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Whats on your turntable tonight?
Working through some of my record store day finds...Elvis Costello - PulseSublime - Nugz: The Best of the Box. This is pretty disappointing, it's really noisy for a brand new record.  
What are you streaming tonight?
The Rolling Stones - Honk - Qobuz  
Cartridge choice? Shure M97Xe, Ortofon 20, Empire
I'm guessing the OP probably managed to find something in the last 14 years.  
What are you streaming tonight?
On to some Four Tet - Rounds  
What are you streaming tonight?
I've been really Happy with Qobuz. I still have my Tidal subscription for now but I find myself listening to Qobuz more. I'm listening to Norah Jones Begin Again now.  
What are you streaming tonight?
Jethro Tull - Songs From The Wood, 40th anniversary Steven Wilson Remix Qobuz 24/96 
Whats on your turntable tonight?
Neil Young - Comes a Time 
Do audiophiles hate large subwoofers?
I have two Rythmik F25 subs and I don’t hate them. I use them both for home theater along with a pair of SVS SB13 Ultras and use one for two channel listening to supplement the 6 12" drivers in my Legacy Audio Focus 20/20 speakers. I know it’s not... 
The Harbeth phenomenon
Our local music club met at one of our member's homes last night and we listened to his Harbeths.  We started off with the p3esr and spent most of the evening listening to the Super HL5plus which were supplemented by high end JL Audio and Rel subs... 
What are you streaming tonight?
Jimi Hendrix - Electric Ladyland - Qobuz 
CD players sold in Japan can work in US with no problem?
@jea48 Good to know, thanks.  Maybe I'll get a step down unit just to be safe.  I paid less than $200 for the player, but it might be hard to replace if it goes out.   
CD players sold in Japan can work in US with no problem?
I have been using my Japanese 100V Onkyo player with no transformer and no problems. I did a fair amount of research about it and the consensus seemed to be there is no problem in doing so. Having said that, I’m very careful to protect the rest of... 
What's in your CDP tonight? the minority report
Robert Cray - Strong Persuader  I haven't listened to that for a while, what a great collection of songs! 
Whats on your turntable tonight?
Little Feat - Feats Don't Fail Me Now  
Is it possible to have vinyl nearly noise free?
As I've upgraded my analog system I've gotten a lot closer to "nearly completely quiet".  Most new and well cared for used records are pretty quiet on my system.  There's noise between tracks, which of course is there during the music as well, but...