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Whats on your turntable tonight?
The Modern Jazz Quartet - The Last Concert 
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Herbie Mann - London Underground 
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Michel Legrand - Legrand Jazz 
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Santana - WelcomeOne of my favorites for setting SRA by ear...  if you get the side one cymbals and percussion to sound correct you are done.  A lot of material to employ and it will reward you when it’s right.   20 hours on the new Madake and I t... 
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Fleetwood Mac - Mystery to Me 
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Buddy Guy - Born to Play Guitar 
Best tube preamplifier for under $15k
@kiethrhttps://www.audiogon.com/listings/lisa2h83-vac-signature-mkiia-se-tubeworld Buy this and your will have a world class preamp and world class phono 
Best tube preamplifier for under $15k
@kiethrThe VAC Renaissance V with phono is my current preamp.  Simple remote with mute and volume provides me the convenience I desire, but still have to manually change source.  The transformer output is able to match to any power amp and current... 
Replace Ayre Codex with Topping D90 DAC
The Codex, as you know, is a really nice DAC.  Moved up to the QX5/20 to better it’s performance. I’m sure you have reviewed the manual but again you may want to ensure it has not been set into the volume controlled mode as opposed to straight thr... 
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Lenny White - Big City 
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Jeff Beck - WiredAnalogue Productions 45rpm 
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Love the Heifetz Brahms with Reiner.  Was on my finger tips this evening but decided to go mono...Stavinsky Petronuchka Ansermet conducting L’Orchestre de la Suisse Romande    Decca Sound Mono  
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Mick Taylor - Mick TaylorGil Evans - New Bottle Old WineDuke Ellington and Johnny Hodges - Back to Back 
Itching to upgrade preamp...
I am going to agree with @three_easy-payments suggestion of the VAC Renaissance V.  I use the transformer coupled balanced outputs to drive an Ayre VX-5/20 with excellent results.  The phono section that is an option is also excellent.  
Ayre KV-5 Twenty or Parasound JC 1
When I decided to move from a tube power amp to SS I was lucky enough to be able to in home demo the JC-1 and a VX5/20.  Each was driven by my VAC tube preamp.  Enjoyed both a lot but the Ayre is what has been in my system now for a couple of year...