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wooaudio
To clarify, by a beauty I meant it sounded great.  Highly recommended.   
wooaudio
Headphone amps originally, now branching out.  No idea about their new products, but I had an OTL HP amp and it was a beauty.   
Watch out boys,there's a new game in town!
Cool for sure, and if it brings more people "back" to vinyl, then it's a very good thing.  Thanks, yogiboy! 
Why Single-Ended?
Surely there is best way for any individual. You and I may not agree on what is best since we may value different virtues, but having on opinion on what I find best does not mean that opinion should be ignored. Impossible to argue with that, He... 
need more inputs & outputs to run tape machines
I think you should check pro-audio sites and stores for a mixing-type console.   
Protective plastic bag for shipping electronics
Great tip, Ruebent. 
Insane ground loop; anybody wanna try?
This suggests some kind of issue between the Rowland preamp and the Quicksilvers, yes? It also suggests that the AC power by itself isn’t really a problem. But whaddo I know? Any ideas? pbraverman- I don't know nothing 'bout 'lectricity or circu... 
Why Single-Ended?
The reason that manufacturers designs vary is because no one single design has been proven to be superior. Designer/builder talent, parts quality and implementation are major factors involved. +1000!!!  At the risk of beating a dead horse, virtu... 
It is a good idea to purchase a vintage tube pre-amp.
For $2-3K you can get a really good used tube pre, especially if you don’t need a phono stage. But even if you do. Not to disagree w my esteemed colleagues, but most tube pre-amps (with some notable exceptions) are very easy on tubes, so I would n... 
Amps Atma-Sphere M-60 Mono blocks OTL design
Ozzy- It was my bad; I was seduced by the warmer sound of a Joule-Electra VZN-80 but once I went to a better pre, I regretted it.  Eventually sold the Joule amp, too.   
Amps Atma-Sphere M-60 Mono blocks OTL design
ozzy- FWIW, mine are too, although to be correct, they are DIS...do-it-someone else ;-).  The S-30 drives Feastrex quasi-full range field coils, reportedly about 94dB, crossed over at about 60 hZ to a Class D Crown for the low end.   So it is an e... 
Amps Atma-Sphere M-60 Mono blocks OTL design
I am pretty sure you will love those amps.  One of the only equipment sales I regret is a pair of  the M-60s.  Luckily, I now have more efficient speakers and I got a good deal on used S-30 w the V-cap and power boost mods.  Love it.  An added bon... 
Why pay so much for super high end?
+1 996cupracer 
Inside Information
There are quite a few industry insiders here.  some post regularly, some do not.  As far as manufacturers go, Ralph Karsten of Atmasphere, Geoff from Machina-Dynamica, Jonathan Carr from Lyra, and Steve McCormick of McCormick/SMcAudio are some nam... 
New Ikea storage unit great for LP's!
Thanks for the tip, bdp24.