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Is it important to long demo or own HIGH END gear to have a fair accurate view about it?
OP i appreciate your correction…. most creates doubt…. wondering how many tonearms you have heard ? …. while controlling the other variables……    
Is it important to long demo or own HIGH END gear to have a fair accurate view about it?
unless of course the amplifier and speaker designer are one and same with a deep understanding of both the load and amplifiers to deal with it, tame as it might be.  A unique high end state of mind is the ability to understand the trade off inher... 
another rookie question - preamp or or power amp
OR for the same $ our intrepid OP could get a GAS Son of Ampzilla and get a nice robust linear power supply vs. SMPS … 48 v or no… Just my opinion…    
Eversolo a6 and Lampizator
What do they say “ anything built by man “.. perhaps my ownership is a flawless anomoly since 2017 ? but the true value of Audiogon are the wide and varied owner experience… On the streamer front, the OP has a streamer albeit his Imac to compare ... 
Rediscovery
Congrats @ghdprentice  It is surely a transition even tho 7 years in i still have my toe in the bleeding edge world if just for a few hours a week. Peace and Happiness to you and yours !  
another rookie question - preamp or or power amp
loving the offer of the P3 :-) Holiday spirit y’all !  
Eversolo a6 and Lampizator
Anything Lampi makes is excellent. Invest in a decent streamer .   
Cost Incurred to Achieve a Vinyl LP Replay
I for one find OP posts to be of the humble inquiry method but from a perspective of well read, educated and in ways audiophile and music lover almost always instructive.  We both have some experience using Panzerholtz to improve vinyl playback. ... 
Dusty Street has passed away
RIP to her and the glory days of FM  
Grimm MU1 Streamer - Really "The Best"?
Agree overhyped detail usually destroys image depth… as i said hopeful !,,, ;-)  
Preamp for First Watt F7
Quicksilver is very nice and warmish….. So is a Belles 20A if you can find one….  
Manley Chinook SE MK2
Lamm, used ARC REF Phono 2se, Herron w HRS damper plate, Nimbus and Nos tubes ….. The Manley is very good…but you have lots of choices  
What is meant exactly by the description 'more musical'?
Well, one must consider the wide range of distortion possible in the amplifier, indeed the whole chain… it’s mostly dominated by the transducers… and IF you can hear it includes temporal and transient distortion….  While the dna code we all run i... 
Sound Stage and Imaging
We carried Beveridge, Quad, Soundlab, Acoustat, and Apogee…. and more….  it was a golden time….  
Should I update my manufactures power cords?
And listen….. but at least get a hospital grade Hubbel for that lovely Pass amp…