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Whats on your turntable tonight?
@whatsaftumch welcome to the group!   Last night a friend who is a fellow Little Feat fan came over and we listened to a few bootlegs, including Electrif Lycanthrope and talking mostly about all things music.  It was a very enjoyable evening.  
I am enjoying my analog system, but what can I do to improve?
Your system interacts with your room.  What have you done to your room?  
Sota Sapphire VI Turntables with Origin Live tonearm
@mr_m I have listened to your "new" table at Jim's house and it is what convinced me to get my own Sota Sapphire.  Nice to hear that it found a good new home :)  
Choosing a cartridge for new turntable
I don't think you'd go "wrong" either way with the Hana or Soundsmith.  I just put my Hana SL on my main table a couple of days ago and what really jumped out at me is that it just seems a little less dynamic than many of my other cartridges and d... 
want to replace my Marantz CD player
Why don't you get the Marantz repaired?  If you like the Marantz sound, the KI-Ruby SACD player has been on sale.  
Choosing a cartridge for new turntable
As a frame of reference, I have a Shure V15 Type IV with a Jico SAS, the Hana SL, and the Soundsmith Aida II (a little up the food chain from the Carmen).  No experience with Sumiko carts. The Hana SL is very neutral, perhaps even a bit on the "w... 
Whats on your turntable tonight?
Dominique Fils-Aimé - Stay Tuned  
Whats on your turntable tonight?
Jim, China was singing. Also Edna Vazquez. Sound was good! Center aisle, about 14 rows back.  
Detachable Head shell or Not?
What makes me smile is the idea of a $20K cartridge on a $100,000+ turntable in order to play even a mint vintage LP that one may have paid $5 or $10 for. Of course the buyers of those cartridges probably would not be caught dead with a used LP. ... 
Whats on your turntable tonight?
Live music last night, Pink Martini at the Pantages Theater in Tacoma.  I was able to pick up a couple more of their records that I don't have at the merch table - Hey Eugene and Get Happy.  
Whats on your turntable tonight?
Jane's Addiction- S/T  
Whats on your turntable tonight?
I love Something / Anything?, it's one of my favorite records.  I saw Utopia in Portland at Revolution Hall (an old high school converted to a concert venue) not too long before the pandemic started.  That was a lot of fun.  
Whats on your turntable tonight?
DJ Shadow ‎– Endtroducing.....  
2 channel + HT suggestions
If the integrated you're considering has HTBP and all the connections you need, it includes a preamp, so your PS Audio preamp should not be needed.  
Whats on your turntable tonight?
DJ Premier – Beats That Collected Dust Vol.2