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SACD vs. Vinyl
Although I am amazed at how good vinyl can sound for so little money ..... I got back into it with a used Thorens td166mkII. a musical fidelity v-lps and a denon dl103r cartridge along with a spin clean and assorted brushes all for about six hundr... 
suggestions for preamp/amp combos
Cary Audio, conrad johnson ......... 
SACD vs. Vinyl
SACD done well can be very good..... Whether or not it is better than your vinyl rig is up to you..... The enjoyment of the music is the important part not how you derive it ... 
Which SACD sound better than Vinyl
My experience as to which format is best is recording dependent .. 
Audio Research Preamp with Cary Amp?
I would do the Cary for system matching and for the reasons Brf mentions ... Chuck 
How is a subwoofer connect to a 2 channel system?
So do most folks just use a single driver sub for a two channel system. My integrated has a sub out (one for right channel and one for the left channel). So both channels feed into one single driver sub .. 
What's the cost of an entry level vinyl setup?
Clio09 Agree as I am already looking into a phono stage upgrade. Chuck 
What's the cost of an entry level vinyl setup?
Yup agree with macdadtexas as that is what I did 
What's the cost of an entry level vinyl setup?
This is where I have started1) Thorens TD 166nkII $2502) Denon 103r cartridge $2503) Musical Fidelity v-lps phono stage $1004) Spin Clean Record Washing System $805) Record Brushes and Stylus Cleaners $50I had some Audioquest cables in storage so ... 
What do you NOT plug into the power conditioner...
I go straight out of the wall on everything ........ No Power Conditioner....... The passive units I tried sounded vailed so I took it out and sold it .........I never tried active ......Chuck 
Pros/Cons of moving from CJ PV 10 to SS?
In my experience and in general you need to move up the food chain $ to get more resolution that is what you pay for. I went from a cj PV-10 to a cj premier 16ls II and better resolution was one of the improvements along with better frequency exte... 
SACD availability
If you are primarily a classical and jazz listener there is plenty of music out there on SACD as well as new releases coming out. IMO I would not consider a player without SACD capability. But I listening primarily to classical and jazz so I have ... 
turntable recommendations for a vinyl newbie...
Here is what I did after being away from vinyl for 25 years. I bought a used Thorens td166mkii bought a v-lps phono stage and a denon 103r cartridge along with a spin clean washer system. The set-up sounds very good and I have less than a grand in... 
To all tube lovers.......
Pass XA 
What Preamp for a CJ Premier 11?
Agree with everyone above I have owned the 16, 17 and PV10 and all worked very well with the 11...