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What are some of the better tuners out there?
A pal swore by his Naim NAT01 with NAPST psu. Thing is, a tuner needs a good antenna otherwise you are wasting your time. I use a radio app on my phone now. 
THE IRS HAS TAKEN MY TRANSACTIONS VIA PAYPAL AND IDENTIFIED THEM AS TAXABLE INCOME
Meanwhile one new billionaire every 17 hours. Billionaires' wealth increased 54% during pandemic while 8,000,000 Americans fell below the poverty line. The ordinary person is taxed to the hilt supporting the country while these guys play with thei... 
Whats on your turntable tonight?
Joni Mitchell ‎– Shadows And Light (Asylum 1980)Great live album. 
Whats on your turntable tonight?
It weighs an additional 0.6 pounds over the older PAC and 1.7 pounds more than the originalCorrection. Should read: It weighs an (approx) additional 1 pound over the older PAC and 2.1 pounds more than the original. 
Whats on your turntable tonight?
@slaw not so much as the mass is centrifugal at the periphery but the boss around the spindle has gone from about an inch to about 2.5 inches. 
Whats on your turntable tonight?
@boxer12 I bought it for another 401 as there was a sale at CTC. Turns out it had a note in the box from Ray Clarke pointing out the update so I installed it on the primary.  
Whats on your turntable tonight?
Leonard Cohen ‎– Ten New Songs (Columbia 2001) 
THE IRS HAS TAKEN MY TRANSACTIONS VIA PAYPAL AND IDENTIFIED THEM AS TAXABLE INCOME
You probably will pay more tax on your audio sales than Bezos pays in a year!Someone posted that same thing recently.  I can't believe the irs is hunting down private sales on used items that were already taxed once.  
Whats on your turntable tonight?
From earlier when I changed the platter on the 401 to the new Precision Audio Components aluminium platter. It weighs an additional 0.6 pounds over the older PAC and 1.7 pounds more than the original, mostly centered around the spindle. Sounds fas... 
Whats on your turntable tonight?
Van Morrison ‎– Tupelo Honey (Warner Bros. 1971) 
Whats on your turntable tonight?
Van Morrison ‎– A Sense Of Wonder (Mercury 1984) 
Very new to high end audio - Recomendations
@death_block As you are in the UK, look at Monitor Audio.  
Very new to high end audio - Recomendations
What makes a 'loudspeaker' any different to a studio monitorI'm not a pro but a monitor generally has to fulfill a number of criteria. 1. Flat frequency response within its range.2. Small enough for close in use so the sound imparted to the engine... 
ORANGE Fuse rejected
Fuse directionality in an alternating current (AC) application is meaningless.Not necessarily true. Metallic wire itself contains crystalline structures of varying orientation and impurity which can affect the transmission of the signal. 
ORANGE Fuse rejected
The Furutech has an extremely long burn-in somewhere between 300-500 hours, so you may have been in that really painful area. I didn't wait that long! I do however use rhodium-plated power cord plugs with UP-OCC wire and like the clean sounding an...