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Ways to make your digital streaming sound better
A Waversa LAN filter was a very nice upgrade to my streaming.  Brought it clearly closer to cd...  
Help me pick some new or used speaker cables
Grover Huffman Pharoah speaker cables  
Yes, cables do make a difference -- regardless of price...
@crozbo you are dead right that cables make a difference in your sonics.  I also had a revelation recently  about the sonic benefits of a high quality power cord on my monoblock amplifiers.  I truly think some of the cable deniers either have not ... 
Cd recorder continuation
I still burn cds using MAM-A gold cds off JRiver MEDIA off my laptop.  I do load cds onto my Melco server.  There is an audible difference on my highly resolving system.  CD > server > streaming.  All three sources do though sound really goo... 
Need a big favor picking a preamp
Aric Audio Motherlode preamp is superb. Best preamp I have ever owned including my Supratek. It won’t break the bank like some other Audio eye candy will...  
Rogue Audio hard to resell, has it fallen out of favor ?
Getting 50% of retail on many used items listed here is good.  I had a pair of open baffle speakers that took two postings to sell - a first for me having an ad expire without a sale.  It sold for about 55% of retail which is what I paid several y... 
Canary Audio Tube amps
I have a pair of CA-160 monoblock amps that have been modded and are just sitting on the floor in my stereo man cave.  They are very powerful, sound refined and are just very nice amps.  
Waversa, any views
The LAN filter is superb.  Very audible improvement in the soundstage, lower noise floor and ambience.  Much bigger impact than the USB filter for sure.  A definite keeper.  
Upgraded my cables and they transformed my system!!!
@kennymacc awesome to hear that your cable upgrades have yielded sonic bliss for you.    
The Wonderful World of CD-R's
I second gold discs as my go to for burning cds.  
Audio Quest Niagara 5000
No experience with the Niagra power conditioners but have had  a great experience with the Puritan 156 power conditioner in my refernce system.  
Synergistic element copper good for power amp?
Grover Huffman Pharoah power cables really upped the sonics of my JC1 monoblocks.  Highly recommended.  
Waversa, any views
Tried the usb ext-1 between my cd transport and dac.  Did not like it at first as the Sound changed but worsened.  Things got smaller and the soundstage collapsed.  However, with continued play the sonics really improved showing greater clarity an... 
LIST ALL YHE SPEAKERS YOU HAVE OWNED THEN TILL NOW!
Emerald Physics CS2 Von Schweikert VR4 Magnepan 1.7 Audio Physic Virgo Spica Angelus Spica TC-50 Aerial Acoustics 7T Silverline Sonatas Spatial X5s PSB Synchrony One Talon Chorus LSA Signature 80 Plus at least 5 or 6 others that I have... 
Tekton Open Baffle Speakers
@mofojo I don't listen to that genre of music.  Anyways, I heard open baffle bass on Emerald Physics CS2s and was just mesmerized.  I listen to jazz 85%, new age 10%, and classical 5%.