marantz8

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Still looking for a new Moving Coil Cartridge
I'm very satisfied with my Umami Red.  
What's A Good Upgrade From A Manley Steelhead?
I have Chinook SE, not a Steelhead, with a Bob's Devices Sky 20 SUT and a Hana Umami Red cartridge. Adding the SUT was an improvement.  I'm very happy with the results.  
What's A Good Upgrade From A Manley Steelhead?
Are you using it with an SUT?  
Does Anyone Think CD is Better Than Vinyl/Analog?
On the digital side, I’ve ripped all my CD’s and SACD’s to uncompressed FLAC or DSF files which are stored on an SSD ATA hard drive installed in a Roon Nucleus+ and served to a Matrix X-Sabre Pro MQA DAC. The sound is pretty amazing. On the analog... 
Tube Preamp with Solid State Amp?
For years I used a tubed BAT VK30 preamp with a Bryston 4B SST amp, under the theory that it was the best of both worlds.  Prior to that, I had a Counterpoint hybrid amp and preamp, under the theory that hybrid was the best of both worlds.  I've n...