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| Whats on your turntable tonight? Blondie: Parallel LinesFailure: Fantastic Planet | |
| Are all of these NOS tube inventories real? How have we not consumed them already? @dill I also agree about the Matsushita 7DJ8. Upscale is good. A little pricey, but they definitely do their due diligence with tubes. | |
| Sparko Labs Discrete Op-Amps... Yeah, I just added voltage regulators to my phono pre as well. Not as dramatic of a change as the op amps, but a definite improvement. | |
| Best streamer given my constraints Get a Raspberry Pi, install Volumio, attach your DAC of choice (you may need to buy a DigiCard for TOS) and then configure for Spotify, AirPlay, whatever. | |
| According to the RIAA, It doesn't look good for physical media For my absolute favorite albums, or just albums that I think set a good mood, I do vinyl. For albums that I really enjoy, or maybe just that have a decent number of tracks that I really like, I buy used to CDs and then rip them into FLAC. Everythi... | |
| Where do you buy your CDs these days? Discogs is good | |
| purchasing US made speakers I'm partial to Omega Speakers. Hand made in Connecticut. They use their own proprietary drivers which are also made here in the States. The owner, Louis, It's also great to deal with. | |
| High value, giant killer speakers? I'll tell anyone who will listen to check out Omega Speakers. Their 4.5 inch drivers have a quick and wide presentation and sound great with a sub. Their Alnico drivers have great tone and have a really compelling "layered" kind of sound. Plus, al... |