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    How would you spend my money?

    Esteemed WBT Friends, Where would you put you/my next $5K? I love my system and really find nothing deficient. However, in my experience the right upgrade or tweak can bring surprising and unexpected improvements. (For example, I recently added the Sean Jacobs DC4/ARC6 to my DAVE and was...
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    Farad or Sean Jacobs LPS for M Scaler

    Some months ago I added Sean Jacobs’ DC4/AR6 LPS to my DAVE and found it utterly amazing. Well (and surprisingly) worth the price. Can anyone report on a Farad, SJ, or similar LPS upgrade to the M Scaler? I had a Teddy Pardo, but couldn’t discern any difference from M Scaler’s stock SMPS...
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    How would you spend my money?

    How would you spend my next $5K? Here is my current wishlist and system. I find nothing deficient in my system. However, in my experience the right upgrade or tweak can bring surprising and unexpected improvements. What would you do? 1. Amp - Upgrade current Transparent Reference PC 2...
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    Off-axis listening - speaker l/r balance adjustment

    Can off-axis listening be compensated for by speaker balance adjustment?
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    Silnote IC comments?

    Any experience with Silnote? They are all over Audiogon with crazy discounts even on show cables. Silnote Audio Orion-M1 Master Reference Series $995 for $4599 MSRP. To be believed?? Any experience with Silnote?
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    Where’s the Transparent love?

    Please let me know if this is not an appropriate post and I’ll delete. I switched my out of warranty DAVE from XLR to RCA because one of my XLR inputs went bad. Having no further use for my like new 2m Transparent Gen 5 ULTRA XLRs ($3500 retail) I’ve listed and reduced them on A’gon and...
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    Admitting my error…

    Admitting my error of some years ago, when downsizing residences I sold my 1500 lps (my father's, uncle's and my collection :) because of course, nearly everything is available digitally, I am considering getting back into vinyl. Kit-wise I'm looking at Dr. Feikert Venti/J Sikora Initial TT...
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    Modem SMPS spec/upgrade question

    Two questions really about replacing power supply to Xfinity Gateway Modem/Router - 1. Any benefit to replacing stock 12v/4.6a power supply with aftermarket such as ifi iPower SMPS? I have several external LPSUs throughout my system but wonder if wall to modem is worth an upgrade (As I wrote...
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    USB cable upgrade next?

    Is an upgrade to my (original) Curious Cable a good next step? Looking at David Laboga, FTA and Sablon based on reviews and customer feedback. . Would my system benefit from an upgrade (IOW is Curios USB a weak link?) and which of the above (or others) would you suggest? Here is my system...
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    Looking for Mullard Mc1s

    I'm looking for a matched pair of Mullard Mc1's for my Pathos InPol Heritage integrated. Any direction would be appreciated.

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