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Obtaining new "original" boxes
Why not ask your local dealer? 
Can anyone recommend an FM Receiver that would play into a relatively high end system?
McIntosh MR87 has an unusual RF section and offers digital output (on coax and optical) as well as analog on both RCA and XLR. 
Whats on your turntable tonight?
noromanceNeedless to say, the cover was banned in the puritan US.If you’re talking about the Blind Faith LP, you’re mistaken . The cover was never banned in the US. I’m sure there were some stores that wouldn’t display or stock the album, but it w... 
Second hand vinyl surface damage.
russashe ... Sometimes by cleaning and playing a used LP, especially something like a D2D, old ground in dirt gets loosened and more noticeable in the sound ...Huh? Why would the recording technique - which is all direct-to-disc is - make a d... 
Equalizer
goofyfoot ...  aside from hearing data transfer noise and a slightly unsteady stream ...What is "data transfer noise?" What do you mean by "unsteady stream?" If you have dropouts, that's not likely to be caused by the streamer, but rather the q... 
Best 40 to 50k used speakers
needlebrush... It started with the yuppies. So many of them wanted the BEST whatever. Blindfold tests scare the crap out of that crowd.Please tell us about your experiences with blindfold tests.  
Micro position adjustments
mikelavigne ... we call it ’stereo’ since it’s 2 speakers providing one soundstage ...No, "stereo" does not mean two speakers at all. The word is from Greek and means "solid," or three-dimensional. A four-channel system is still "stereo" and - ... 
Detecting differences among cables
jmeyers  ... "nay-sayers" probably fall into two categories. There are those people who simply don't own systems good enough to enable the differentiation that is there and those who do own excellent equipment but don't expend the effort nec... 
Forest audioquest cable any good?
emergingsoul ... longer usb cables tend not to work very well. Is this not true? I don't really know. You made the claim, so I merely asked why you would think that. It appears that you really don't know, either.  
The meaning of “Remastered”
russashe ... I have owned or heard many super audiophile reissues that had incredible sound but very quickly (1 play sometimes) develop clicks or pops that are startling in an otherwise black soundscape ...Something is badly amiss if that happens... 
Tonearm options for VPI tables?
russashe ... I was more curious about the Classic since I had not seen one as a blank as yet.You may never see such a 'table. Typically, the plinth or armboard would be drilled out by VPI for the pickup arm of the buyer's choosing.  
Dynamic range - effect on different speaker cables - even very high quality ones
tbakin63Let me try and make this simple. It has NEVER been demonstrated scientifically (referring to proper, peer reviewed, journaled SCIENCE) that there is an audible difference between a $20K cable and a wire coat hanger.That's an interest... 
Forest audioquest cable any good?
emergingsoul So much controversy in usb cable area.Seems keeping cable at a shorter length is very important, under a meter.Please explain why you think that. 
Dynamic range - effect on different speaker cables - even very high quality ones
tatyana69 Normal "players" or sources chuck out at a dynamic range of 70db. My DCS upsampler/clock/dac sends out at twice that, and the cables may get over saturated with the sound and act differently ...Dynamic range is more likely a ... 
Johnny Nash has passed away
isochronism2Growing up with top-40 am (only music source during that era) that was a well remembered and much liked song with me as well.Wow, you were really missing out! Nash hit the charts with "I Can See Clearly Now" in 1972, when the progress...