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Preamp advice- getting up to speed
You can demo the Schitt stuff, restock fee on return minimal. In the $ range you are in they are great IMO. 
Preamp advice- getting up to speed
The Freya paired w best Schitt dac you can swing on your budget.The ADS are lovely speakers, capable of much ! 
Amp craftmanship/Quality
Heavy - The 110Z is way more rare than one in a million. My recollection is something like 1,700 Z built.Mine is from 1965, Modeferi himself went thru it…. 
Whats on your turntable tonight?
Finally…but it will be in great moderationLeonard Cohen - Live in London on the…. SOTA…. 
Whats on your turntable tonight?
Safe travels Joel. Prayers for your sister; Grace, peace and a restoration to health ! 
Whats on your turntable tonight?
Ronstadt / Riddle - ‘Round Midnight ( serverthe perfect balance of perfectly voiced vocal microphone , instruments AND dripping sound stage ambience…. 
My Experience With Tekton
Peter appears to have a well sorted system, a fellow  Quad owner . Chaser of the holy grail as am I. Nice vinyl collection. IF he decides to cast aside the genius of Peter Walker for a guy who calls customers “ a liar “, who am I to say he has it ... 
Whats on your turntable tonight?
@bdp24 Fretless is out of the question IF she has any standards at all !salivating at the mere thought of live tunes 
Whats on your turntable tonight?
@bdp24 Eric you would really enjoy Amy Helm new LP. First track sonics are so….. Lavon drum inspired w warm yet intimate Barn sound…..Hope you are well brother  
What is a cost effective way to level match, for comparing different hifi components?
Yes a decent voltmeter is going to be more accurate than a microphone. While I am a Fluke guy - my Dad programmed me to “ buy Lifetime tools “ , you can get something effective at HomevDepot, etc.Roger and I had some good back n forth over .25 db.... 
My Experience With Tekton
Coldest beer in town…. Yawn…. 
Speaker brands known to use first class internal components
Vandersteen for sure and drivers are precision matched and crossover tuned to a reference standard w drivers in Anechoic chamber. since 1977. 
Channel Imbalance Mystery
dual Triode, 9 pin…mostly for the random tube swappers….Like i mentioned, Keith a superb engineer has you covered… 
The "variant" press?
Tablejocky - I have same coming via Discogs, we shall compare over antipasto, vino  the glows of warm tubes..thanks for the great thread 
The "variant" press?
Lindley must have been busy…that week. The players, oh the players.Play My Ride is Here at my funeralRIP WZ