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Keeping a Peachtree Nova 300 Cool
I think these are the fans I used with mine - https://www.acinfinity.com/component-cooling/component-usb-fans/multifan-s5-quiet-usb-cooling-fan-du...Never had any issues as a result of the fans. 
Vinyl Storage Suggestions
Not the cheapest or necessarily the prettiest, but very solid and well made.  I don't own any but have seen them at a record store in Olympia WA (where they are made).http://www.olympiarecordcrates.com/ 
Which DAC is better ?
My guess would be the Node 2i is going to sound better, but you should listen and decide for yourself.  If it matters (it doesn't to me), I don't think the DAC in the 8805 will do the full MQA unfold like the Node 2i. 
What are you streaming tonight?
Keith Jarrett - Budapest Concert, Qobuz Hi-Res 
Whats on your turntable tonight?
Edgar Winter's White Trash - Recycled, WLP 
Whats on your turntable tonight?
Weather Report - Tale Spinnin' 
Whats on your turntable tonight?
Steve, that sounds like a good tweak!  
What are you streaming tonight?
Sun Ra Arkestra - Swirling, Qobuz Hi-Res 
Tom Petty's Wildflowers in HiFi sounds spectacular on KEF LS50 Meta
I just got my Wildflowers vinyl.  I hope it doesn't suck with my KEF Reference 1's. 
Stylus stuck in groove
@lewm The offending particles can be hard to spot. Turn off your motor and spin the platter manually until you hear the pop from whatever is gunking up the record. That's how I usually find it. It's usually something hard and crystalline that you ... 
Whats on your turntable tonight?
The Band - S/T 
smaller speakers for critical listening?
I've had some rather large speakers in my main system - Legacy Audio Focus 20/20, Klipsch (modified) KLF-30, Harbeth Super HL5 Plus (not that big and worth looking at) to name a few.  I recently purchased KEF Reference 1 speakers and they hold the... 
Whats on your turntable tonight?
The Band - Northern Lights - Southern Cross 
Songs that make your system sound AWSOME!
Here are a few that come to mind...Steve Miller - Wild Mountain HoneyEdgar Winter - Frankenstein 10CC - I’m Not In LoveBassnectar - Music Is The DrugEmerson Lake and Palmer - Still... You Turn Me OnGrateful Dead - Estimated ProphetHall & Oates... 
Diamond Stylus Enters the 4th Dimension
I bought a second hand Van Den Hul cartridge and experienced the same thing. The seller refunded my money and I sent it off to Van Den Hul for a rebuild. I've snapped the cantilever off my Clearaudio Virtuoso Wood not once, but twice. I'll never b...