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Music Lovers In The Indianapolis, IN Area?
Indy has multiple high-end dealers so there are music lovers here. I dwell in Indy. What do you have in mind? 
Purist versus Shunyata Power Cords
Congrats on your fine new preamp! I'm an ARC fan from way back. I'd like to compare the Ref-6 to my BAT VK33-SE! 
Speaker Cable Advice
@teeshot - Congrats! Keep us posted.  
That "Wow" Moment!
Maybe I'm just the only one who told you I did... 
First DAC: Metrum-MHDT-Rega-or?
FYI: If you decide on the Rega, don't spend too much. I offered my few years old Rega for 40% of what I paid and got no offers. Damn fine sounding DAC, don't understand... 
Have speakers need new electronics
BAT has 300 wpc @ 4ohms. Is that enough? 
Have speakers need new electronics
Balanced Audio Technology VK-300SE. Can't go wrong. Plenty of power, great user interface, tube front-end and very easy to bi-amp when the time comes. 
Different types of cable for bi-wire
Harmonic Technology used to sell bi-cable (magic series) where one was called "woofer" and one was called "tweeter". Same construction materials but different gauges. Hope this helps. 
Dunlavy speaker experts
Try calling Pro Musica Audio in Chicago, IL 773 883-9500.They are former Dunlavy dealers (1990's). 
Most impressive youtube demo clips
A lot can be learned from these demos: 1. Does it sound like music? 2. Is music distortion free? 3. Is there a lot of detail? You can't fake any of these parameters. You can also get a better "feel" with headphones (if used). These demos are a lot... 
Power Conditioner. From Richard Gray for Shunyata Hydra
Been using a Hydra 8 for 5 years or so. Think it is working fine, music coming out of my speakers sounds good. I’d like to try an IsoTek Aquarius to see if any difference. IsoTek supposed to reduce A/C noise to ZERO! Don’t know if Hydra is suppres... 
Mint 4B3 (2018 model) used price suggestions?
Earlier this year, I was fortunate to get a dealer-demo-clearance 4B3 for $2750. This is an unusually low price. A good price used is between $3500 and $4000 (IMO). 
Speaker Cable Advice
I'm hooked on OCC copper. Wireworld has released Generation "8" for its Eclipse series so many Gen-7s for sale used. I use Gen-7 Eclipse and have no complaints. 
Power conditioner -- when to replace?
I'd talk to Furman about this. 
Suggestion To The Moderators To Rid This Site Of Spam
Why not let established members put bogus posts into "limbo" (remove from forum pending moderator review). Limbos can be tagged with user-ID of member so pranksters can be disciplined.