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Reasonable moving coil cartridge
+1 HANA microline 
Stereo Receivers from the past...
+1 for Marantz with a 2275 here.  
Guest suddenly takes it upon herself to move my speakers
shoot'em......KIDDING....it's Friday.... 
Your first system and your journey...
1983, bought a stereo package at "The Brick" with AKAI turntable, cassette deck, and intergrated amp, plus Hitachi speakers including stand (old glass door type).  
Jerry Raskin's Needle Doctor Gone?
That is sad to hear, I wish him all the best. 
Cheap Speaker "Isolation" Solution for 300 lb. Speaker
If your in Canada, you can get a bucket of 12 hockey pucks for $16.99(cdn) + tax at Canadian Tire, or $1.50 each. 
Cheap Speaker "Isolation" Solution for 300 lb. Speaker
I'm using 2 inch thick slate slabs on top of hockey pucks for my Monitor Audio PL300II's and works great. If your looking at stone I recommend slate, which I have read is the best for sound resonance, as opposed to Marble and Granite which are not... 
Which belt-driven table to play Rock vinyl?
I have the Gold Note Mediterraneo table with the G.N. ph/psu 10's and love it, and I listen to alot of classic rock 60/70 early 80's. I will be upgrading to the bigger B7 tonearm in the spring.The Pianosa and Gigilo are in your price range, even t... 
Value of mint condition first pressing of Sgt. Pepper?
Woofman74 try this link:https://blog.discogs.com/en/discogs-101/ 
CD sound quality: original pressings vs regular remaster vs MFSL, etc
Great topic for a thread. I have a Marantz SA-KI Ruby and have regular vintage CD's, HDCD, Japanese BluSpc CD's, Remastered CD's, MOFI Gold CD's, SHM-CD, UHQCD's, K2HD's, MasterSound CD's, Canadian SACD, MOFI Hybrid SACD, multichannel SACD, SHM-SA... 
Turntable recommendations
Gold Note Mediterraneo out of Italy, beautiful table(s).  
A Worthwhile Untrasonic Cleaner
I was fortunate to grab an Audiodesk with the newer wiper blade design on sale here Black Friday($3600 cdn), after deciding against using the Kirmuss on my records. I did a dollar evaluation of my collection and it's value far out weighed spraying... 
Which AV Receiver?
You won't go wrong with Marantz or Denon for HT, as they pair well with Klipsch. I would suggest going to the Klipsch forum with you question(s)and reading the forums, you'll get a hockey sock full of information there. cheers, and Happy Thanksgiv... 
New Omega E Mat from Perfect Path Technologies
Can I bake Christmas cookies on it 🎅 
Can you put a Krell in an apartment?
I was going to say that Krell would kill my back going up several flights of stairs in an apartment but that Harley story would be a b----!