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Speaker jumpers
Almost all stock jumpers are brass. All inexpensive audio equipment wiring, connectors and inputs are brass. Which is a main reason why they are inexpensive and sound like crap. You should at least upgrade to copper jumpers. And even a *single* st... 
Luxman Taking a Different Direction
Late to the party.. I own Luxman D-06 SACD player. Bought it from Philip. Has transformed my listening habits. Magnificent. As good or better sonics as previously owned Esoteric comparable model with much stronger and supported  'confident'  tray.... 
Best produced rock albums.........
The 24 bit remaster of Gabriel's SO has the best sonics of any NON sacd album I own. Japanese Import of Little Feats Dixie Chicken is magnificent also. 
Help choosing integrated
The Vitus is by far the best item on your list. You'd have to go 25 grand to find it's equal. I have one running a $70,000 system. It's that good. 
Cable elevators
Funny this should appear today. I just finished building my own this morning. Have gone the toilet paper route, but whole roll, not just tube. One of the best isolation there is. But looks weird. So I bought enough length of maple 1 x 2s, had them... 
Interconnects
Look into Silnote.. They are all over Audiogon. When my system was in your ballpark, they sounded fantastic. And they are very reasonably priced and discounted. 
Top five live Rock And Roll Albums
Allman Brothers Fillmore Concert, YESSONGS and Feat's Waiting for Columbus. Every other is top 100 material. 
Speakers in the 5-6K$ region & their components
I owned a pair of Acoustic Zen Adagios for a couple of years. I have since upgraded way beyond their price point. But for $4500/$5000 they sounded better than any speaker I heard up to $8,000.Go read some reviews. Magnificent speaker at that price... 
Need Suggestions for speakers up to $15K new/used
My room dimensions cause great limitation also. 10 x 24 x 7' high. I have a pair of Used demo YG Carmel for $7500. $18,000 msrp. Handle any kind of room acoustic problems. Most resolving revealing speaker I have ever owned. 2 way aluminum closed c... 
The most transparent speaker cable
Go to Marigo Labs web site. Peruse or just call them in Washougal, Wa.. Number is there. Ron Hedrich will have EXACTLY what you crave. EXACTLY. I promise. 
power conditioning question gentlemen
Erik,If your response is regarding my plug in surge protectors.. It made me call the engineer who built them for me. He said he built individual low pass filters. I don't know. He's has about 4 different engineering degrees. nuclear, electrical, m... 
power conditioning question gentlemen
I ditched power conditioners after I installed Furutech GTX-D duplex. But I only need 2 ac outlets. I now go directly into the wall duplex.  Substantially cleaned/opened up the all facets of sound reproduction in a costly system... If you need mor... 
Wall Receptacle Oyaide R0, Furutech GTX-G and SR Black UEF
I tried the 2 different SRs. The black and the red duplex. I found the Furutech GTX-D to be superior audible improvement over it. Better than $$$ power distributer. Tossed that and go directly into the duplex. Much better resolution in  a pretty p... 
Anyone use a subwoofer system with YG Carmel
I own YG Carmels. The bass is tight and articulate. Which some say is a negative "review". I mostly listen to Classical and acoustic jazz and some late 60s/70s don't bogart that joint rock. The Bass is very adequate. I have since purchase upgraded... 
Modern Class A SS Integrated Amplifiers
As above any Luxman *Used only* will meet your price. Rare to find , but There are 2 right now at listed at US audio Mart For great price. Excellent stuff. If you want new, Power Modules Belles Soloist 1 is $2900 masquerading as a $5000 INT. Amp. ...