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Most valuable LP
First pressing of Beatles Rubbber Soul. It was my older sister that gave it to me when I was probably 10. Bkeskee, those old punk 45’s are always worth a few bucks.  I have one The Plasmatics. Killer cover with typical  80’s punk songs. 
Best debut album
Lots of great ones already listed. I’ll add Steve Forbert Alive on Arrival. The tune “It isn’t going to be that way” hit me hard.  
old high end preamps..
The original Hafler pre-amp was amazingly good. My first pre-amp brought with a HK amp first, then a B&K amp.  
Headphone amps do sound different
It’s the Luxman 590AXll, first Class A I’ve owned and It’s such a huge improvement over some old Mcintosh I had. Thanks soix... 
Strange Rivers
Your welcome. Enjoy!  
Strange Rivers
90% of people only know John’s Hollywood Dreams song the....turning music into gold....I hear he hated that song and just did it to prove to his record company he could write a top10 song. I’m glad to meet folks that know his music beyond that. It... 
EVER FEEL LIKE A TOTAL NITWIT DISCOVERING AN ARTIST LATE IN THE GAME?
I worked in a huge record store (remember those) In the 1980’s, young guy around 15 comes up to me holding a Janis Joplin album and says “ I have all the albums you carry already. Don’t you any newer albums by her?” I said “that’s the last one she... 
Demo'ing Class A amps, Appreciation Suggestions from those who recently been there
I spent a lot of time looking to replace my Mcintosh separates which stood me well for almost 20 years, but once I started to listen the newer equipment I realized the MC’s were dated. Finally went above my price range and got the Luxman 590AX II.... 
Bookshelf Speakers that have to be up against the wall
First I want to say thank you to all of you. I am going to try the cheap route first and plug them, I do have a sub, but it’s an older velodyne model right now.  I can move them a few inches from the wall and will see how that goes. I will then go... 
Bookshelf Speakers that have to be up against the wall
Lots of good info, thanks. I own Totem Rainmakers and they sounded excellent until I had to put them close to the wall. I will look into all the suggestions.  
Bookshelf Speakers that have to be up against the wall
Thanks for the input so far. The speakers are actually not on a bookcase, more like sitting on a cabinet, so a nice solid surface, I can move them out perhaps a foot, but cannot put stands in front of the cabinet. I’ll see how much that helps.