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the cart or the horse?
+1 everyone So nice to see a thread that stays on topic and remains positive while presenting information that is not always "the same".  
Your method for discovering great music.
The usual places I look to for new (to me) music are Apple, Spotify and Shazam but the Best source I found started when I got involved with an Unofficial Vinyl Club. Periodically, over the past five years or so, we get together at irregular times ... 
Whats on your turntable tonight?
@tomic601 +1 for Talk Talk New American Music-Vol 3 Hakim/Bolcom/Swanson/Rzewski 1975 Tchaikovsky-Excerpts from Sleeping Beauty LSO (1958 RCA LS Anthony Braxton-The Montreaux/Berlin Concerts 1977 Kronos Quartet-Aheym (Dessner) Yello-40    
I am enjoying my analog system, but what can I do to improve?
Look into an Ultrasonic Cleaner... Used as a primary conditioning tool for your vinyl and in conjuntion with other brushes and cleaners periodically thereafter, you can enjoy your records more. Initially, clean your records with the ultrasonic, ... 
Whats on your turntable tonight?
Fabean-Evolution, Music for Percussion, French Horn and Soprano  George Crumb-Black Angels (Images 1) John Cage-String Quartet in Four Parts (1950) Karajan in rehearsal- Beethoven No.9 in D minor op 125 DG (1968)    
Whats on your turntable tonight?
Funkadelic-Maggot Brain Joni Mitchell-Blue Joni Mitchell-Ladies of the Canyon The West Coast Experimental Pop Band-Transparent Day Dead Can Dance-Labrinth Berlioz-Symphonie Fantastique Harmonium-2nd Album....forgot the name, my French recoll... 
Describe your preference in a single sentence
Make the system "disappear" and allow one to "get lost in the sauce"...  
Whats playing on your system today?
Edgard Varese-The Complete Works CD Bela Bartok-Sonate Pour Deux Pianos and Percussion LP Porcupine Tree-The Sky Moves Sideways CD  
What a pile of Schiit
Couple years ago, I ordered a Freya+, Aiger and a few sundry items directly from the Schiit website . After waiting a few weeks, I called to find out where my stuff was and when it would arrive...Schiit cancelled my order. They thought I was Not A... 
Whats on your turntable tonight?
 
China built tube amps
If you do some rudimentary research and familiarize yourself with basic information and develope an understanding of the "Tube Amp", you will find: The Dealer will offer you something that is Good. The majority of Chinese products (recognizable ... 
Is Rap a valid musical form?
I am taking the 5th....  
Whats on your turntable tonight?
Brainticket-Cottonwood Hill Funkadelic-Maggot Brain Bowie-The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars, MFSL Burt Bacharach-Casino Royale 1967 Mono    
Is Rap a valid musical form?
Schiit...  
I Don't Want to be an Audiophile, What am I...
If it walks like a Duck...