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twoleftears

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My last Integrated Amp: $5-10,000?
Norma Revo IPA-140. Canor AI 1.20 or 2.10.  
Can moving wire location at circuit breaker reduce hum?
If you really need a DC blocker, Audio by Van Alstine has a good one, and they allow returns.  
Power Cord for DAC
Triode Wire Labs Digital American.  The name says it all.  
Can moving wire location at circuit breaker reduce hum?
Some makes and models of amp will hum, some will hum less, and some will not hum at all when plugged in, in certain houses.  Some individual examples of a given amp may hum and others may not.  I've had no hum and variable degrees of hum from diff... 
Acoustic BBQ Cables
I believe Audio Sensibility will make Schroeder method ICs if requested.  
Looking for wider soundstage
So you have your 2-channel music system and your HT system shoehorned into the same room? As others will have observed, the speakers are too close together, the left speaker is too close to the sofa, and both speakers are too close to the wall be... 
Why do preamplifiers have so many capacitors?
8 to 12?  
AudioQuest Hurricane High Current Question.
According to the website, there are only two options, High-Variable and Source-Constant. https://www.audioquest.com/ac-power/ac-power-cables/storm-series If you look at the photo, the DBS is near the plug (wall end).  
Dumbest cable question
Audio Envy's speaker cables are interesting.  The Captain states that they can be connected in either direction, but with a difference in the sonic presentation between the two orientations.  Further, that most people prefer the "primary" directio... 
Competitive class D amp suggestions
I have the AGD Tempo di Gan.  It's excellent.  I too would be curious to hear it pitted against Atmasphere's amps under controlled conditions, but there really isn't anything I want to improve at the moment, so that's not a priority.  Either it, o... 
More about integrateds
Belles Aria.  
Can you share your experience and thoughts on the Audio Research integrated?
Were those Atohms?  Floorstanders?  
Competitive class D amp suggestions
I gather Jason Lim shut down production of the Evolution monoblocks because the Evolution STA offered 90-95% of the performance at just over half the price, so it is now their flagship product.  I can't seem to find out whether the STA uses propri... 
For you Odyssey Audio Stratos amp owners
This brand has more of a following over on AudioCircle.  You might get more responses if you asked over there.  
Competitive class D amp suggestions
I'm kind of surprised there hasn't been more discussion of the Nuprime Evolution STA.  Anyone heard it?