waterzlife

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Synergistic Red Fuse ...
Has anyone tried the audiophile earwax fuses?  :)  
Interconnects
Tara Labs RSC series IC's are wonderful !!  ( RSC stands for Rectangular Solid Core) 
Best amp for natural timbre of unamplified acoustic instruments & vocals w/ Revel F32?
f you tracked the unacceptable sound to the speakers, then , really, move on from those.  I stubbornly refused to do so with mine until I finally gave in - very glad I did.  
Shorten my speaker cables?
Yep, shorter is better. The amp pulls on a shorter "string" to move the speakers. 
Need Small Bookshelf Speakers With a Big Sound
Platinum Audio Solo speakers..musical, sweet, warm and punchy....in a Stereophile review they were flat down to 32 Hz! 
Subwoofers
Anybody have feedback fir me about the Pinnacle Baby Boomer??It lists power amp of 600W ...BUT doesn't state RMS.Is it musical?  My speakers need some help down low.  Don't need loud bass ( to bother my apartment neighbors), but a bit more oomph o... 
Speaker Pricing and Reviews
While auditioning speakers, 1) make sure your canals are not obstructed with earwax     2) don't expect accurate listening if having allergic symptoms then ( or a URI/cold of course),   3) make sure to place  yourself in the sweet spot,  4) do so ... 
Albums you can listen too all the way through and it's all good
The Incredible String Band:  "5000 Spirits or the Layers of the Onion" 
Buying Without Audition
Audition at other audiophiles homes til you find speakers you like...then work backwards toward the source components...listening at friends homes....or nearby audio nuts you meet thru Audiogon and other sites. 
Help! My system is very bright it hurts my ear
It's the Quads.   Several reviews I read said they were bright...here's one from Techradar..."At the same time, though, there's no denying this speaker also has a brightness that's rather less welcome. Expensive models with advanced tweeters and c... 
Question on Hafler DH 220 price
So...how doesit sound?? 
Suggest affordable cable options
Try ( not necessary) to stay within the same family/general era of cables for IC, digital coax & speaker wires.  A great synergy occurs with year 2000 era or so Tara Labs top of line RSC-series cables...mine are Tara Labs RSC Reference ICs, Ta... 
B&K ST-140 vs ex-442 sound charactor
The original ST-140 model...70w/ch one with the gold-colored handles deivered the sweetest sounds...all higher powered models i have heard were harder sounding. 
suggestions for small speaker. floorstander of bookshelf.
Platinum Audio Solo speakers, small 2-way, NO need for subwoofer...read: "the Solos in-room are flat down to 32Hz, and even make a brave try at reproducing the 25Hz band!"http://www.stereophile.com/content/platinum-audio-solo-loudspeaker-measureme... 
Powerful, smallish floorstanders with high WAF?
Platinum Audio Solo's....except for some 'stats I owned, these are the most coherent, musical, smallish yet powerful speakers I've owned in my 40 years as a 'phile....and speakers my wife doesn't want me to move on from.