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What Budget turntable should I buy?
Find a used Rega Planar 3 with a nice cartridge. It should fit easily within your price range and is as good or better than any of the tables you've listed there. 
Audiophile oddities
You might want to consider smoking one of those little black rocks for an unbelievable musical high! 
Best Used DAC for 1000?
if you can find a Timbre TT1 Dac for $5-800, do it. It is one of the richest, most analog like DAC's out there but it doesn't shortchange you on detail. 
Help: Classe CAV75 problem?
My c-j premiere 11a does the say thing, though it is more of a dull thump. I think this is a not uncommon occurence with various amps regardless of design. 
Is this the norm?
Thanks for all the support guys. My outlook stays positive, it was just a bit disconcerting to have this happen twice on one item after dealing with so many cool people. But as you have said there is no actual loss, I'll just consider it a learnin... 
Attention Conrad Johnson Premier 11A owners
I'm using Sonus Faber Grand Piano's, the original version. I love the sound, warm but detailed with great extension at the frequency extremes. Soundstaging is also superb, extending well outside the speakers.Jon 
Upgrade CD player or wait
If you have a substantial amount invested in CD's it makes sense to upgrade to a good CD player. Chances are, even if one of the new formats catches on, still an iffy proposition, you won't repurchase every title you own on CD in the new format, p... 
Tube Question
Sdcampbell, Thanks for the advice that's a good idea. This is going to make me sound like an idiot but I don't know how to change the tubes, it didn't come with a manual and I can't figure out how to remove the top cover. I ordered a manual from A... 
Bryston B60 - Is it worth it?
Vlad, I owned a B-60 for 2 1/2 years. It performed flawlessly and never failed to sound great. The only reason I sold it was to get into tubes and even then I had planned to keep it for a second system until that was vetoed by my live in girlfrien... 
help me with cheap tape deck.
There are plenty of Nakamichi decks on this site. Most good 3 head decks from Nak should have all or most of the features and the build quality you're looking for. For specific info on what models have what features just go to www.naks.com . Good ... 
Tube preamp With 2 single ended outputs.
My Air Tight ATC-1 has two identical single ended outputs and sounds great. 
How Do You Decide What to Listen To?
Actually, that was supposed to be beads of blood! Just not the same effect, oh well. 
How Do You Decide What to Listen To?
I stare at my CD/LP collection until beads of sweat form on my forehead. 
Integrated amp into Lightspeed?
I ran a Bryston B-60 into a Chang 3200 for years with great results. Lowered noise floor and no dynamic limiting that I could detect. I'd say go for it! 
Will people buy Snake Oil?
I will wait for the SE version to come out and then buy that, but it would have to be extremely expensive.