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Whats on your turntable tonight?
Deepest Purple - The Very Best of Deep Purple  
Need help choosing a new DAC
Someone should jump on that La Voce S3.  I already have one, or I would.  
Whats on your turntable tonight?
Deep Purple - Perfect Strangers  
Whats on your turntable tonight?
The Cars - Candy-O, Nautilus 1/2 speed mastered.  
Whats on your turntable tonight?
Miles Davis - My Funny Valentine  
Schiit Bifrost 2 question?
Contact Schiit?  
Can recommend some non-fatigue SMALL bookshelf for near-field listening?
If a subwoofer is not an option, consider some pre-owned Canton Reference 9.2 DC speakers.  They do bass well for speakers of that size and are pretty neutral.  There's a pair listed on USAM now.  No affiliation on my part.  
Can recommend some non-fatigue SMALL bookshelf for near-field listening?
How about the bass. I saw the P3ESR reaches 75 Hz which is a bit higher than the 50Hz from most of the other speakers at this size? I would recommend a subwoofer.  
Whats on your turntable tonight?
@bslon Bill, for me, I would probably rank their albums like this: 1 - The Cars 2 - Heartbeat City 3 - Candy-O 4 - Panorama 5 - Move Like This 6 - Door to Door 7 - Shake it Up When Heartbeat City came out I thought they had "sold out" with... 
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@sbank Spencer, I'm not Bill, but you have to get Heartbeat City.  It's a sonic masterpiece and a great collection of catchy pop songs.  I think it's their masterpiece, but the debut album was pretty amazing also. A tip... when I find myself want... 
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The Pretenders - Get Close  
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Nothing like a good Cars marathon Bill!  
Can recommend some non-fatigue SMALL bookshelf for near-field listening?
My favorite nearfield speakers have been Harbeth P3ESR.  If you want "relaxed", check out Vienna Acoustics Haydn Grand.  They are a little too relaxed for me, but may be just what you're looking for.  Also consider adding a small subwoofer to your... 
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Jim's post reminded me that I haven't played any Dead in a while - In The Dark.   
Whats on your turntable tonight?
Tom Waits - Alice