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Adcom 555 SE owners .. Any reviews?
Other than China does not play by the same rules and are primary violators of all things environmental and fair wages.But hey, "sundown on the union"!                                -Robert Zimmermann  
Tube Preamp for around 2K?
Audible illusions.3a. 
Finally stepping into the hobby after 30 years of watching from the sidelines
Glad you gound something. I have a peach tree integrated in my office system. They run a pair of Celestion SL6S's in the near field on my desk. For a cass d solid state with tube buffer they do a good job.Now, what will the front end consist of?  ... 
Favorite guitar players not named......
Michael Hedges 
Bob Weir "Blue Mountain"
I bought the vinyl, which sounds great and my preferred way to purchase new music. 
Just Puzzled !
Reminds me of the Alabama Shakes first album, which has great songs that sound like crap. The engineer said he was trying to capture that old Detroit sound. Well, he did and it wasn't pretty. 
Upgrade Opinions, Thorens vs VPI
Wow! Something is really wrong. I hope you get it sorted out. However, if you send it back and stay with the Thorens, you will be very impressed with what a new tone arm will do to your table.if you can try to get a Michell Technoarm or Audiomods.... 
Greatest American Rock and Role Bands of ALL Time
Did I mention the Grateful Dead. 
Money well spent
If your not rich......buy some albums and be happy. If your not going to do that, then upgrade your cartridge. Your table still has alot of headroom and can bring out much more with better cartridges. 
List of musicians changed career with better success...
Actually, the only musician listed here that had a career change is Skunk Baxter. The rest just started another job with an different group. They did not change careers.So here is another.......Stan Ricker. I believe he started out as a serious ba... 
Upgrade Opinions, Thorens vs VPI
Without the tonearm upgrade on the Thorens the VPI will wipe it clean. The single biggest improvement I had when I tricked out my 166 was a change from the stock arm to a Rega. That coupled with everything else I did made in one great sounding tab... 
Upgrade Opinions, Thorens vs VPI
I think the vpi has found a home. Enjoy. 
List of musicians changed career with better success...
Lou Reed  
Advice on speaker pairing with my Rogue Audio Cronus Magnum using KT120 output tubes.
My highly modded Maggies m3a sounded really good with my Rogue m120's. 
Finally stepping into the hobby after 30 years of watching from the sidelines
Rogue m150 in ultralinear mode will run the maggies nicely.