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How Much Do Aesthetics Factor Into Your Decisions?
lots. if i dont like lookin at it i wont buy it.   
Does it make sense to "ignore low ball offers"?
@sbayne "no low ballers" are frequently asking outrageous prices and 30% is middle of the road.   
Does it make sense to "ignore low ball offers"?
i usualls see "no lowballers" when someones sellin a mazda for the price of a mazerati. and it stays for sale forever and gets pulled or dont get relisted after a while. another favorite phrase of sellers who have no idea what they have is "i know... 
Why Don’t You Post Your System on Your Profile?
i tried. couldnt do it. dont care enough to make it work.   
Why Don’t You Post Your System on Your Profile?
@audioguy85 its plain stupid we cant post pics here. actually its disfunctional. hell, its both.   
Tube Preamp: How many tubes does it take to .................
endless number of circuits to get from input to output, be it line stage, phono...and, holy smoke, how many ways to do a power section? feedback? no feedback. cool thread.     
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?