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Help Next Step for a Noob
Is there something about the sound you don't like?IMO people with decent sounding systems don't take enough time listening & criticing what they already have,looking for the next upgrade when they really couldn't tell you how their current sys... 
Basic system for living room
Do these need to actually sit in a bookshelf or on stands/floorstanders sitting with a little free space around them?How big a room is the listening room?How far away from the speakers will you be sitting? 
Ryan S840
I just had a pair of the R610 monitors in for demo,I found them to be slightly strident in the very upper highs & never could get them to completely disappear like my Dynaudio's... 
Folded tweeters vs. dome?
I've only heard the Martin Logan Motion 35XT & Motion 20 but felt they didn't stage as well as my Dynaudio Excites.Imaging however did seem a touch better defined in the Motions... 
Mid-fi integrated tube amp advice
Cage is just to keep little fingers from hot tubes...Don't know about the locite plates...Standby mode does keep a certain part of the small signal tubes hot,should still last 3500+hours... 
High End is Dead?
^^^+1...I've preached the narrowing gap between HEA & Budget gear for years...The LoDR between so called budget gear & the expensive stuff has become IMO so small as to be laughable sometimes...The Manufacturers that master the marriage of... 
How to sell Sonic Frontiers SFS 80 Tube Amplifier, Melos SHA Gold Tube Preamplifier, AlonI
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“Suits”
Turntable is Project-Genie3,speakers are lame Klipsch & amp has changed twice,first was a Primaluna,don’t know what the latest is... 
Mid-fi integrated tube amp advice
Hey did your new amp come in? 
What are your top 3 favorite DAC or DAC/Streamer devices?
Quad VA-One...EL84 Class A PP with Bluetooth,USB,Optical & Coaxial inputs...Compact,stunning build quality & wonderfully voiced... 
Dynaudio x38’s
The problem with the 340’s is voicing...Up until the revised Focus/Excite lines the voicing of pretty much all Dyn’s was a slight bump in the lower midbass/upper bass resulting in a touch more warmth & bass slam..The newer voicing is closer to... 
My first visit to AXPONA
Any standouts in the sane price ranges? 
Would the wireless KEF LS-50's be good front Home Theater speakers?
I do NOT get the ho hah about these speakers..I demo’d them & the Dynaudio Excite X14’s I ended up with had staging & imaging equal to the KEF’s,a sweeter tone on strings,MUCH smoother treble without losing detail & ABSOLUTELY SLAYED T... 
Outstanding service in high-end audio: Anecdotes, please. I'll start with Klaus and Duane
iFi Audio..I had bought a demo Stereo 50 Integrated Tube Amp/DAC/Headphone amp & had problems with the unit losing USB lock & then completely locking up(NO functions at all)..Because of my job I was in & out of country constantly &... 
DynAudio Contour 60 vs Paradigm Persona 7F
1:IMO Dynaudio makes the worlds best speakers at every price bracket...2:You mention acoustic treatment...I read years ago that ALL Paradigm speakers are voiced in anachoic chambers and they perform best in treated rooms..EVERY Paradigm I have eve...