Funny. I looked for a good while and each time I found one, it would be gone by the time I tried to buy it. Maybe you remember that I settled on the Aesthetix Calypso Signature. Got it home, used it for a couple listening sessions. It did a nice job for listening to CD's. I'd never had tubes in line for CD listening before so that was kind of nice. I did not really get to appreciate it so much for vinyl as I was having problems with a weak tube in my Cary phono preamp as well as trouble with the turntable I was using. In the meantime, the Calypso started having a problem. LED's were dim and almost no sound. I found a loose RCA cap on the back, maybe all there was to it but I talked with TMR about it and they suggested to just send it back to them for repair and evaluation. It made me kind of nervous about it and I decided to just trade it for a Linn LP12 that they had. Waiting for that to arrive. Only took me 50 years to get one. I hope I like it.
At the same time, I found a Cary SLP 98P F1 in Jaguar red. It has several upgrades, including Lundahl phono input for LOMC, Hexfred recifiers, is direct coupled (supposed to help a lot) and has oil filled caps I don't know what all that means but I know that the upgrades are considered to be important. It also has a new compliment of tubes with only a few hours on them, not burned in yet. I may be looking to vintage tubes as these are all new types and I probably won't like them.