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Whats on your turntable tonight?
Oops! You guys all look alike on the interwebz. Herbie Hancock - Head Hunters playing now.  
Whats on your turntable tonight?
Listening to Led Zeppelin I now. Sounds great so far! Uber, it has a Classic 3 tonearm with the Nordost Valhalla wiring.  
Whats on your turntable tonight?
Got the new (to me) VPI Classic 2 set up (which was more involved than I realized it would be) and mounted the Kiseki Blue NS on it. SRV - Soul to Soul 
What are you streaming tonight?
Thanks for the tip uber. I’m not sure if I have that on vinyl. 
What are you streaming tonight?
Metallica - the "Black Album", Qobuz, Hi-Res (sounds great!) 
TEAC NT-505 impossible connecting to WiFi router o such LAN: help me please?
May you suggest a valid alternative? I am thinking of a beautiful ESOTERIC (eheheheh). You know that Esoteric is part of TEAC?From the Esoteric website:  "In order to bring the highest level musical experience to demanding audiophiles, TEAC lau... 
Node 2i performance suggestions pls
The biggest upgrade I did to my Node 2 was replacing it with a TEAC NT-505.  Other than that, using a better external DAC (I was using my Auralic Vega) can improve sound quality.  I tried a Pangea power cable (really heavy, no difference in sound ... 
What are you streaming tonight?
Faces - Stay With Me, The Faces Anthology,  Qobuz 
Whats on your turntable tonight?
The Police - Regatta de Blanc 
Whats on your turntable tonight?
@nicks25 Such a great band, such a tragic story. 
Headphones $600 or less
My favorite headphones that I've owned in that price range are the Drop Focal Elex (exactly $600).  I also own Hifiman HE560s (these are hard to drive), Audeze LCD-2 (you might find some used at that price), Audeze LCD-XC, as well as some high end... 
TEAC NT-505 impossible connecting to WiFi router o such LAN: help me please?
@bigfanga I think the switch just gave up the ghost.  I was having some issues with my Roku also, and letting it connect to wireless eliminated those issues. 
TEAC NT-505 impossible connecting to WiFi router o such LAN: help me please?
Since I took the 4 port switch out of the chain, mine has been working perfectly.  Still waiting for my new router, but I think the switch was the problem in my case, not the NT-505.  Let's hope I don't jinx myself now! 
TOTL Headphone Amps
For others still considering a great headphone amp, the other one I have that rises to the top of the many I've tried is the Sony TAZH1ES.  It has a really good DAC, a ton of power, great dynamics and is very clean sounding. 
Are big subwoofers viable for 2 channel music?
How SVS fixed it... I think it's a little disingenuous of SVS to imply that they're the only ones that know how to use a big driver.