CL, drove 3 hours each way to pick it up." Same here. I drove from southeastern Connecticut to the Berkshires in western Massachusetts for the BAT. Sometimes you have to go the extra mile for the spoils...  
Having a Flashback Friday - Airplane Induced
Nice to see you old hippies survived and thrived! 😉  
Realistically Speaking.....
@mikhailark , It pays to cruise those CL local electronics ads!  
Enough is Enough
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