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Replacement Tubes
@rbschauman some places are out of stock of some times many are not. 6550s are readily available. ok eurotubes has em too. yeah. semms most of your new production tube seller have em.     
It this a decent Phono setup?
get rid of the ortofon red.   IF you can match the capacitance, replace it with audio technical vm540ML for the 540ML, the combined capacitance of the tonearm wire, phono cables and phono stage cannot exceed 200pF.   
Lounge Audio
@nicktheknife  youre not being unreasonable. regardless of delays, he took your money and ahs your property, and youre entitled to clear, open and timely responses to any and all communications.   
Would a real butcher block be going to far?
butcher block is not going too far. its been a big thing for a coupla years for TT isolation. use it with some kinda adjustible feet to decouple or to offer absorptoin/suspension of some type  
Just got back in the vinyl community
nice setup. that tube box s2 is real nice, and that exact is a good cart. for recommendation, i cant say whats best for you, but u could do what i did. imagine ur endgame cartridge(s). hunt for a table thatll run it/them real nice. for me, it wa... 
Tube Preamp, uses 6sn7/6sl7. With or Without Phono; With or Without Remote Volume,
VTA sp-14 not 16  
Tube Preamp, uses 6sn7/6sl7. With or Without Phono; With or Without Remote Volume,
erhard audio, VTA sp-16, aikido octal, mapletree audio    
Magnapan LRS+ VS .7
well, the LRS is a fantastic-sounding speaker - a highly natural-sounding device.  the typical reaction to hearing an LRS, LRS+ and MMG before these is/was WOW. its typical that folks hear an LRS or MMG and still havent gone back to box speakers.... 
How Long Is Too Long?
@nicktheknife what company? what piece of gear?   
What's up with the price of Vintage equipment?
@speedthrills man there sure is a lot of that  
What's up with the price of Vintage equipment?
@deadhead1000 vintage audio is pre-BPC and digital/cd. most 80s gear isnt considered vintage.  the prices had been steadily climbin and the past two years they just shot into the stratosphere.  there were better speakers than large advents in th... 
G Rated Comments About the Relevance of Pink Floyd’s Animals Album:
@tylermunns thats whats up  
Can I Trust The Music Room's Product Description?
i dont know how often, but they do throw things up for sale with out checking out or checking up on em thoroughly. i found a preamp i wanted there, and they had the wrong model. it took some effort teaching them. i twice found an item they were se... 
My Final System Build in Words & Pictures
this is such acool thread. thank you for documenting this prohject. i thoroughly enjoyed the pics, the story and knowing that you hit endgame. very, very cool, my friend. happy listening.   
Best Forum to hear experienced audiophiles exchange thoughts?
audiokarma and vinyl engine offer quality of discussion far superior to what i find on this forum and a membership loaded folks with a great breadth and depth of hifi experience. ive used polk audio forum, steve hoffman (which is good), audio cir...