oldschool1948

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Just wanted to introduce myself.
I've had a Teac X-10R since about 1982.  With it, I use a dbx 224 to remove tape hiss and dbx 3bx range expander.  Back in the day, I'd spend hours and sometimes days mixing a 10" reel, or simply recording some of my favorite albums.  I don't have... 
Whats on your turntable tonight?
Roberta Flack "Chapter Two""The Issac Hayes Movement"Sade "Promise"War "All Day Music" 
How do you store and catalog your vinyl?
I've separated my albums and CDs into two broad categories, Jazz/Blues and then everything else (Soul, R&B, and soft Rock). I sort them by the first letter of the artist or group name.   I have about 1,200 albums - some of which I don't list... 
Help with advice for high end speaker cables for my system!
Try Blue Jeans Cable.  Custom made cables at a good price.https://www.bluejeanscable.com/store/speaker/index.htm 
LP Cleaning
My okki nokki mk2 works well for me. 
Leaving Solid State Equipment on all the Time
I agree that heat is the enemy of electronic equipment.  I also think that if kept cool, you can run your equipment 7/24 with no issues.  Computers are a good example of that.  My desktop computer is liquid cooled, runs 7x24, and I've never had a ... 
Leaving Solid State Equipment on all the Time
I must say, my music does sound much better when I leave the equipment on.  My NAD M12 pre/dac and M22 v2 power amp have a standby mode, but the Zenith does not.  First chance I get, I'm going to place the NADs in standby mode for a few hours and ... 
Tidal and Squeezebox
I run LMS on a Innous Zenith and a Synology NAS.  The Zenith is in my main system, it is synchronized with a SqueezeBox Duet connected to a secondary system in my rec room.The Synology NAS is connected to a Raspberry PI in my home office and 4 Air... 
Whats in your second system?
My first system is now my second system in my rec room:Group 1:McIntosh C31V A/V controllerMcIntosh MC2600 power ampMcIntosh 7008 cd changerMcIntosh TunerTimeWindow 3 speakersGroup 2:Pioneer SPEC4 power ampSoundCraftsman SP4001 equalizer/preBoston... 
blue jeans cable?
First I made my own bi-wire cables :-).  Bought a pair of their Canare cables and the sound improvement was rather dramatic.  The build quality is outstanding IMHO, and the price was definitely right.  
Leaving Solid State Equipment on all the Time
Zenith setup is very user friendly. Instead of Roon, I use LMS  because I have several Squeezebox Duets, Raspberry PI Squeezelight players, and AirPlay speakers making up my whole house music system.  I have the 2 TB model and have started ripping... 
Leaving Solid State Equipment on all the Time
My equipment:NAD M12 preamp/dacNAD M22 v2 power ampInnous Zenith MKII media playerTechniques SL-1600MK2 turntable I’m going to leave them on for a while just to see what happens. 
My experience after lost of 20k$
+1  Innous Zenith MKII 
20 Amp Power Cables into a 15A Power Conditioner
If you use an adaptor it will be detrimental to your sound just use the right connector!! That's my intention.  I was offered a good deal on 20 amp cables and was just looking at options. 
20 Amp Power Cables into a 15A Power Conditioner
Thanks for the advice.