grislybutter

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Relative Importance of Analog Components
@needfreestuff  that's why the question was in the scope of upgrade, which one would be the best improvement  
Musical Surroundings Phonomena II+ -OR- Moon 110lp v2 -OR- Parasound ZPhono XRM Phono
@boothroyd  what are you, a magician? Everything you said is spot on. I did lower he slider away 1.75 and it did improve the higher frequencies a lot.  I did level the turntable, and always check that first. I need to learn more about gain and... 
Relative Importance of Analog Components
I have absolutely 0 contributions here dude, i am here to learn. I will skip your comments if you don't mind, way too sophisticated for my pea brain....  
Relative Importance of Analog Components
why are you capitalizing words? Are you abducted and we are supposed to decode something? It’s freaky  
Has anyone noticed a slow down in sales?
for me, these prices are wildly out of my budget (anything over 4-500 bucks for a component) so when used prices come down, I welcome it  
I feel bad for Generation X and The Millennial's
"is lucky if it gets chosen" it gets chosen ALL the time. That's all I hear. We must be getting wildly different commercials  
Relative Importance of Analog Components
@pindac wow, haven't felt this confused in years (and I wake up confused)  
Has anyone noticed a slow down in sales?
@moonwatcher  I think this hobby requires a lot of time and money which most people in the 20s, 30s and 40s don't have, they rather travel, raise kids, buy stocks, real estate, etc. But just like writing, listening to music as more appealing tha... 
Relative Importance of Analog Components
I am in the cartridge - phono stage camp, for now. But it vastly depends on the entire chain, with low-end bookshelf speakers, I wouldn't invest in a phono stage.  And clean those LPs, that makes a huge difference!  
Best turntable under $4000
good question. I think DJs have different requirements than introvert audiophiles. I think Linn would pass most of those (DJs').  
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they are also parsing and deleting messages with no discretion, I got my message moderated for including contact information. Which I absolutely didn't.  
Warm and accurate bookshelves that can handle volume
aside from all the shortcomings of the Lintons  
Musical Surroundings Phonomena II+ -OR- Moon 110lp v2 -OR- Parasound ZPhono XRM Phono
@audphile1  I set it as described in the manual. I have no idea how to change with the rest and if I tried, I would absolutely mess it up.  
Warm and accurate bookshelves that can handle volume
I had warm amps or sources. Good speakers don't color the sound.  
Musical Surroundings Phonomena II+ -OR- Moon 110lp v2 -OR- Parasound ZPhono XRM Phono
@pkatsuleas I love the sound, especially the vintage sound, that CDs can't recreate. All the imperfections, background noises, everything that brings it alive.