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Whats on your turntable tonight?
Good to hear you made it safe and sound Jim.  Sounds like the trip went a little faster than planned.  
Adding a Herron VTSP 3A/360 Preamplifier to the system.
Dan, nice to hear that you are enjoying the VTSP-360.  I love mine!  You are right about the remote.  I put it back in the box right away.  It's so small that I was afraid I'd lose it in my sofa or accidentally break it.  I told Keith I was planni... 
What are you streaming tonight?
Air - 10,000 Hz Legend, Qobuz Hi-Res. This is pretty cool, maybe what it would sound like if you dropped Radiohead, Beck, Kraftwerk, and Daft Punk into a blender...  
suspending monitors from the ceiling
I hung some speakers from the ceiling with some high test fishing line when I was about 20, but that thought hasn't occurred to me since.  
Whats on your turntable tonight?
Bummer about your amp puffball! My monoblocks are back having some work done on them. I picked up a pair of backup amps so that I can still listen while they're being worked on.   
Whats on your turntable tonight?
The Rolling Stones - Their Satanic Majesties Request  
What are you streaming tonight?
I don't stream...... I don't golf, but I don't go on golf forums and post that I don't golf.  Doh!  
Great song to test bass
Bassnectar - Music is the Drug.  Good times! 
Whats on your turntable tonight?
Robert Cray - Strong Persuader 
Horn speakers are really bright?
@lordrootman Here you go:  https://seattle.craigslist.org/see/ele/d/seattle-klipsch-epic-cf-cherry/7404842625.html 
Horn speakers are really bright?
I've owned many Klipsch speakers including the KLF-30 and CF-3 (ver. 3).  I currently have a pair of Quartets in my bedroom system.  They are built to a price point, and in that range, they offer a lot of bang for the buck.  With jazz vocals or ac... 
Stirling Broadcast / BBC LS3/6
I just bought a pair of Stirling LS3/6 a couple of weeks ago.  I can't compare them to the B&W speakers.  I have Harbeth Super HL5 Plus 40th Anniversary and KEF Reference 1 to compare them to.I have always found the Super HL5 Plus to have just... 
Whats on your turntable tonight?
Cream - Wheels of Fire 
Help Please:Upgrade Coax cable between Node 2i and Chord Qutest..?
If you want to "upgrade" something, save your money and replace the Node 2i.   
Whats on your turntable tonight?
There's a pretty cool story about how 10CC crafted the sound on I'm Not In Love. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I%27m_Not_in_Love?wprov=sfla1