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XLR or RCA for my new DAC
I use XLR anywhere I can.  
What makes speaker's sound big?
There’s not really any substitute for BIG drivers and LOTS of them! The most “you are there” sounding speakers I’ve ever heard were a pair of Ezekiels; twin 15” woofers, twin 10” mids, a three inch Mylar dome tweeter and one ultra-HF horn tweeter ... 
Suggest one obsure album we all should hear
Dory Previn 
Best cost no object tube phono
Look at the top-end preamps from BottleHead 
If you hopped into your time machine and brought back audio gear- what would it be?
My old top-of-the-line Empire turntable  
Need speaker advice
Classic Klipsch corner horns or a good electrostatic pair of speakers  
Gave up my SET----looking for moderate to higher power replacement options
Crown, Krell or Mark Levinson 
First Watt SIT-3 preamp pairing advice
Vincent Audio “Pho” 701 or Bottle Head Eros 2.  
What is the Silliest Accessory You Have Ever Seen.
Cable stands!  Useless unless you are using individual conductors.  
Best type of metal for turntable platform?
Personally, my choices wouldn’t include a metal plinth at all. Instead, ordered by decreasing preference: heavy marble or other stone slab; a leather bag filled with buckshot; concrete; glass; thick acrylic or Lucan, HDPE, or a couple layers of he... 
Shopping for new speakers-need ideas... Selling old DQ-10's...
ProAc Studio2; or a similar one, Spendor studio monitors  
6000 dollars CD player
OPPO UDP-205. $6,895 on Amazon  
what are some of best tonearms you own or experience with.
Carbon fiber arm on mynew TDCQQ at-LP3  
Shopping for new speakers-need ideas... Selling old DQ-10's...
Wharfedale Linton Heritage. I have two pairs in twin stacks; over a double layer of Sorbothane sheet. Amped with a pair of Precision Audio 250 WPC mono blocks; hybrid SS and valve power amplifiers.  
Whats on your turntable tonight?
Their Satanic Majesties Request; 25th anniversary hologram cover re-master