The Karousel main bearing for my Linn. The purchase of an Esoteric K-03XD SACD/CD Player.
But for me, the most enjoyable audio purchases this year will be to install a system in our very non audiophile friends new home by a lake. It will be built around an Outlaw Receiver (sitting in its box in the dining room) with a Project Turntable with a simple Audio Technica cartridge, model escapes me (the red stylus model), Axiom speakers on really nice 4 post sand filled stands. No cd player yet. All cables. All equipment on a Lovan 4 tier three leg stand where all the shelves are isolated with separate spikes from each other. I'll be setting this up on or around Christmas as a gift. Now if I can just convince them to move the tv or mount it on the wall above the system. And analyzing this further, am I doing this for our friends or for myself ? He did say he needed something to play records on.