celtic66

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Budget DAC for Oppo VS. Orig. Rega Planet
Assemblage 1.0 or 2.0. $150-250. 
Any cables that give more bass
Analysis Plus Oval 9. Definitely a fatter bottom. 
Myrtle wood under TT
Second the shelf idea. Friend used chains and suspended a shelf anchored to the wall. So the back part of the shelf was bracketed and the chains supported the front part of the shelf and ran up and back to the wall. Isolated the unit well from foo... 
Proton Amp and Pre-Amps - Mods
Proton has made some very decent mid-fi pieces. I've owned their electronics and speakers. Oft times I've liked their pieces better than competing NAD. As far as modding them.....not. Enjoy them for what they are if they clean up well and operate ... 
Question I Have Never Seen Before?
I shipped heavy Reference 3As (in boxes) by Greyhound once. Worked well and was cheaper than FED/EX or UPS. 
Integrated $500-1K for Classic Jazz
Add to Mik971 suggestions, the Luxman 391 hybrid is quite sweet in the midrange (better than the 105 which is also decent). Jolida 1501 is also decent, particularly if you change out stock tube in preamp. 
Vintage Denon Direct Drive Turntable
A rare thing indeed when a direct drive table will sound even with a belt drive. I and a friend both owned "Big Dog" Denon tables in the 80s. We were encouraged to take home a flimsy $300 NAD belt table just for grins. Within 10 seconds of listeni... 
Favorite Female vocals that give you goose bumps
Mary Stallings, "Live, From the Village Vangaurd". Etta James 
Looking for a small bedroom amp
To my knowledge, Stello is a South Korean company, so it is disqualified from the U.S., Canadian, European manufacture. And you are looking for an amplifier only as you have a preamp. The Sophia is actually manufactured in China, although the comp... 
looking for interconnect under 200 dollars
Signal Cable Silver Resolution is hard to beat in that price range. 
Looking for integrated w/ good dynamics kick
Sugden. I've never owned an integrated with so much quickness, punch and still sweet delivery of vocals and acoustic piano. I own the A21SE. 
man do I miss Tower records and
Cant' be giving this away, the bean counters must have conjured up this scenario already. I'm Sony/BMG and I want to eliminate all sharing of profits. If I can deliver my product without supporting manufacture of physical product, I don't need to ... 
Help with a total system upgrade.
I've owned the 840C and it's decent. However, my Audio Sector DAC smoked the internal DACs of the unit. I would start there with decent digital cabling and interconnects. The VTL IT-85 is quite good and you will need to step up quite a bit to chal... 
$600 +/- Bookshelfs w/ Holographic Soundstage
Ethan,Like your speaks, not your receiver. The DAC suggestion is right on and will help alot. There is a very good Assemblage 2.0 on A'gon right now for $220. Snag it!! A decent integrated would go a long ways. So would decent cables, dump the Mon... 
sleeper tube integrateds suggestion wanted
You started in a very good place with ASL. I'm a VTL guy. The Stingray is very good, I've owned the Tiny Triodes and they were magical for their power 45/25wpc triode. My wife just didn't want to deal with separates. The larger VTLs are also quite...