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Looking For Best Headphones
All you people with cutting edge headphones.....I have a Grado GR10E in ear phones with a Sony Walkman music player....gives me more pleasure than my 75K or so system. 
My list of tweaks and the verdict
mahgister.....send a link 
Are your current amps and other gear the best you've ever had?
Yes...my current stuff was once state of the art......Im too old now to invest in the multi thousands needed to get any better if at all. 
Your system struck by lightning? What did you learn?
I had a lightening storm take out a Vandersteen amp...Repaired at surprising minimal cost, after which I installed a whole house surge protector. No problems after the installation 
Pivot to Spindle distance
if it ain't right, it ain't right 
Replacement for 802 D3s
Have you heard Vandersteens? 
Please Educate Me
by the way Dweller...... just for the taste of it, try Costco scotch.... 
Dedicated power
MillerCarbon....Schumann Generator?   I looked it up ...there are a few different ones.  Do you have a recommendation? 
Why wont speaker companies publish their measurements?
chasing numbers doesn't get you good audio. 
Is going from a Ortofon Candenza Black to a Ortofon Winfield a lateral move?
I have an original Winfield, and like it. It does not glorify records...it tells it like it is. Good recordings are fabulous with great depth, air, etc....( even monos sound very good). Poorly recorded discs will sound just that way. Tracks everyt... 
Record clamp/weight and turntable speed
There is a series of posts on the VPI discussion site that tells of a modification where you use 2 dimes opposite the spindle on the record, then put the weight on, then put the ring clamp on.   I do that with mine....makes a significant step up. 
Back to vinyl need phono stage help!
Harry at VPI recommends the PS Audio Stella 
How Much Power Do Vandersteen 5a's Really Need?
The high pass filter reduces the lows at a specific rate, but the lows are increased at the same rate which gives a flat frequency response. 
How Much Power Do Vandersteen 5a's Really Need?
Beautifully explained Tomic601 
What is Happening?
Use the cables that you like the best....don't look at price