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Whats on your turntable tonight?
Bob Seger - Night Moves 
How Good Can My Vinyl Get?
It can get pretty amazing , but the rest of your system matters as well as your room. As far as upgrading your turntable you'll get more for your money getting a better turntable than spending it on a better cartridge or phono preamp. In general, ... 
Whats on your turntable tonight?
Def Leppard - High 'N' DryHappy Thanksgiving to all!  
Whats on your turntable tonight?
Al Di Meola - Land of the Midnight Sun 
Whats on your turntable tonight?
A Tribe Called Quest - The Low End Theory 
Whats on your turntable tonight?
Type O Negative - Bloody Kisses 
Whats on your turntable tonight?
Dire Straits - Making Movies,  MFSLSounded terrible. Until I realized I failed to switch to 45RPM. Doh! 
Are sound bars worth it?
What outputs does it have?  Have you asked the cable company if they have other boxes available?  I bought my girlfriend a ZVOX 2.1 "soundbar" (it has a subwoofer in it in addition to the two speakers) a few years ago and it sounds a lot better th... 
Whats playing on your system today?
I live pretty far from most of the radio towers, but this station is pretty close and I get a good signal.  I have a big roof mounted antenna for the far away stations, but it's apparently pointed in the wrong direction for the local station, so m... 
Whats playing on your system today?
I picked up a Magnum Dynalabs FT101A Etude not too long ago.  Slow day at work, rocking out to Olympia's Classic Rock 100.3. 
Best Way for my TT to reach my Pre-Amp!?
Craig,You could try things in steps and see what you think of the sound for yourself.  If you like what you're hearing with what you already have, you don't necessarily need to go down a rabbit hole.First, get some Blue Jeans cables that are of a ... 
Suggestions for bookshelf speakers that have great dynamics, budget of $500 used.
uber, I found them easy to listen to and if you decide you'd like to try something else, they're easy to move.  I've tried a couple of different Monitor Audio speakers and they were too bright for me also.  Let us know how they work out over time. 
Best Way for my TT to reach my Pre-Amp!?
The Marantz is a home theater processor and has a lot of electronics stuffed into one box.  It's good at a lot of things, but not great at anything including two channel music reproduction.  I have a separate two channel preamp (a Modwright LS100)... 
What are you streaming tonight?
Charles Bradley - Black VelvetThis might qualify as a guilty pleasure...Nasty Cherry - Season 1 
Suggestions for bookshelf speakers that have great dynamics, budget of $500 used.
I had some Haydn Grands and liked them at first, but they were lacking treble (too warm) and kind of boring (not very dynamic) after listening to them for a while.  They are pretty.  I had them in my bedroom, and maybe that was too large of a spac...