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Whats on your turntable tonight?
Roy Harper ‎– HQ (Science Friction LE, RM, 180g 2017) 
Whats on your turntable tonight?
A few from earlier:Jay McShann Featuring Claude Williams ‎– The Man From Muskogee (Sackville Recordings 1973)Wonderful album. Jazz blues with violin. 
Albums you played endlessly growing up
LW3 is an interesting dude for sure. His autobiography is worth a read.  
Why audiophiles are different (explained with color)
Just like the Greeks who are blind to blue, these audiophiles are deaf to imaging.MC, or perhaps blind to it. 
Different volumes while streaming
Ha! Vinyl is the same. As fuzztone said, it's just the source material and how it was recorded. 
Albums you played endlessly growing up
OldhvyDead skunk in the middle of the road..That's Loudon Wainwright lll not The Beatles.  
Is it possible that tubes actually get better with age?
Maybe the OP is asking if unused tubes sound better as they age like cellared wines. 
General question on Carbon fiber tonearms versus aluminum
it is possible that the live sound from aluminum, if indeed  it is from the arm itself, could be energy from the cartridge that is causing the arm to color the sound in a rather pleasing way.  The dead sound from fiber, if indeed it is from the a... 
General question on Carbon fiber tonearms versus aluminum
That subtle lack of noise and distortion in the upper frequencies were considered a lack of "air" and consequently colored the sound in a bad way.  This isn't the same as acoustic ringing or damping. Dolby effectively filtered frequencies (-3 dB a... 
Hdmi causes crosstalk between external preamp sources
If it were me, I’d disconnect everything one at a time until the issue stopped. Then plug the offending item back and see if the issue comes back. Once that single issue is, um, singled out, you can do more targeted troubleshooting.  
Whats on your turntable tonight?
The Beatles ‎– Abbey Road (Apple 2019 RM Ani) 
Whats on your turntable tonight?
Dawn Of The Century Ragtime Orchestra ‎– Silks And Rags (Arcane 1972) 
Whats on your turntable tonight?
Doc Evans And His Dixieland Band ‎– Muskrat Ramble (Audiophile 1959) 
Question on VTF (What should i adjust it to?)
Except, it's an actual phenomenon. I just brought the Decca down to 1.55 from 1.65 and the metal percussion on the Doc Evans album on the table moved three feet into the room.  
Please Educate Me
Digital isn't just 1s and 0s. There is a whole bunch of processing actions at play like error correction, power supply noise, quality of chips and sampling rates etc. The better the device and the lower the amount of error-correction required, the...