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Choosing a good preamp
@kamiar Don’t let one comment get you down. Americans who only speak one language get annoyed when someone who can speak more than one makes a mistake. Welcome and hang in there! 
Who remembers audio from the time when ...
@dweller Can you tell me where you got those $50 earbuds?  
Choosing a good preamp
I'd ask the opposite. Why don't people use "flowery" language? And by not doing so, who do they "desire" to impress? 
Phono Preamp
^ We're talking about a phono amp not a 400w transmitter! 
Phono Preamp
If you are going to the UK, check out Croft Acoustics.  I run two 25R phono preamps with custom tubes. He has various RIAA only models. Glorious with non-MC cartridges. 
Most annoying song, period.
Every one of those Leonard Cohen's Hallalueh covers, especially when they think it's religious.  
Whats on your turntable tonight?
@uberwaltz Judy Tzuke, Stay With me til Dawn was a big fav back in high school dances. 
Bookshelf speakers for a NAD C368 integrated amp
Kef LS50. Assuming you have space and stands and not actual bookshelves.For less money, look at the Klipsch RP600. 
Broken hearted...magnepan and vandersteen
@tomic601 I listened to them at a hotel demo for 2 hours on some top flight sources and AQ cables. They were good but not $150k good. Admittedly, it was a hotel. But other systems sounded better and they had their best shot in a big space. 
SP10mk2: OMA Graphite plinth vs.Dobbins plinth
@chakster You could reach out to Robyn Wyatt in New Jersey Robyatt Audio.He had one on demo at a NY audio show. It sounded decent. 
Whats on your turntable tonight?
Judy Collins ‎– A Maid Of Constant Sorrow (Elektra 1961 mono)Judy Collins - 3 (Elektra 1963 mono)Judy Collins - In My Life (Elektra 1966) 
Broken hearted...magnepan and vandersteen
At least you didn't buy the $65k Vandersteen 7 with their really expensive tall amps. Underwhelmingly expensive for what you get. 
Most annoying song, period.
The worst is that dreadful whistling at live concerts.  
Warm up time for amps
While heat can be indicative of how warmed up an amplifier is, the corollary is not necessarily true.I would imagine it is more to do with capacitors stabilizing and tubes and semiconductors reaching their operationally optimum parameters. Therefo... 
Whats on your turntable tonight?
The Doors - Absolutely Live (Elektra 1970)Awesome live album. 3D audience acoustic.