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Everybody’s Top 5 - Vinyl
Impossible to narrow it down to a top five.  At least it is for me.  But, is the question about sonic qualities or simply great music.  Some great music doesn't sound very good and some sonically superb recordings is just flat boring music.  I kee... 
Audiophile Vacations
PuLeez, We are not talking about looking at Audio stores in Africa when on Safari or in the African bush.  I've lived and worked in Africa off & on for over 35 years. You won't find any good audio stores outside of Joburg or Nairobi. But, give... 
Audiophile Vacations
Being an audiophile is a hobby, why are folks making it out to be onerous chore to visit an a high end audio dealer or great brick & mortar music store when traveling or on vacation?  I don't get it. 
Fluids....
Oh man, here we go again.  Not to be sarcastic but I went down this path once.  Must have been a 12  to 15 ideas about fluids, both commercial and homemade.  But in the end what I deduced was that everybody liked their system and their fluids and ... 
Lay Off the Newbies!
@chayro  Somehow we survived, listening to our Sansui receivers and JBL L-100s in bedrooms thick with pot smoke and spilled Boone's Farm. I love it!  Thanks for the memories.  I'll add turning the lights down and listening to Rick Wakeman's Jou... 
Bergmann Galder Turntable
Whatever about the guy doing the demo, question was about the turntable. 
I’m new and slightly confused!
Tammy to the Rescue!!!! 
Audiophile Vacations
Charlie,Good Point.  I'll be over there in Gig Harbor around November 1st for my annual cemetery visit.  I like Bourbon.   
Naim introduce a turntable - the Solstice Special Edition
I'm pretty sure that Clearaudio builds turntables for other brands.  McIntosh is Clearaudio, is it not?  But Mac's don't reach that price point, even with a great cartridge upgrade.   
Your favorite audio cartoons
I'm trying to find a copy of a line drawn cartoon where a young child is sitting in from of a turntable and a wall as tall as the sky of LPs.  It is a poster on the wall of a Vinyl shop near me.  Ring a bell for anyone?Agreed, this post had me lau... 
I heard the Box
SO, what does the box actually sound like?  Not sure if I have heard it, but maybe. 
Gryphon Diable 300 DAC vs. Lumin X1 DAC
Sorry folks, my phrasing may be confusing. The correct way to put it would be to say a Roon Nucleus will be used as the core and all streaming will come through the X1 as the end point either as a streamer into the Gryphon DAC or as a streamer DA... 
Do any of you kids , want your system ???
This is a great thread and very real set of questions, for which I have the following responses bases on what I have done.(1) First, I think it is important to factor in the kids and where they are in life.  Daughter in graduate school now.  Until... 
Does Steely Dan sound bright to you?
I have never cared much for later Steely Dan (SD), and certainly not for Fagen & Nightfly.  Earlier stuff is to my liking, as they were more of a band.  For me, later SD was not a band, it was a conglomerate.  This is classic Type A listening ... 
Gryphon Diable 300 DAC vs. Lumin X1 DAC
@jayrossi13 I understand your point.  What we are trying to do is isolate the DACs while keeping everything else constant as we can.  Trying to figure out which DAC sounds better, the Lumin X1 DAC or the Gryphon DAC.  All streaming will come throu...