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Broken hearted...magnepan and vandersteen
Lot’s of good inputs and the trolls input. There are more than a few dealers in the USA that carry both Vandersteen AND Magneplaners- for a reason, properly setup and powered w decent electronics they both sound wonderful. I don’t agree that Quatr... 
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@spiritofradio thanks so much, the reference system is esconced in and surrounded by Stickley, etc...so that would fit in there for sure.and yes, anything below my knees is in a foreign land I rarely visit, at my advancing age.. 
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Thanks all for recommendations on record racks, like the reclaimed wood since the analog LP system is “ beachy” per War Department instructions... the Etsy connections are awesome  
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@big_greg love me some Feats ! Try the Nautilus Records Time Loves a Hero for grins 
Aesthetix Atlas Compared to Pass Labs XA30.8
And the preamp? 
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@slaw if it makes ya feel better I had to look up adjective  
Magnepan LRS compared to the .7 or the 1.7i ?
not that I have a dog in this fight but there is a pair of lightly used desktop maggie AND the DWM at Alma Audio in SD, they are a seller here and no I have no financial interest...LRS sound like bigtime fun for low dollars, IF ya got the amp to r... 
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@slaw adjective used before the noun: impressive, making you feel respectOxford 
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@big_Greg. nice score on the table, hard as it might be I would encourage reservation of judgement till you get a familiar cartridge on it.... 
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also The War Department here says no more Vinyl until we get a furniture grade record cabinet, thinking Prathermade from Ohio, but wanted to ask this august body... ???? help a brother out.... 
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 @slaw  digging into Caroline Spence via Tidal and she is certainly a talent. I particularly like  Hotel Amarillo so far....thanks for the referral... 
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Funny story in 1994 we bought a little rambler on a dead end street on old scenic hill in Kent, Washington. Walking down the street one of the first evenings I come to the end of the street and up against a tall wire fence, overgrown field inside ... 
Excellent article in Stereophile
I have and cherish and yes full disclose sold them eons ago one of the first SS amps to take advantage to Dr. Otolla research into TIM, the venerable Audionics CC2....we also had Other brands chasing vanishingly low THD and they hurled in comparison  
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Charles LLoyd New Quartet - Passin’ Thru.....oh man, how I dig this....Blue Note  
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I am stuck in the West Coast groove ...Karla Bonoff - Wild Heart of the Young OP, nice SQ but IMO not equal to her first two efforts..Uber I get the streaming avoid running the record cleaning machine thing....