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Needle resilience
Lead out has "clean cut grooves" -less abrasive opposed to the squiggly grooves?  
Tweak Pink Himalayan Salt Lamps.
The thread starter/OP uses a Magico M5,  that was $90K in 2009. Does a speaker at that level need a big lump of salt to sound good? It appears the speaker is far from being optimized(room /location)       
Weakest link in my system
The only thing I see there is trying to optimize speaker/room(damping/diffusion) and using the "best" recording of music available.  After that, it's just spending money on audiophool extravagance-not that there's anything wrong with that. .   ... 
Balanced connections to my VPI turntable?
It's just $400 bucks...do it If you have that DD Avenger, you get it- just because.    
Pending shipping questions.
"6 figure amplifiers" WOW! If I  could afford that, I would have sprung for overnight/Express shipping. Probably days away from arriving. Happy listening.  
"Hardly Used / Less than 100 Hours / Took out for pics only"????
Some just know what they're listening for, and if it's not there, they move on. To my ears, you'll pretty much hear 90% of what something is all about(maybe not with fresh speakers) right out of the box. I recently picked up a "less than 100 hour... 
Monster Speaker Cables
15 years should be about right for the OP to figure out what to do about speaker cables  
Was 1971 the high point of popular music?
I can dig the collars-extra starch  
TAD KT88 Redbase Valve's
"What tubes have you tried and liked in your Primaluna ? " bigred71- PL HP user- over the years, I’ve settled for NOS 6l6G. Note that it is NOT similar to the current, 6l6GC type. 6L6G type(pre 70’s) were a lower operating voltage tube. A com... 
TAD KT88 Redbase Valve's
Are you aware of losing the  EL34 mid/highs that the KT88 will not have? The KT88 might be more dynamic/have more bass, but the EL34 magic will be gone-not in a bad way, just different. KT77 will have more bass but retain the EL34 mids/highs. L... 
Was 1971 the high point of popular music?
"Oh, and old school disco is back! Who doesn't love the Shuggie Otis "Strawberry Letter #23" as covered by the Bros Johnson? :)" EPIC cover of SL#23   whart- it was the fabulous outfits that made the Brothers Johnson way hip! I pull that alb... 
SOTA STAR Sapphire Turntable Care and Feeding
" It should be ready in January" Great way to start the New Year. Enjoy it! When the bug bites, you can always find a really nice used arm(when you're ready to try a "better" cart) in the listings.    
Was 1971 the high point of popular music?
"Killer" by Alice Cooper" Push it out a couple more years-"Billion Dollar Babies"  1973 had all the usual suspects release more great work.    
Martin Logan vs. Everything
"I have the big panels" ?? andrewkelley-Your ML's unquestionably are very good. I prefer the technology over conventional boxes. I use an older generation of ML's to good effect with a pair of REL's as well. But to compare them to  the Soundlab... 
Martin Logan vs. Everything
BIGGER panels-Soundlab  A pair of 945's will change your mind.