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Springsteen's "Magic" on vinyl, opinions?
Rosedanny - I have the Seeger Sessions on LP and I think the recording is good. 
Springsteen's "Magic" on vinyl, opinions?
I agree with you the CD version sounds bad, so bad in fact I thought I had a bad CD. Anyway liked the music so I got the LP. The vinyl is an improvement but IMHO not a great recording. 
Benefits of DAC & Transport vs. CD player
I agree with Lak's comments, you can't generalize because it all depends on what combo you are comparing with what cd player. Right now I use an Acurus ACD-11 as my transport as a lot of time and expense was put into that unit's air dampening syst... 
Best bang for the buck turntable?
IMHO focus on the full setup - turntable, phono pre-amp and record cleaning machine. If you are just getting back into vinyl I would recommend starting at the low end, compare with your CD player and then with a known reference point, upgrade as y... 
Re-discovered Satellite Radio..
Similar to your experience with Sirius, I discovered with XM that a moderately priced DAC make a big difference in the sound quality. Having said that I think that you will find significant additional sound quality improvements hard to come by as ... 
Best DAC to use with Polk XM tuner?
I somewhat agree with the points in some of the other comments, XM radio sound quality is not worth going out and spending big bucks for a DAC, the source and not the conversion is probably the limiting factor. However, I have two moderately price... 
LP "Cutouts"
I agree with Swampwalker, typically the cutouts, whether they are holes or saw marks on the edges, were used to denote overstocks that would be sold by stores at reduced prices and were a way the stores could tell that, if someone returned one. If...