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Wharfedale
Hello radiy, welcome to the forum. Your question might need to be moved to a pricing area of the forum, not sure. But I use HifiShark to see what things have sold for. https://www.hifishark.com/model/wharfedale-jade-7 Just type in your other items... 
Tekton Design Moab
Glupson, MAN UP. Stop acting like a child. People are tired of your antics.  
Tekton Design Moab
Thank you Deborah and Keith for sharing. So glad you got a chance to listen to the Moab's and in Chuck's system none the less. Your first hand insight on the Moab's is what this thread is all about. 
Tekton Design Moab
Mc,  The last 4" square goes on top. It has no hole drilled in it. It holds the spring down.Got it, nice idea. The last square is the base that the spring sits on and it is not screwed to the other squares. The spring has full range of movement.H... 
Tekton Design Moab
MC, thanks for the description of the spring platforms. When you say that the third 4" square is screwed down part way. Do you mean that the screw hole in plate 3 is larger than the screw, allowing it to float freely?  
Tekton Design Moab
MC, when you get a chance, please add a pic of your Moab spring setup. My springs are also working well. I tapped threaded my spring pods to accept 1/4 inch 20 threads and mounted them into the standard Tekton mounting holes. I then added 2" glide... 
What makes a DAC so expensive?
Dac's like anything else are built to a price point. They can be as simple as the DAC in your phone. But no one will argue that their phone DAC is anywhere near as good sounding as a discrete dedicated DAC. The Bifrost2 uses Schiit's version of a ... 
Tekton Design Moab
listening99 , I have not heard the Bifrost2. I have a Modi Multibit and in my system, the Orchid is a better DAC. More musical, non fatiguing with all the detail. The Modi can be harsh with some recordings that the Orchid plays beautifully.  But t... 
Tekton Design Moab
listening99 , look for a used MHDT Orchid DAC.  https://www.usaudiomart.com/details/649647118-mhdt-orchid/  
Tekton Design Moab
+1 on the springs. Loving mine 
Tekton Design Moab
ksnel331 , Moabs and Encores need room to breath. So giving them space behind and to the sides is important. At least 2-3ft from the back of the cabinet (a bit more could be better) And, for example, if you have the tweeters maybe 8ft apart, toed ... 
Tekton Design Moab
grey9hound , thanks for the link. Enjoyable read. 
Tekton Design Moab
glupson, nice Moab synopsis. Not glowing (like a Moab owner) Not completely unbiased, but hitting perspectives from a number of angles. And others may want to add more to what they really hear from them. 
Tekton Design Moab
squeak_king_77 ,  I appreciate your thoughts on the potential differences of the stacked wave springs and sorry if I came off as putting words in your mouth, completely not intended.Rixthetrick, thank you as well for adding your thoughts. 
Tekton Design Moab
squeak_king_77 I posted this link earlier to stacked wave disc springs, and perhaps there is a reason to not use these, Would you be able to share why these spring may not be ideal?