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Subwoofer REL dedicated line with amp?
IF you have an electrician out do a tuneup on your panel with cleaning and tighten connections, new high quality breakers, get the motors/ fans etc on opposite leg of audiohave fun 
Subwoofer REL dedicated line with amp?
Theory and results tend to differ with highly variable quality of household wiring and grounds. As others have said you are probably going to need to try it both ways...i haveand with both stereo and monoblocks in my system with three dedicated li... 
Whats on your turntable tonight?
Dead - American Beauty ( 45 rpm MoFi ) just spectacular  
Whats on your turntable tonight?
@spirit I love Jonatha ( & the story )reserving judgement on Amber till such time as I can hear it on good set of cans in Seattlei keep moving the listening chair forward (3’ so far ) to fix issues, which cause other issues, but some things - ... 
Whats on your turntable tonight?
Herbie Hancock - River: The Joni Letterspure genius, IMO... on many dimensions, homage included... 
Recomend Some Albums Recorded with True Imaging.
The 2L I referred is a label with excellent sampler of free downloads in different formats.there are about 50 copies of Confederation for sale on discogs, NM- grade will set ya back $15 ish delivered to your door :-)enjoy 
Love it when it snows
Snow, the heavy sound absorbing deep stuff is a chance to baseline your listening rooms noise floor, that is if ya have an spl meter or RTA,shut off go juice at main panel beforemost people think clean power happens at night when it’s just better ... 
[help] I'm too Boomer to stream. :-(
Mahler123 my experience with redbook is the server rips sound better than my McIntosh transport because no cd laser error correction. The NAIM ripper is bit perfect and then cached to a large SS drive for playbacka NAIM core and streamer might hel... 
Tube tester...anyone own their own?
B&K 667 awesome lil machine in protection case 
Audio Research Ref 10 vs 40th Anniversary preamp
All the mention ARC preamps track tube hours, I keep a log when as advised I roll in replacement, the the NOS Tung Sol 6550 as recommended by Andy at Vintage tube in Michigan is a spectacular upgrade to the 5se at least in my system. 
Audio Research Ref 10 vs 40th Anniversary preamp
@folkfreak i bet it sounds wonderful:-) 
Recomend Some Albums Recorded with True Imaging.
Waterlilly, the Sheffield labs direct to D, just about anything by 2L ( the Nordic sound ), etc , interesting new recording by Amber Roubarth ( 17th ward ),  many more...and the list of others are long, IF your speaker designer cares about time an... 
Do you prefer tidy room to messy one with better sound?
@geoffkait  gosh now that you mention it my framed litho of an Eagle morphing into a F-22 hanging above the Revox B-77 must be causing that edge I hear now and then....I put a Lockheed mug in the freezer and it went away.... something about twin p... 
Do you prefer tidy room to messy one with better sound?
Overly sterile typically sounds that waybut my pet peeve is the forest of gear as trip hazards right in front of the turntable....also, gear rack off to side is preferred.OP what a lovely space you have up on the 3rd floor- how nice!!!! 
Audio Research Ref 10 vs 40th Anniversary preamp
Randy at Optimal is just a gem, give him a call.@folkfreak what new speakers ? I have heard the VTL sing with Vandersteen 7 in San Diego