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Whats on your turntable tonight?
Squeeze - Eastside Story 
Whats on your turntable tonight?
That Long John Baldry record was great! One of my favorites that I've bought recently. My SL-1200 MK2 is sounding better tonight than it ought to.  
Whats on your turntable tonight?
John Baldry - It Ain't Easy  
Music Direct and my recent exoeriences
Music Direct has been great in all my dealings with them.   
Whats on your turntable tonight?
Elvis Costello - My Aim is True 
Thiel Owners
I have no experience with the Benchmark DAC.  I recently purchased an Aqua La Voce S3 for my near field system and love it.  The La Voce S3 is the "entry level" DAC in the Aqua line.  This review compares it to the Benchmark - http://v2.stereotime... 
Whats on your turntable tonight?
The Moody Blues - Octave 
Whats on your turntable tonight?
Warren Zevon - The Envoy 
Thiel Owners
@jafant In response to your question about my systems...System 1 (main system, with the 2.3s) - this is a combined home theater / 2 channel system.  Focus is more on vinyl, but I also stream here and spin a silver disc occassionally.System 2 (comp... 
Thiel Owners
@jafant The Marantz is a nice player, it has that nice warm but detailed Marantz house sound. It doesn't get a lot of use though.I have 4 complete systems, so yeah, filling out the system page seems a little daunting and isn't high on my list of p... 
Whats on your turntable tonight?
Funkadelic - S/T 
Thiel Owners
@sdecker thank you for the suggestions and information. I'm still forming impressions about the 2.3s. The Ref 1s are imaging and soundstage champs and a little warmer. The 2.3s also excel in both areas. The Thiels win on scale. Even with 4 subwoof... 
Thiel Owners
@jafant I'm running all Herron electronics, amps, preamp, phono stage. Analog sources are Acoustic Wow XL and a Technics SL-1200 MK2. Digital is a TEAC NT-505 streamer/DAC, and Marantz KI-Pearl SACD. Maybe someday I will actually put up a system p... 
Whats on your turntable tonight?
Carly Simon - No Secrets, quadraphonic! 
Whats on your turntable tonight?
I tried it on a copy of John Mayall's Blues From Laurel Canyon that looked new, but was super noisy and that is playing a lot better.