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Best Forum to hear experienced audiophiles exchange thoughts?
Very well said @mike_in_nc I love the Hoffman Forums but find more hardcore gear talk here so I frequent and enjoy both.  
My Final System Build in Words & Pictures
Bigtwin great job and congrats on your new system I hope it sounds even better than you hoped!  
Is the Technics SP10R motor controller using a switching power supply
You can always run it off a variac or stepdown transformer.  
A Serious Subwoofer
That's not a subwoofer that's a room that is a subwoofer! Awesome to see thanks for the heads up steakster!  
user poll on seperates vs integrated
I’ve also pretty much always used separates and tubed ones at that. That said there are some fantastic integrateds out there these days. My dealer carries some from Synthesis in Italy that sound great and are solid values as well. If you do go the... 
Any Thoughts?
I had some thoughts but sold them for a penny sorry.  
Ripping CD's
+1 dePoweramp great ripping software.  
notable consolidation possibility, should I or not?
One thing to note here you are going from Mutli-channel gear, that you’re using 2 channel, to a dedicated 2 channel integrated likely it will sound better. It will certainly sound different, generally I agree with the guys above best keeping the D... 
My speakers have gone AWOL
Todd let me also add awesome system/room! Those Tannoys are droolworthy sir.  
JBL 4367 = Sleep Denervation
Congrats James sleep deprivation can have odd effects indeed lol and JBL FTW.  
My speakers have gone AWOL
Congratulations Paul I thought this was going to be another non-delivery screed nice to see a happy post!  
What does Nominal Impedance mean?
+ another @milpai almarg is the one poster who could immediately answer any question! And I agree with @dweller nominal in this sense means average,  
Good Suggestions for Tube Amps under 6k
@charles1dad and @carlsbad2 excellent discussion I'll just say I found myself dissatisfied with tubes amps until I heard my first pushpull Class A triode wired amp, since then I've never wanted anything else. 😉  
Good Suggestions for Tube Amps under 6k
Daedalus has been pairing with LTA at audio shows for several years now so it 's a natural match. I quite liked their Z10 integrated last time I heard it at CAF. As usual @charles1dad has some excellent suggestions the AN Oto in particular is a sw... 
Prospectives on Chi-Fi
The column is not about east vs west it simply states that Chinese manufacturing pervades hifi and pretty much every other industry whether you like it or not.