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twoleftears

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Limited soundstage between speakers
If you put enough reflective plates at different angles around the room, the sound will bounce all over the place.  
Class A or Class D solid-state amplifiers (modern designs)
This is supposed to be a little bit better than the monoblocks. https://orchardaudio.com/stereo-ultra If you're interested in investigating quality implementations of GaN at lower cost, this is where I would start (rather than the LSA Voyager or... 
Classical Music for Aficionados
FInally got the Pires Nocturnes and am loving it.  
Linlai 12AU7 ????
I'm not asking because of the current situation.  I've just recently seen a lot of commentary on the Linlai 300B's, and it got me to wondering about other types of tubes that they might also manufacture.  While researching that question, I came ac... 
Speaker positioning: why do audiophiles neglect this so much?
Browse through the section of pairs of speaker cables currently on sale on Audiogon.  Look at the average length of those cables.  What does that tell you?  
Class A or Class D solid-state amplifiers (modern designs)
Glad you're enjoying the sound of the amps that you manufacture and sell. Until a few more of them are out in the wild in the hands of consumers, of course we won't be able to get even the beginning of something approaching an objective assessmen... 
Unofficial Orchard Audio StarKrimson Ultra Amplifier Owners
I wonder how many people have ever heard a Spec amp. https://shop.donbetteraudio.com/collections/amplifiers/products/spec-2  
McIntosh MT-2 turntable
It's a "me-too" product pitched at McIntosh completists.  
Tekton Design - New IRL Technology - Lifelike, Real, Immersive
136 tweeters firing at you from all directions. Yikes!  
Tekton Design - New IRL Technology - Lifelike, Real, Immersive
Arrival of a Train at La Ciotat (The Lumière Brothers, 1895) - YouTube  
looking to match a new speaker to ARC REF75se
Stereophile measured the SF’s back in the day. 91dB sensitivity, but a pretty demanding impedance that would average 4 ohms. Not familiar with the ARC so I'm not going to opine.  Perhaps others will.  
Any Experience with BCS Gadgets?
The contact phone number is for a number in Britain.  The area code is for "mobile services".  Hardly inspires confidence.  
Speaker system
A butler to crank it would be an extra expense.  
The Growing Challenge of Buying NOS/NIB Tubes
The "meal tabs" are metal tabs. See this old post on another site. https://db.audioasylum.com/mhtml/m.html?forum=tubes&n=187526&highlight=ecc802s&r=&search_url=%2Fcgi%2Fsearch.mpl%3Fforum%3Dtubes%26searchtext%3Decc802s  
Will you hear the most beautiful music...
This is what you want. https://www.gastronomicspain.com/blog/en/acorn-fed-iberico-pork/ One of the most commonly found trees in Spain is the encina, the holm oak.  This is not the same as the roble, the oak tree that you will be familiar with.  ...