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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…  
Is it important to long demo or own HIGH END gear to have a fair accurate view about it?
When i hear someone claim to have heard “all “, the thing i know is that person is deluded….  
Belles Aria Signature and other Int Amp recommendation
Headphone in….. my wife accuses me of this…. Easy route is an ifi, wimm, or bluesound streamer /dac….. used $200-300 When you get the Vandersteens join the owners group at manufacturers website. There are more than a few Vandy owners running Bel... 
Sound Stage and Imaging
IF you have an amp with some grunt the big brother of the model 1’s and 2’s you admire is the Vandersteen 3A - signature. Time and phase correct in the analog domain  and drivers and crossovers seemless matched by hand in the anechoic chamber in C... 
The dangerous world of Reel-to-Reel Tape
but…i will move my impression to reasonable sample size audiophile….  
The dangerous world of Reel-to-Reel Tape
Well the 993 was supposed to fix the “ Dr killer “ reputation of the 911. …. As to using an HQD ( good as it was at the time, i owned at that time a version of it ) and a 30 year old sonic memory to judge a format….is like the knee jerk throttle ...