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Tried and true recommendations: headphones, amp, source
^^^Your ignorance shows if you don’t know HeadAmp..As for Utopia being garbage that may be true ONLY for your hearing/brain/tonal preference..I myself simply don’t care for the presentation of ANY transducer with metal drivers,some don’t hear them... 
Heco Aurora
Those Direkt speakers are WAYYY cool,I would love to try the 3 way..Neither Heco USA or Audio Advice have immediate plans to bring in the upper tier Heco's..They just introduced the Aurora 700 in a "Colors"line.One is called Sunset Orange,I WANT I... 
3 New UBER Decks - Is this Turntable's SwanSong? 🦢
@gordon:crap maybe it was the early 90’s,everything but the last 10 years is pretty much a blurred image.. Best of my memory is that he & Julian Hirsch had a big brew ha ha about M.F.’s apparent flip of camps from digital to vinyl.. 
3 New UBER Decks - Is this Turntable's SwanSong? 🦢
@jallan"to this day why folks spend hundreds of thousands on elaborate mechanical devices to play such a seriously flawed media as records. Tape is better"…hahahaha,I remember in about 1981 being thrown out of a Linn dealer in Larkspur Landing,Cal... 
Question about sound proofing: Home Theater in a townhouse
Put whatever you want on the wall,it will NOT stop deep bass from thumping away next door..Time for a new headphone rig. 
3 New UBER Decks - Is this Turntable's SwanSong? 🦢
You vinyl junkies do know that WAYYY back,sometime early 80’s,that "guru"Fremer DID NOT EVEN OWN A TT & in Stereophile magazine STATED DIGITAL WOULD BE KING!!! 
Just got the DT 1990s
This is information you are more likely to find on head-fi.org...Good luck. 
Low(ish) budget receivers with pre-outs?
OP"Receiver would essentially be used to add HDMI’s into the mix".. Why not just get an HDMI switch box?Here is just 1 example..Xantech XT-SW41-4K18G4K-compatible HDMI switcher (4 in/1 out)Item #: 309SW4K18G In stockpasses 4K UHD content at up to ... 
Let's Help Bootstrap Young Audiophiles
 ^^^ HEADPHONES!! I have brought several acquaintances from work into this hobby via ear buds/headphones..Seeing them at work with cheapo Skullcandy or Beats I get them to have a listen to my RHA "MA650i"BT IEM's & that's all it takes.. 
Low(ish) budget receivers with pre-outs?
Haven't looked at surround receivers in at least 10 years so no specific recommendations except to peruse Marantz,Onkyo,Denon,NAD,Arcam,Cambridge Audio,Pioneer & Sony model lines to see if they have what your looking for..Good luck.. 
How does one get off the merry-go-round?
The problem is,you can’t get off the mgr until you’ve gone around enough times to know what sound will make you happy for the long run.. For myself,I’m closer now to end game than ever before but had to move AWAY from an integrated to separates.My... 
**The Official/UnOfficial Audiogon Head-Fi System Thread**
BIG changes this week..Out is the underpowered,unbalanced Burson front end & Sundara headphones.. In is the Audio GD "R28",a fully balanced Resistor to Resistor ladder DAC/Head amp/PreAmp with a MASSIVE 9.5 WATTS to drive the also MASSIVELY in... 
Low(ish) budget receivers with pre-outs?
Sorry but I'm confused.You have an amp & preamp what is the receiver for? NO Digital inputs on PreAmp for Toslink? 
Speakers for triode tube amps
^^^ WHY suggest a speaker that is no longer made by a company that no longer exists? 
Cable co. is forcing me to rent or buy what they call a
^^^ Maple rings at UHF,I much prefer Walnut..