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Whats on your turntable tonight?
@tgib, great album. Something/Anything was the first album I bought to play on my first good stereo system. The Todd's music had so much detail and so many different percussion touches....it was ahead of it's time. He may have been a Runt back th... 
Whats on your turntable tonight?
Went through my stack of Beatles 45’s tonight. A lot of work with 3 minute songs on each side, but worth it!  
Whats on your turntable tonight?
Boz Scaggs: "Dig" He pays more attention to sound quality on this album compared to others I've heard, and the tracks are quite diverse...a departure from the more pop oriented music he's known for. Lately, I've been streaming it often, so tonig... 
Michael Aday (Metloaf) has passed away.
He was a great performer!  I still know every word in the lyrics of "Paradise by The Dashboard Light". RIP wildman!  
Share MYSTICAL, HAUNTING songs
Crosby, Stills & Nash: "Helplessly Hoping" Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young: "4 and 20" Boz Scaggs: "I just go"  
Please recommend speakers
I have a pair of the Kef Q350's that the OP mentions. They are great speakers with nice, clear mids and highs and surprisingly good bass. Part of that good bass comes from the rear port, which would not fare well in a bookshelf. You could try pl... 
Share MYSTICAL, HAUNTING songs
Peter Gabriel: Mercy Street https://www.songfacts.com/facts/peter-gabriel/mercy-street  
Please recommend speakers
Leemaze, Perhaps they might fit, lying flat on the shelf. Sith Audio makes audiophile knick knacks that can be placed on the speaker, enhancing 3d imaging, if there’s any room left after filling up the space with high-end, snob appeal watches. :)  
Please recommend speakers
Dougm5740 "Magnepan LRS, Dayton sub...done" Done listening, maybe. LRS and all Maggies are well known to need lots of current... something not provided by a small chip amp. Without good current the Maggies are dull and lifeless.  
Beautiful Music That Reduce You To Tears
Joni Mitchell:  "River" "The last time I saw Richard" Both from the "Blue" album.  
Has anyone heard the new PS Audio Strata, Integrated Amp/DAC/streamer?
Wow, sorry you're going through all that. It's pretty surprising,  given PS A's reputation. I was in the beta program, ready to purchase a beta unit when Covid shutdowns drastically cut into my income, forcing me to re-think spending a couple gr... 
To extend Ethernet to remote location, are Powerline extenders or Mesh systems better?
Mesh systems are much better than extenders. TP Link makes good ones as does Google. I have 3 Google mesh access points and they work great in my plaster & lath walled house... where extenders always fell short. I have the ethernet-out port ... 
If you have a CD Player, you need to do this periodically...
Well, I ordered one, thanks to Jerryg123's post. With so many recommendations, it was hard to resist for a paltry $20. I just checked the link again and saw that they are sold out now. Not to worry, there's a couple of sellers on eBay selling u... 
Integrated vs. Separates on a Budget
Klimt  The Bluesound Node has an acceptable DAC built in so it has both digital and analog outputs. The analog outputs would work with your Denon. When/if you get a new integrated that has a DAC in it, you can use the digital outputs on the Node... 
I had a question related to Class D
It seems odd to me that a manufacturer would post output specs at 10% THD. Who cares? Why wouldn't they publish specs for a listenable THD? My Parasound New Classic 200 Integrated uses Pascal D modules outputting 110 wpc with .05% THD @ 4 or 8 o...