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A solid tube photo stage around 1500
@simao There's a Allnic here: Allnic H-1201 PHONO PRE For Sale - US Audio Mart  
A solid tube photo stage around 1500
Coronavirus notwithstanding, ask Keith over with his amp for a listen. Maybe you might not like it. Then that’s put to bed. Or maybe you must have it and can work a deal or decide it’s a better investment to put down the $2k and the rest on a card... 
Kef LS50
They are good. 300w amp. Blown tweeter. You like it loud? Maybe the LS50 is not suitable?  
At91r vs at95e on at lp3
Why not just try it? The elliptical 95 may sound brighter and less forgiving of any harshness in the music. But you might like the extra kick.  
Whats on your turntable tonight?
Phoebe Snow ‎– Phoebe Snow (Shelter 1974) 
The Best Live Recordings on Youtube
NPR Tiny Deskhttps://www.npr.org/series/tiny-desk-concerts/ 
I just bought a Steinway which sounds like a banjo.
I cannot remember the antique grande piano offhand. But I was hanging with some pals in a piano store. We’d never heard of any of the makers except Steinway so we were cooing over it. Piano salesman comes over and informed us that said piano was j... 
Help with some big ol' used DIY speakers
Reminds me of the big cabs I built out of plywood back in the day. 12" McKenzie bass drivers and horn tweeters. Rolled out for parties, they shook the house. 
Whats on your turntable tonight?
@mammoth +1  Alice Cooper  'Welcome To My Nightmare' I have the original. What a cracking sleeper album. 
Choosing an SUT?
Lundahl LL 1933  
Cary SLI-80 with one blown rectifier tube, BUT STILL WORKS just fine. How?
@atmasphere Old thread. I wanted to try FRED's in my preamp. Care to clue me in on the type you're using? B+ is 350Vdc.I'm looking at trying these (IXYS Diode 15A 1200V HiPerFred) but heard they aren't as transparent as these (Rectifiers 15A 600V ... 
Tinnitus sufferer: is it the speakers or the 24bits/192kHz
My Quad ESL on the end of my high resolution vinyl system can ring the tin when too loud —80dB+ My Spendors with sub can go to 90dB with no hurting. I think it's the broad wall of sound thing. There's a lot of energy in those panels.   
Do you have a "Music" Friend?
Nope.......But one night a few years ago my entire extended family sat through 90 mins of Roger Waters In The Flesh DVD on a 90" screen and were blown away. 
Whats on your turntable tonight?
@spiritofradio I used listen to a lot of YouTube music. I heard the Thanatos track first. Then Spiracle. So I bought the record. She's talented. Prefer the older piano work. 
List your System Ingredients: Listed most to least expensive, by list price or price paid
Museatex(Meitner) 24 strand solid core speaker cablesNot exactly solid core!