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Speaker Recommendation up to 70k
Bob - My second choice are actually the MBL, but they require a timeshare on a small hydroelectric dam and the right room..The highend broker is excellent advice….. 
Help wanted spending money and improving my system.
there are twenty phono pre the equal of the decware…. that’s your weak link…now…Sometimes the “ long game “ is a double albumAlso, on speaker isolation gizmos you have many choices….do a search…. 
An. Prod. reissues: 45RPMs vs 33RPM test pressing.
yet interesting revisit more than a decade later as Chad has built an analog juggernaut…..I have yet to be disappointed in a 45 rpm release from APenjoy the music 
Help wanted spending money and improving my system.
there are many great tube phono pre in addition to decware. Don’t think that is your only choice. Allnic, Craft, Hagerman, Rogue, Goldnote, Bottlehead, EAR, the list is long…… 
Help wanted spending money and improving my system.
a random itch rarely leads to world class…. 
Using solid state rectifiers on Cary SLI80 Amplifier
Heavy - as we used to say in the missile business ; Stuff that blows up….on purpose….Harpoon, ALCM, Jadam, Slam ER, etc…… 
Speaker Recommendation up to 70k
I have the Vandersteen 7 mk2 and matching Hybrid Tube / SS power amps as displayed Munich show. Helmut Brinkmann has them both. There is improved version out now, XTRM. Active sub / amp built in, easy to optimize in any room. Pick your paint color... 
Reel to reel , is it real the hype!
First OP congrats on your sweet system - both analog and digital, very well sorted out. I am sure w this level of thought and discernment, you are able to differentiate relative strengths and weaknesses to format. I am fortunate to dabble in all t... 
Tube Amplifier Sound Characteristics
BTW the REF75 se is a superb amplifier, yes I have heard it length in my system…. 
Tube Amplifier Sound Characteristics
An n variable Radar chart, Just define your variables and the scales.Ralph has it right, pick flavors your brain likes. 
The extinction of human interaction takes yet another step forward...
Fyre….. 
Speaker impedance patterns - how to read them?
How big is the room, how loud do you listen ? EL 34 is a great sounding tube….. 
Need a high-WAF stand solution
Core audio might also be worth getting a semi custom quote from…. 
Need a high-WAF stand solution
I use a Stickley cabinet, pretty beefy, use HRS isolation products for components. I cherry pick the yearly truckload sale…. 
Whats on your turntable tonight?
Steve - I think between you and Antinn, dual Phd in clean records !