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Turntable lid up or off?
My forced air hvac system creates a LOT of dust, I could never leave a dust cover off when not in use.UP, to avoid ’trapping’ and ’reflecting’ micro vibrations.OFF, if possible, for appearance, at least for long listening sessions, I guess I would... 
Compression Titanium Worlds finest tweet ever engineered
It is worth noting the difference/separation of the driver from the horntitanium as a material for driverstitanium material specifically for tweeters.horn loading ANY tweeterhorn loading a Titanium tweeter.Off you go 
Equalization for vinyl nirvana
Nice list of equipment, you should be in Vinyl Nirvana without additional EQ.I like adjustable preamps. I am still suspicious of your preamp settings, and now also wondering about your amp settings. Options are terrific, UNTIL they aren't.It is ea... 
30 foot long Balanced Cables to Balanced/RCA Adapters into Amp's Stereo RCA inputs?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finally,_Betty_CarterIt sounds sooooo good on the Oppo 105. I love Jazz Bass as well as Betty, the rise and decay of the bass notes is the best I ever heard them.I'm looking for this on Vinyl! The Oppo is gonna give m... 
Russian Tube Preamp, No Return, Here I go again
jondI just wrote to the seller, he gets what I get, simply 'in transit' since march 1st. He mentioned Boxberry, anyone know anything about them?"For my part, I try to constantly send requests to the Russian Post. They answer - "the package is bein... 
Russian Tube Preamp, No Return, Here I go again
just saw this interesting preamp, doo deep for my bookshelves, but thought I'd pass along the findhttps://www.ebay.com/itm/VTA-VACUUM-TUBE-AUDIO-ALL-TUBE-PREAMP-MODEL-SP9-w-BASS-TREBLE-PH-12-PHONO-S... 
What do you have on order RIGHT NOW.
Bought and just received a barely used OPPO BDP-105 blu-ray player, based on it’s highly regarded audio. (BDP-83 was returned).Direct to my Tube amp, sounds terrific. Tried long XLR cables, didn’t work out, if interested in failure:https://forum.a... 
30 foot long Balanced Cables to Balanced/RCA Adapters into Amp's Stereo RCA inputs?
Ah, the best made plans of men and mice. What I learned: How smart I am! Huh? Yes, smart enough to know a whirlpool bath combined with a mixture of 2 Naproxen and 1 Aspirin helps relieve the pain from the worthless job of hunching over in the c... 
30 foot long Balanced Cables to Balanced/RCA Adapters into Amp's Stereo RCA inputs?
Ah, the best made plans of men and mice. What I learned: How smart I am! Huh? Yes, smart enough to know a whirlpool bath combined with a mixture of 2 Naproxen and 1 Aspirin helps relieve the pain from the worthless job of hunching over in the cra... 
Russian Tube Preamp, No Return, Here I go again
roxy54i'll quote lewm"The BDP105 and the 205 are possibly the best DVD players ever made that are not astronomically expensive". that's my goal with anything. 
30 foot long Balanced Cables to Balanced/RCA Adapters into Amp's Stereo RCA inputs?
Use with a shorter cable?Use a cable you have laying around? 
30 foot long Balanced Cables to Balanced/RCA Adapters into Amp's Stereo RCA inputs?
lewm,IF I stay with the long run, I will probably upgrade to the Jensen.IF, without a proper transfer box, it defeats the advantage of Balanced, why do they make and sell these? https://www.amazon.com/Cardas-Audio-Male-Adapters-MRCA-MXLR/dp/B00VMV... 
Russian Tube Preamp, No Return, Here I go again
I did that. It never occurred to me: he doesn't have any current listings, so nothing came up.I was looking to find his profile: approval rating, sales history, evidently has sold 360 items,nothing came up. i_quadius  
Tube Amp Doctor tad black plate KT-88
I don't know, I'll just chime in that when I changed from 6550's to KT88's, I definitely preferred the KT88's, even though the 6550's sounded darn good. 
30 foot long Balanced Cables to Balanced/RCA Adapters into Amp's Stereo RCA inputs?
clearthinker Big Thinker.1st, Two units? That is not in my DNA.2nd, the lowest current price for BDP-105 is $950, that’s the one I bought for $900. The Darbee unit (even better video?) is another $100. typically.https://www.hifishark.com/model/opp...