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$35000 to $40,000. speakers what would you buy and why?
Op.its either steinhheim or legacy aeris for your budget and amplifiers the lammmps are not very powerful at 18 watts the steinheims are efficient overall across all models the lagacys are perfect transparent dynamic killer bass tunable and highly... 
Your Opinion of Coda CSiB Integrated Amplifier?
We are a coda dealer the csib is an incredibile amplifier ir is the same amplifier that is sold as the number 8 with basically a free preamp included  The Csib sounds amazing is built like a tank, has  a huge soundstage, and it outperforms even e... 
Isolation recommendations for my Pathos Inpol2 MkII, heavy Class A integrated amp (38kg)
We are vert experienced in. This area    The best critical mass centerstage footers pricey but mind blowing  Affordable isoacoustics orea Dave and Troy Audio intellect Nj          
Brands That Died
Snell closed 2010   Thresholds been gone for decades      Dahlquest is  also gone    
Evaluation of my 2ch system
Personally I would recommend upgrading your electronics    The Macintosh preamp isnt very transparent and the parasound amplifiers are good but not as god as the next level electronics brands we used to sell parasound and their gear is good but ... 
Upgrade from B&W 802D1 to Focal Utopia Scala Evo
Op we are Focal dealers and can assist you   First thing  to change are the  aq interconnects. We tried aq for a while vs our Wireworlds and the aq stuff was beaten badlyby wireworlds comparable models   And also acoustics are not snake oil th... 
Noob! Please help me replace my old power amp, some candidates listed.
Bad idea your best bet is a high quality integrated amplifier over any of these   For roughly 2kish you can get a brand new trouble free unison research primo integrated which is a hybrid design, with tubes in the preamp stage and you can order ... 
Looking for a new preamp Max $5k
Op  because effective analog tone controls are expensive and eq is much better done digitally most manufacturers dont employ them   Also proper eq that doesn’t srew up the musics balance is mpossible with just two tone  controls,  a recording  s... 
Meta driver
We are a kef dealer and its not possible    1 kef does not  Just sell drivers and they would not sell drivers to anyone other then a dealer  2 cost Kef reference drivers are expensive    You are best off selling yours or trading them in A... 
Streaming Is To Audio What Red Plastic Cups Are To Wine
It really depends on gear being used if you have a really good dac and streamer your streamed music may outperform your vinyl rig  
2k DAC that gives me what I want like my vintage LP12
Yes the streamer matters its not just about clocking a dac can’t correct for a  corrupted signal the better the data stream the better the soundcwill be we have sold most brands of streamers including innous,aurender, 432 evo sotm baetis and a few... 
Hegel H590 or H400
we are hegel dealers and have had both pieces in the shop at one time or another   the newer editions sound significantly better.    so I would get a 400 over the older 590 dave and Troy audio intellect NJ Hegel dealers  
Need a high quality spdif to usb converter
Land read on that box only works with a computer   
Need a high quality spdif to usb converter
Thanks Erik looking for something better and need a usb B connecter.   We want to conect a Unisonrresearch due's built in dac to a Sonos conect.  
DAC recommendations under $7K
We are a Bricasti and Chord dealer the M3 is exactly what you want.   Dave  and Troy Audio Intellect NJ. Chord and bricasti dealer