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How far away from your speakers are you?
About 10 feet. Speakers wall mounted just above head hight 
10 Audio Cable Myths and Facts
@BOYes, not just audio cables; and all wire, period.  
Free To A Good Home, McIntosh Power Meter
I’m interested if it’s still available  
10 Audio Cable Myths and Facts
@tweak1 You are mistaken about wire manufacturing. Copper or silver rods may be extruded; but they are more often die-cast or poured molten into an oiled steel wire mold. Then the metal rod is mechanically drawn in a powered wire drawing machine o... 
Looking for best streamer without DAC under $3500
Sonos 
10 Audio Cable Myths and Facts
I’ve said before, I’ll say it again. Any speaker or interconnect cables over $250-300 in copper are a total waste of good money, unless you wanna go to solid silver, roughly $7,000 for 20’ pair of speaker cables; $2,000 for 6’ RCA interconnects. E... 
For efficient speakers, how much difference does an amp really make?
Use a good tube amp, something similar to the Acin class AB stereo hybrid integrated amplifier  
Please recommend a receiver/integated/seaprates for JBL studio 530.
Acin 25 WPC RMS hybrid Bluetooth power amplifier paired with Suca Audio T1 tube preamp/line stage. Great sounding combo package.  
Efficient, affordable speakers for SETs?
JBL MT-PRO 
Damping between shelves and sandbox
use something like delft clay or petrobond casting sand.  
For efficient speakers, how much difference does an amp really make?
Ok 
Please recommend a receiver/integated/seaprates for JBL studio 530.
eBay has matched pairs of English made CEI  brand tubes for $9.50 + $4.64 shipping listed.  
Please recommend a receiver/integated/seaprates for JBL studio 530.
If you get the cheapie, be sure to swap out the Chinese tubes for a US or Russian pair. Mine has a matched pair of Riverstone Audio 5654W tubes; $29.99 on Amazon. I happen to like the clear acrylic case. If you have access to a tube tester and can... 
Please recommend a receiver/integated/seaprates for JBL studio 530.
https//www.google.com/amp/s/m.aliexpress.com/item/4000215235804.html some pics and specs. I’ve got one in a bedroom driving a Fosi T20 and a couple Dayton Audio 6.5-AMT speakers. Sounds pretty good to me. If you wanted to upgrade a bit, Douk Audio... 
10 Audio Cable Myths and Facts
That was years ago. Pretty sure it was .47 pf