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Whats on your turntable tonight?
Got to sneak in a couple LPs last night,... Rufus, "Rags to Rufus" - Charles Bradley, "Victim of Love" & Faces, "First Step." Satisfying set!  
Warm, rich, smooth, 3d tube integrated amp, budget $6000
+1 on the CANOR AI 1.10. Have had the opportunity to listen to it at length with Aerial Acoustics, Revel & Sonus Faber and it's been equally magnificent with each. Those are all pretty different sounding speaker brands with their own signature... 
Whats on your turntable tonight?
Shushi/Liquid Lunch on Saturday brought out an interesting playlist last night... Shuggie Otis, "Freedom Flight" on the streamer - gotta get this on vinyl! Then to table with Doyle Bramhall II & Smokestack, "Welcome" & wrapped with Elton J... 
Whats on your turntable tonight?
@boxer12 @bkeske - thanks guys... was good to see so many old friends come togther to celebrate a great guy who lived a robust life.  
Whats on your turntable tonight?
Home late from a Celebration of Life event for a close college buddy who recently passed. Melancholy day so needed to spin a couple (LPs and...) to wind down. Fired Golden Palominos "Visions of Excess" Buffalo Tom, "Birdbrain" & Steve Earle, "... 
Whats on your turntable tonight?
@tomic601 - Been streaming "Black Acid Soul" a lot. It's a favorite at the shop. So tried to do some tax work but nope, back to the deck for one more twirl... Jeff Buckley, "Grace". Perfect night cap!  
Whats on your turntable tonight?
So many nights away from LPs but tonight, ahhh,... Island Records, 1st pressing of Richard and Linda Thompson, "I Want To See The Bright Lights Tonight" 2x - I liberated it from a sleepy record shop just outside of Boston today. Breaking in a a ne... 
My first tube preamp Manley jumbo shrimp
Update: Swapped out the Sovtek & Mullards from the Calypso for new production Gold Lions all around. Needs more time to level out but all the info is now very present. The Calypso is without question a wonderful preamp. Not sure yet which one ... 
Improving Comcast modem signal
I totally agree, Comcast is brutal... customer service is a miserable endeavor whenever I need to call in but have found that their routers are fine, in my setup anyway. Maybe this could be all connected better but here's my signal path. I have an... 
Need speaker recommendations.
I use a Line Magnetic tube/SS DAC, the 502CA; amazing. I just slipped in an Aesthetix, Calypso linestage and also use a Manly, Shrimp and each are fabulous for very different reasons but both are an excellent match with the 7s. For amps I have run... 
Need speaker recommendations.
@amitb ​​@retiredfarmer - I am currently playing a set of Equation 7 and I can attest they are positively magical with tubes somewhere in one's setup. I have tubes straight through Cary, Manley, Aesthetix & Line Magnetic and they are just fabu... 
My first tube preamp Manley jumbo shrimp
It’s incredible that I find myself chiming in on a 10yo thread but this is exactly where I’m at today. I have been fortunate enough to be gifted an Aesthetix, Calypso in like new condition. It’s now spending time in my kit replacing a Manley, Shri... 
inexpensive phono pre amp
Lounge Audio, LCRIII - $300, mic drop, lol  
Whats on your turntable tonight?
Buddy demoing the his new Canor Integrated last night & sending me pics of him installing KT88s inspired me to fire the TT. Limited session but pretty great nonetheless. Johnny Jenkins, "Ton-Ton Macoute" - always a funky treat & Bill Wilso... 
Kef LS50s - great like me but need to come up for air
@dekay  ++ on the JM Reynaud "Twins". Had a set in my office with a Tandberg, 3012 integrated for quite a few years. They are special for many reasons & I'd pick those over almost all of the other speakers listed here. Listening to a set of LS...