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nrenter

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I stream 24/7. Do you?
@bigtwin, that’s great! You should listen to the manufacturer. However, my commentary still stands.   
I stream 24/7. Do you?
@bigtwin    Other than increasing your electric bill, heating your room and shortening the life of your equipment,  why would you leave the system powered up 24/7? Electric bill - insignificant  Heat - insignificant  Shortening the life of ... 
I stream 24/7. Do you?
I don't sleep, I stream.  
What speaker could safely be ordered without hearing it first?
I’m going to be a bit of a contrarian... As long as you stay within the same design family, and you’re not too obsessive about the various shades of goodness, and the speakers are generally well-known and discussed, I think it’s a pretty low-risk... 
Picking Speakers 20k-30k
I’d consider a set of Vandersteen Quatro CTs (and, depending on the size of your room, a pair of Sub 3s).  
Danny Richie on loudspeaker design.
I have a tremendous amount of respect for Danny, as both a designer and a contributing member of the audiophile community. Just my opinion!  
Why are these called 5 way binding posts? I count four!
The term "5-way binding post" is actually a bit of a misnomer, as there are typically only four ways to connect speaker wire to these types of posts. The five-way designation comes from the fact that these binding posts have five individual compo... 
the big one: how do you choose speakers? By what features, data?
I think @jchiappinelli pretty much nailed it. I could digress on #2, but overall it's a sound (pardon the pun) approach.   
Why are these called 5 way binding posts? I count four!
The term "5-way binding post" is actually a bit of a misnomer, as there are typically only four ways to connect speaker wire to these types of posts. The five-way designation comes from the fact that these binding posts have five individual compon... 
Modifying Crossovers
For the manufacturer to move from caps that cost less than a dollar each, to ones that cost $5 or more, ends up raising the price at the consumer level by much more. ...and just to be clear, people are generally not upgrading $1 capacitors to $... 
Modifying Crossovers
Several years ago, when I had an obsession with vintage Pioneer equipment, I stumbled onto a set of Pioneer HPM-200 speakers (in pretty good condition) and wanted to see how much performance I would squeeze out of them. I commissioned a gentleman ... 
Modifying Crossovers
3 things... There once was a speaker designer who claimed changing the quality of parts in a crossover (while maintaining the same circuit design) changed the sound of the speaker. Many disbelieved. So, he installed an upgraded crossover in a s... 
Pre-owned cartridge recommendations for $500 and $1,000
Personally, the only cartridge I’d buy used would be a SoundSmith. A complete rebuild at a fraction of the price new? Yes, please.   
What is you tonearm’s Maximum Distortion?
This spreadsheet…      
So Weird- No Stylus Contact Woofer Pumping with Hana ML and Elac PPA-2
If I may quote myself: That charge won’t universally distribute evenly across the record, as the vinyl itself is an insulator. Something you are doing is leaving a charge, and that charge is concentrated (possibly) at the last place you touched ...