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Responses from lwal22

Products you added to your system in 2021 that made most impact to your music enjoyment
2021 was a year of Enjoyment of my existing system: very few changes made. The one thing that did get changed and truly was an upgrade what is the inclusion of Morrow audio speaker cables. What an unveiling of detail they brought. Happy holidays t... 
What song have you played the most?
Grateful Dead.  Ripplevan morrison.  Into the mysticlately—bob weir: only a river. (Too bad about the reverb) 
Looking for an amp that punches way about its weight and I can grow with
If you can find a better value than an odyssey kismet... I’d be shocked and would love to hear it. Extraordinary sounds at a ordinary price.  And customer service to match any in the industry.  
Need speaker cable
just did some research on the Canare 4S11.   Looks in nearly every detail to be a Japanese knock off of Audioquest type 4.   I'd pay the extra for Audioquest.  quality control unbeatable. 
Diminishing Returns
got some restored B&W CDM1 se's for 100 bucks...talk about bang for the $.   in a small room their still something special even 25 years on.Also bought my Aria 936's for 2500... keep an eye out for demo's... a great middle ground in the used/n... 
Most recordings you own by a single artist, group, or composer
Ahh.  Complete Van Morrison. Well just learned that I’m short two, to be honest.Complete Grateful Dead.. or as complete as I can figure... I think there are unknowable no.s of GD records. They seem to propagate on a daily basis. 
Who's Gone Topless?
Perhaps verification misses the simple and to me, most salient point.  Music and any other sound is perceived.  Not measured, verified or quantified when actually intended as an experience, rather than an exercise.  So... if the OP perceives a hug... 
what's the point?
Simple test. Blind. With help from a barely interested gf.   I have 2 odyssey amps, khartago extreme and kismet ref.  No other changes were made in the system. The difference was, and repeatedly, immediate to 4 out of 5 listeners.  Preference not ... 
How far away from your speakers are you?
Focal aria 936’s:   room: 19x42    2 10” diy subs. Set just high enough to add support without obvious bass boost/boomspeakers are 5’ from curtained front wall 7’ 7” apart and 9’ 5” from listening pos.Which leaves just over 5’ from side walls.   V... 
Caster Wheels vs. Spikes
Herbies sliders have given me by far the best results on several different floor structures. For my Arias they were an immediate improvement without a doubt.  
Worth of current system
 Very educational...who’s buying all that expensive stuff we all have such strong opinions about?cost of current gear:  16kretail would have run about 24k. Diy: subs, racks, isolation and room treatments.  
Ultimate power condotioner
No doubt the room has the greater effect, by a wide margin.  The change in the sq is a package deal, so to speak.  The extent of it surprised me, and the one to one with a transformer surely has some benefit.  I’m finding a load of greater detail,... 
Ultimate power condotioner
Inorganic-  I’ve got to wonder, what is an ‘unlikely voltage’ ?oh btw ..lest you get the impression I’m in a bunker; this is an old millking barn, with more than a bit of conversion.  On that, in a 20 x 40 listening room, I’m finding rigid walls t... 
Ultimate power condotioner
Conditioner...where is spellcheck when you actually want it? 
Is it possible to have vinyl nearly noise free?
rollinit the sound that counts.   the Sugarcube exhibits none of digital's artifacts and preserves the advantages of analog.. less the ticks and pops.  It operates at hi res AD and DA and the results speak for themselves.  Quite a few experienced ...