My mono block designer says to leave em on, so I have since owning em many many years now. The rest of my stuff gets shut off when not in use.

My sub amp has auto shut off that annoyingly #@%& shuts off if/when playing very low volume.

Same. Have heard countless live shows. But unfortunately have not sat in front of anything north of about $40k.

Uhh ohh (265lbs each)

“Reddit…non ambitious perspective…”

You one of those that think high-end amps or dacs or power supplies make a damn bit of difference? Get him boys! /s

Sweet! Did the 20a breaker & hospital outlets here as well.

I remember convincing my s.o. (now wife) that we, of course, needed tunes for moving everything in. So setting up the stereo was first priority!

Off for critical listening. On the rest of the time for UV and dust blocking.

Speaker designer rec’d listening w/o them.

Our ear to brain interface is anything but fixed & static

This why some days our systems sound more or less amazing to us.

Your response to refreshing speaker placement, is exactly the opposite of the ever controversial subject of “break-in” - where the longer we listen & acclimatize to something, the more amazing it becomes.

Could be your setup has a myriad of room response effects & changing things up simply swaps one compromise for another bennie.

I risked buying a Chinese LPS on Ebay that looked very well designed & built. Paid about $130 incl shipping. To my ears, it clearly improved my DAC’s sound vs the stock wall wart ps.

My dirty mind. I thought you wanted hifi stripper music.

You’ve succinctly wrote my exact thoughts on the scaling.

I mean how many units are being sold to keep an esoteric $10k tube preamp maker afloat financially? Are they mere hobbyists with another source of income?

Some, like Geshelli for example, get a marketing boost good review or two & become “overnight hits.” But they are a known giant killer bargain.

Always intrigued at just how many brands of high end there are in the world. There was a post here today of a beautiful looking system & I had never heard of any of the speakers or components.

That’s exactly what my speakers aren’t!

Xovers are not invisible. Less is more.