fatdaddy2

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How often do you upgrade turntable ?
ELAC Miracord 630 (ca 1970) Rega Planar 2 Rega Planar 3 Garrard 401 (currently in storage with broken tonearm and cart) Technics 1210D Hana ML Future? Another Technics w/mono cart  
Are Headphones Fit for Serious Music Listening?
At 2 in the morning with family members still asleep for another 4 hours, it's headphones or nothing.  Quite satisfied with my K801's with mod'ed cables and WA6 tube amp.  
"The room can totally wreck, or make, a system"
This is why it is so difficult to get new entrants into this hobby; we keep making it more complicated (and expensive) for newbies to put together a system (including room) that is acceptable to 'us" and not subject to outright ridicule and scorn.  
New remastering of Steely Dan's Katy Lied review by Fremer
IME, fidelity wise, Katy Lied is one of the worst sounding albums I have ever heard. Wow.  Either not a lot of experience listening, or just making the statement to draw flies. Haven't seen a thread with this much overstated garbage in a long time.  
a 3 way design speaker with the ESS Heil type sound
Look into Piega.  
Class A bias, speaker sensitivity, watts...?
Yes; for.a small office you've got probably 10x the power you need for those listening levels.  A, A/B or other, watts is watts.  
Retirement integrated amp for a “fiscal conservative”…..Part 1: I have a plan
From someone in your age group (a couple of years older) and dealing with tinnitus and hearing loss (old age sucks!), I've found a Luxman class-A integrated to be my "end game" component.  At your budget, you can probably get any of their gear, at... 
Such Great help before. Maybe some more help now
I supplement my Forte IV's with a REL S/510 (driven by Luxman class A).  One of the best extra investments I ever made; seamless sound and disappears as a separate sound source, once properly set up (and that part was easy).  
Class A\B or D for summer months (vs Class A)
You can't beat.a class A for room heating during the winter!  (Luxman, driving Forte IV's)  
Which inexpensive speaker cables...
They may be slightly above your budget, but Morrow should be considered, even their 1-series.  For me, replaced Purist Audio Design (PAD) as I needed long runs,, and appreciate the low profile and flexibility of the Morrow cables.  No sacrifice in... 
Getting a Divorce and can now buy floor standing speakers
Klipsch Forte IV or Cornwall IV.  Just remember, these were the most expensive speakers you'll ever buy!  
3k budget for Turntable and Phono Noob- do I need external power supplies?
For that level of TT and cart, NO WAY!  As suggested, get the best you can afford now, buy a few hundred albums, listen, listen, listen, then forget the power supply and upgrade your TT a few times before you ever think PS again.  (Unless of cours... 
NEW Tekton Design Speakers - The Bonnevilles
And it's not even April 1 yet!  
Favorite scream in rock?
My Woman From Tokyo by Deep Purple  
BEST SPEAKER THAT COMES TO LIFE AT LOW LISTENING LEVELS
+1 for audiologist appointment.  That will at least tell you where your hearing frequency issues are, which may direct you to a completely different solution than you think. Keep spending money if you like, but at your (our) age, that may not be t...