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Fee for home audition
There are other dealers that will ship you this as a new unit and send a "demo" invoice and give you a week to 10 days to demo in your home.  If you like it then you buy it within those 10 days and keep it. If you don't like it then you ship it ba... 
Best Direction/Product Combo DAC/Streamer
Check out the Lumin line up.  
Should I upgrade my speaker cables?
Check with a local dealer. Often demoing cables is a lot easier than equipment. Good luck and let us know how you make out.   
Roon….can anyone point me to “human” tech support
Contacted dealer and did some trouble shooting. In the end I sent back to Roon and they replaced the SSD.  It was failing.  Unfortunately, it was just out of warranty.  The repair and shipping both ways ended up costing me $199 total.  As bad as R... 
Tube DACs
I recently upgraded to a Nagra Tube Dac and Power Supply and have that running into my ARC Ref6se and ARC Ref160S.  Spent about 1 year searching and demoing different both SS and tube and this is where I landed. Ironically, I switched from a Roon ... 
UPS. Friend Or Foe?
Agree with most comments and will add a couple suggestions: 1) palletize, pay the extra money and ship via a reliable ground trucking company (not UPS or Fed Ex freight).  2) Talk to your dealer and ask them how they ship product.  3) Talk to the ... 
Speaker of My House…!
Wilson all the way!  Sasha or I bet you can get a great price on a pair of Wilson Alexia II that are previously owned via a dealer with a great warranty.  I have Alexia I’s with the Arc160S and the Ref6SE. Love, love, love the combination and soun... 
Great Small Room Speakers for $3-5k
@nickamland Check out Atohm.  Super sound.  You can manually adjust the sound on the rear if you need more/less highs.  Made in France and they manufacture all of their own drivers.  They even make inexpensive stands if that is what you need.  If ... 
Streaming – Discovering Similar or New Music
My experience is with Lumin and Roon.  I have both Tidal and Qobuz subscriptions.  To me, it's not even close....Roon wins!  Roon wins for selecting the best highest resolution sound quality.  I have my Roon set up to bias Qobuz because I like tha... 
Warm and accurate bookshelves that can handle volume
For the money Atohm.  Can also be used with their available stands and if you really want to make a statement add a REL sub.  These speakers are made in France and they make all other drivers in-house.  Additionally there are several tonal setting... 
Curious to know your streaming and dac set up and the best recommended streamer under $15k
@kellerjr01 Fantastic information.  Thank you reading and responding.  Sounds like with a little more tinkering I will get there.  Appreciate your time.  
Curious to know your streaming and dac set up and the best recommended streamer under $15k
@dancarlson10 @adasdad  Two great responses.   Originally, I did have my Roon Nucleus+ connected directly to the Nagra Tube Dac.  Roon is plugged directly into a Furman Ultra Linear Power conditioner Elite 20.  Ironically I do have the Audioques... 
Curious to know your streaming and dac set up and the best recommended streamer under $15k
@designsfx i think I will look into Lumin options. Liked the suggestion of the U1x. Also, liked options shown on analog audio. They showed some items with great specs.  Most of music has been ripped or comes from Hi Res files. Tomorrow will have t... 
Curious to know your streaming and dac set up and the best recommended streamer under $15k
@ designsfx Roon has been my one constant.  I have a 16 TB Sinology DS918+ also attached to my network.  Currently I have about 50,000 tracks, mostly Hi Res that the Roon accesses.  What I love about the Roon software is that goes out and grabs th... 
Curious to know your streaming and dac set up and the best recommended streamer under $15k
@thyname it's not that the MSB didn't do it for me it sounds amazing.....it's just that the Nagra Tube Dac with the Power supply (similar price to MSB) sounded significantly better in my opinion and delivered a much better soundstage.  So it's not...