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Best shipping companies
I just used Estes to send a speaker from Missouri to New Jersey and it was $200 each way for the box on a skid (about 180 pounds) and had no problems.  It might have been a corporate rate I paid.  It was for some warranty work, so I can’t be sure.... 
Concerningly loud pops in vinyl playback
I have terrible static problems in the winter, but if your pops are so loud that they are startling you, I’d guess a tube is going bad. Try to see if one is flickering or sparking at the same time. All the best.  
KEF's meta material gimmick?
 I haven’t heard the Reference 5 Meta’s yet, but There’s more going on in the new KEF Meta’s than them adding the rat maze. The spec’s are different. They are slightly less efficient and the crossover points are different. My Reference 5’s are 90d... 
Jazz for aficionados
One of my quiet time favorites. Wynton Marsalis, Standards & Ballads.  
Whats playing on your system today?
Donald Fagen, The Nightfly   
Tune of the Day
Donald Fagen, The Goodbye Look  
Whats on your turntable tonight?
@loomisjohnson  I just streamed their title album and am listening to Honor Among Thieves now. Good pick!   artful dodger, "rave on"-- swansong from a great, underappreciated guitar pop band somewhere between badfinger and the small faces (the... 
Tune of the Day
Aretha Franklin, Respect  
Whats playing on your system today?
Mannheim Steamroller,  Fresh Aire lll  
Whats playing on your system today?
Grateful Dead, In The Dark  
Tune of the Day
ELP, Fanfare For The Common Man  
Dylan's Time Out of Mind remix is Stunning
 I just put the new Time Out Of Mind in the Que.  Looking forward to hearing it. Thanks @stuartk for the review.  
Whats playing on your system today?
Vangelis, Opera Sauvage  
Whats playing on your system today?
Al Stewart, Modern Times  
New Synergistic Master Fuse
The Master Fuse,  One fuse to rule them all.