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Integrated Tube Amp Demo
Heads up, these amps, tubes, internal coupling caps all can take upwards of 100hrs to burn in to start sounding right.  good point decooney 
Buying a DAC when you can't try it first
opi believe soix’s recommendation was to get a node 2i as a streamer, and then couple it with an mhdt or audio mirror dac... that combination would yield what we who support this recommendation believe will be a substantial improvement in sound qu... 
Buying a DAC when you can't try it first
opbe clearwhat did you buy and are you claiming marginal improvement?node 2i or mhdt orchid or both?2 hours after you posted to soix ’you had just bought it’? 
Gryphon Diablo 250 vs Hegel390
it is about the sound ... i think...but perhaps sometimes ocd prevails, i get it...   :) 
VTA?
lots of good tables lack arm pivot height adjustment to help set a good SRAjust have to use shims/spacers ... or worse case, switch carts to have one with proper setup 
Buying a DAC when you can't try it first
yepsoix hits nail on headnothing more to add 
VPI Magic Brick threads deleted
i too still have a half dozen of thesei don’t think they improve the sound in any way other than mass loading some components and reducing resonancesbut they are handy for that purposemore useful than that shakti stone BS for sure 
MM Cartridge Talk
well if we are heading back down memory lane for oldies but goodies i would nominate the micro acoustics series especially their ma2002e with their electret conducer - super low mass great tracker nice balanced sound 
Class A or AB Solid State Integrated Amp for Spendor D9's - Coming from Tubes
spendors are amp friendly, not hard to drive, not too inefficient, not too prone to high frequency stridencyany well regarded top flight solid state amp that has decent power 50-75-100 wpc and is free of typical solid state nasties will shineayreh... 
So you have a great hi end stereo preamp, but
@decooney Same question opened in different threads over and over, looks familiar:https://forum.audiogon.com/discussions/hi-end-tube-preamps-it-s-all-about-functionalityas i said in an earlier post, this is the new village idiot with megaphone in ... 
Tube phono preamp vs parasound hint phono stage
tablejockey is right to say no one will know but you what works in your system, for your earsin general though, most really good sounding 2 channel systems that music lovers love for a warm natural engaging full bodied sound will have at least 1 o... 
need cartridge suggestion
second recommendation on dyna's - they are excellentshelter and benz too... 
Issue with ProAc D40 speaker - any suggestions to resolve the issue
listenerlet us know... hope it is something simple as has been suggested!! 
VPI Magic Brick threads deleted
rodmanbut then they would need to delete about 10,000 other threads on here about cables fuses springs etc etc LOL 
MM Cartridge Talk
my fave for years has been the grace f9 with various different original or aftermarket stylihave tried many others - nagaokas, goldrings, of course various audio technica, ortofon, clearaudios - always come back to the grace with its warm open nat...