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What are you streaming tonight?
Dire Straits - "Love Over Gold" on Spotify. 
Whats on your turntable tonight?
@tomic601  - I don't have "Love Over Gold" on vinyl. BION, I've never hear the album, just "Industrial Disease". Headed to Spotify to stream it now. 
Whats on your turntable tonight?
Steve Gibbons Band - "Down in the Bunker" 
What are you streaming tonight?
It's Monday. Must be my Spotify Discover Weekly feed......Unfortunately 2 weeks in a row with no winners :~( 
Tune of the Day
Neutral Milk Hotel - "King of Carrot Flowers Pt. 1" 
Record Store Day 2020 LIst
Back from my LRS - Plaid Room Records. First time ever, I took the cash for my culled records and did not take the higher trade in value. Left with zero records! First time in years, all of the records I own now fit in my record rack....... 
Record Store Day 2020 LIst
@mofimadness  - Yep, Bob and Terry at Plaid Room are great folks. Their little brother and their mom are also working in the business now. They moved to a hugely expanded store last year. Really nice place and people, and they support their neighb... 
Which gives better results inexpensive DAC or inexpensive tube Bluetooth pre?
@lou_setriodes  - Listening to Spotify, wired or wirelessly, is considered Streaming. Spotify, like Qubuz or Tidal, is a streaming music service. You're streaming the music, regardless of a cord, or not.I've not heard the Topping unit that Eric re... 
Record Store Day 2020 LIst
Another year, another RSD list that has zero releases I want to buy. 2 strikes in a row for me. I love my LRS and I will support them by going to RSD and looking through the used record bins. Hopefully they have a show that evening again this year... 
What are you streaming tonight?
Radio Paradise is killing it this morning. Bill, Rebecca and Co. are on a roll. And the SQ in flac is very good, streamed via bluetooth from my laptop to a Auris BlueMe bluetooth receiver, connected to the DAC in my Rega Saturn-R. 
Maybe I'm crazy, JBL 530 vs DCM..
@sifter  - As long as you can get the speakers really close together (without touching) and face-to-face, it should work. Just make sure you only wire one of the speakers out of phase (+ to -, - to +). The out of phase signal will cancel out a goo... 
Which gives better results inexpensive DAC or inexpensive tube Bluetooth pre?
lou,If you want to stream wirelessly, try the Auris BlueMe HD. It's a top notch $119 bluetooth receiver that also has a decent built-in DAC. I use the predecessor (non-HD) in my system, and it is very good. You can use it's analog outputs into you... 
Maybe I'm crazy, JBL 530 vs DCM..
Let the new speakers break-in before passing judgement. To speed up break-in try to let them play when you are out of the house, or over night if you can isolate them from your sleeping area. To reduce the volume, while still breaking them in, wir... 
Ortofon blue
If I recall correctly, 2M red, blue and silver use the same body. 2M bronze and black use a different body. I think you should be good to try the silver stylus on the blue body. 
Polling Integrated Amp & Vinyl Users
I use the built-in MM phono pre-amp in my Rega Elicit-R. Seems to work well with my Ortofon 2M Blue. I think it sounds great, and no fuss........