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Do You Buy Speakers Without Hearing Them?
I mostly do not listen to speakers or even components before purchase.  I rely mostly on research and gut instinct.  For example, I've only bought 4 sets of speakers for my main system and of those, 3 pairs I had never listened to.  I patiently wa... 
What’s your vote for the most ridiculous, overpriced, and useless tweak?
Any wire that is larger in diameter than what you already have inside the wall.e.g. going from 14 gauge Romex to a 10 gauge single core power cord makes zero sense. 
Pure Class A amps above 100 Watts?
125wpc Class A. 400wpc Class A/B.This is misinformation that still continues today. I own the amp, so I’ve researched it thoroughly.Class A output is 2.7 wpc RMS and 5.4 wpc peak.This was a sales marketing error!! The 125wpc is draw when at idle. 
Paypal issue beware.
Recently, I just went through this WHOLE THING with eBay & PayPal and can describe the process. I'll try to explain this briefly...  I do not carry a PayPal balance, and have been using my account since the x.com days, so I've seen a few scam... 
What speaker cable made a major difference in the sound quality of your speakers??
I just went through the exercise of changing all my IC, PC and SPK cables over the last year.  The biggest improvement (surprisingly!) was changing the PCs, and replacing the ICs seemed to fine tune the sound, whereas replacing the speaker cables ...