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Best song for immediate impact when presenting or testing?
"China Lake", which is track #8 on David Baerwald's "Triage" CD. 
Repair repair vendor will not respond
Update:I finally got my TA-4A back.To review, all I was trying to do from mid October 2018 to the end of December 2018 was get Jeff to reply and confirm with me that he actually did receive my unit.During that time:- he would not return any of my ... 
Repair repair vendor will not respond
For the benefit of anyone who might have the misfortune of being in the same or a similar situation, here are a two links I have found - in addition to opening a complaint with the Better Business Bureau:https://www.consumerreports.org/cro/news/20... 
Delay in DAC receiving signal from CD player
Now I see that there is actually a whole discussion in the Outlaw Audio forum about this.  Somehow I missed that before:  http://saloon.outlawaudio.com/ubbthreads/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=97819#Post97819There is a good deal of varian... 
Delay in DAC receiving signal from CD player
I only have a lower end Panasonic Blue Ray player.  Since I searched hard and could not find any discussions that matched my problem, I wondered if this is characteristic of some (but not all) older transports.I'll have to do a lot more testing to... 
Repair repair vendor will not respond
Unfortunately I live in Illinois.  ES Labs/Jeff Galin is in Wethersfield, Connecticut. 
Delay in DAC receiving signal from CD player
I left out a detail I meant to include. Specifically, I have the Denon DCM-520 connected to the Outlaw 976 via a digital coaxial cable.  This is the first time I have connected the Denon to anything in any way other than RCA/analog. This is why Be... 
Repair repair vendor will not respond
Update:  More than enough time has passed that I think it is fair to name names.  It is Jeff Galin / Electronics Service Labs in Wethersfield, Connecticut.  Via Google maps I was able to easily see the "Makris" diner is right next door.  I called ... 
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@hifiman5 - I sent you a pm with the info.@ebm and @d2girls - I fear I may never see it again and will get over it if I don't, but I'm holding on to some hope based on the good reputation of the facility in past years.Craíg 
Filling speaker stands: sand, lead, steel, rice. Full, half, etc?
How did it sound? Do you mean when my roommate ran into one and broke his toe? The sound was VERY loud and forward, without a hint of distortion. I could clearly hear every intonation of his vocalizations. LOL.I thought it improved the sound, but ... 
Filling speaker stands: sand, lead, steel, rice. Full, half, etc?
I don't have any advice, but do have a story about lead and learning something about physics :-)  Not long after I bought KEF 103/3's back in the late 80's, I had the special speaker stands that come with them filled with melted lead by a local fa... 
KEF 103/3's- keep them or move on?
Well, I have the Kube for the 103/3s being evaluated by a guy named Casper who really seems to know his stuff - at a place called Stereo Rehab in Chicago.  I'm taking the 103/3s this weekend to a place named Van L Speakerworks (also in Chicago) fo...