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Whats on your turntable tonight?
Supersuckers - Mid-Fi Field Recordings, Vol. 1: Live at the Tractor Tavern, Seattle, Washington 
Waht is the best streamer for the money under $2500 (no DAC or storage required).
@jetter Go poke around the Bluesound support forum for a few minutes if you think the TEAC has problems. I've had way more issues with my Bluesound devices than the TEAC. 
Whats on your turntable tonight?
Foghat - Fool For The City, MFSL 
Experience with the Pass Labs XP-15 phono stage?
Good to hear!  
Waht is the best streamer for the money under $2500 (no DAC or storage required).
@jetter You're quite the Debbie Downer aren't you?  Do you have any personal experience with the TEAC yourself or are you just putting it down based on what you've read on the internet?My advice is that if it sounds like something that would meet ... 
Does anyone collect something else other than music.
Cameras.  Not really on purpose, but I have too many of them.  I have also collected tens of thousands of images that I've taken with them.  I have enough watches to wear a different one every day of the month, but they are mostly Seikos, Citizens... 
Experience with the Pass Labs XP-15 phono stage?
Expect a really quiet background and lots of dynamics and detail. It’s a really nice unit. I can’t say how it compares to the McIntosh, but in general a purpose built stand alone phono stage, especially of this quality is going to exceed one inclu... 
Considering a new Phono Pre-Amp
If you can find a pre-owned Pass Labs XP-15, that's an excellent phono stage.  I like it better than my Chinook in some ways.  Super quiet with LOMC and has a bit of a "tubey" sound, even though it's solid state. 
Reliable Digital Music Storage
I use plain old spinning hard drives in external enclosures. I use SyncBack (a free program) to do an incremental sync (only copying files that have been added since the last copy) from one drive to another every night. I also backup everything to... 
Experience with the Pass Labs XP-15 phono stage?
Why don't you reach out to Pass and ask them?  Interesting if true.  I picked one up second hand recently and downloaded the manual from their web site which says 46, 56, 66, and 76. 
Why do you guys pursue a flat frequency response when you buy a subwoofer?
Why do you ask? 
What are you streaming tonight?
Steely Dan - Gaucho, Qobuz Hi-Res 
Getting the most out of streamed video: Netflix and Plex (with NVIDIA Shield Pro?)
Roku Ultra. 
Waht is the best streamer for the money under $2500 (no DAC or storage required).
@flavo The Teac doesn't have a connection for an external DAC. 
Whats on your turntable tonight?
Stevie Wonder - Fulfillingness' First Finale, MFSL