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Need a shipping box for Technics SL-1200-MKII
Go to mrboxonline.com. They will custom make any size box at a reasonable price and send it to you. They also have packing materials.I purchased made-to-order double boxes and styrofoam sheets from them to pack & ship a pair of Dunlavy IV-A sp... 
Advice on using a laser for speaker positioning
I've used the Genelec Speaker Angle app on my cell phone for toe-in. 
Tidal equivalent for Classical?
Qobuz offers a classical music stream in FLAC. 
Whats the weirdest concert you ever attended?
David Bowie at Knight Center in Miami. After Stereophonics opened, a stagehand fell from the scaffolding, landed on his head and died on the stage in front of the crowd. Bowie was canceled and we went home saddened.Genitorturers at the old Cameo T... 
Who believes that Robert Plant
Huh? No women? Janis Joplin? Grace Slick? Patti Smith? 
Looking for pre with 2 volume controls.
Croft Acoustics. Hand-made, point-to-point wiring, all tube. I had one years ago. I found it to be a sweet pre and relatively reasonably priced. 
Transmission line Subwoofers?
Wisdom still does. Check their website. 
Four Seasons
Dmitry Sinkovsky & La Voce Strumentale, Naive OP30559 CD 
Anyone love TIDAL lossless streaming like I do?
I also love Tidal. It makes me wonder if I need physical media at all. My LP's, CD's, and hard drive all require care and space to one degree or another. And what a pleasure to sit on the couch and call up new releases on my system from my iPad or... 
righteous reggae mon
Having visited Jamaica many times, I'm convinced there is a reggae cover for every song, from "Take Me Home West Virginia" (or "Sweet Jamaica") to "Hava Nagila."Probably the first well-known Jamaican cover was the ska beat "My Boy Lollipop" from 1... 
righteous reggae mon
Also not new, but Bunny Wailer, an original of the three Wailers, along with Bob Marley and Peter Tosh, has made some great records. His first, "Blackheart Man," is a reggae classic. 
Squeezebox/Roku Modern Equivalents?
Sonos has many advantages, but it only plays up to 48kHz. Bluesound plays 192kHz. 
Squeezebox/Roku Modern Equivalents?
Bluesound Node seems like an alternative to the Squeezebox. (I'm still using my Squeezebox Touch.) Bluesound Vault has streaming and storage. 
Tidal ickstream outage
BTW, that's log-in on the ickstream website, not the Squeezebox app. 
Tidal ickstream outage
Thanks for the tip.I found a simpler solution on a forum on ickstream.1. Log in to ickstream from your device2. Go to "Services"3. Delete Tidal4. Add TidalWorked for me and, I agree, seems to sound better . . and no dropouts lately.