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Vinyl Care
@theaudiohiffle I've had the LAST cleaning system around for decades using the all-purpose cleaning solution (I would never use so called "preservatives" on my records or stylus!) and no matter what you do it always leaves residue. When I was stil... 
Whats on your turntable tonight?
Bee Gees - Idea, ATCO Records LP  
Develop a hierarchy for phono playback
Simply choosing a cartridge for which it's compliance and mass matches that of your tonearm's regardless of cost before even attempting a proper alignment. @intactaudio  I think you left the most important factor off your list and that is cartr... 
Vinyl Care
@mswale said, "Record cleaning is almost a religion onto it’s self." I’ll never make cleaning records a hobby!  
What are your thoughts on Raidho?
Cool! I like these.  Raidho TD2.2 Floor Standing Loudspeaker    
Whats on your turntable tonight?
Electric Light Orchestra - Move Enterprises LTD. Presents the Services of the Electric Light Orchestra, United Artist Records LP Electric Light Orchestra - A new World Record, Legacy LP  
Whats on your turntable tonight?
John Coltrane Quartet - Ballads, Verve Acoustic Sound Series  
Would you buy a tube amp if you were unable to use vintage tubes in it ?
  @steakster So, what are those things that look like space heaters with rows of piezo tweeters across the top? Subs? I bet you’re also going to tell me all of your equipment is so esoteric that I’ve never heard of any of it with the exception of... 
Whats on your turntable tonight?
Eric Dolphy - Eric Dolphy at the Five Spot, Analog Productions LP  
Help - static noise in speakers
@mojo771 "Audioquest Red River" are these your speaker cables? I can't find any reference to that being a line of Audioquest speaker cable, interconnect yes.  Its much more helpful if you accurately include the brand and model of the equipment, yo... 
Which amplifier
@andu Voice of reason!  
Whats on your turntable tonight?
Eric Dolphy with Booker Little - Far Cry, Analog Productions LP Kenny Dorham - Quiet Kenny, Analog Productions LP  
Would you buy a tube amp if you were unable to use vintage tubes in it ?
I have a tube integrated and an all tube phono stage.  The integrated uses 3 JJ 12au7s in the gain and driver stage and a quad of unidentifiable 6L6GCs in the power output stage. The only identifying features I can see through the vents on the top... 
Speaker set up for more than 1 person
Its completely normal for the sweet spot to move with the listener in a properly set up speaker arrangement. Anything you do to accommodate additional listeners occupying the sofa will compromise the sweet spot for whoever is sitting there. Why no... 
SACD Player/Transport Choices
  No, it does not! Please note the following from my previous post, do with it what you will - "DSD over USB In 2012, representatives from many companies and others developed a standard to represent and detect DSD audio within PCM frames; the s...