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Best turntable for the buck
I have always liked the SOTA Sapphire, you can possibly get a refurbished table direct from SOTA. Put Origin Live arm on it and away you go. SOTA carry a variety of arms and can properly fit your arm board. Best Jim  
Top 10 vintage cassette decks
Nak, Revox or Tandberg….but the Tand not all that reliable ( my opinion based on selling and servicing hundreds ….i know there are unicorns…. but let’s face it, NAK and Revox, the aint… Sonics on all 3 excellent. You got great advice on budgeting ... 
New PrimaLuna versus used Audio Research preamp?
I have > 5K trouble free hours of blissful listening on my Ref 5se. Some PL experience but not ownership. In another thread, i am a self admitted fan boy cult member…ha. One could accurately say i fall into that camp with ARC preamps… but i hav... 
Vandersteen Forum
oh yes and Vandersteen, just two pair and the amazing liquid cooled hybrid tube and solid state high pass M7 amplifier… @bkeske God, i hope my wife doesn’t read this thread, i’m not even close to point five $ M  
Vandersteen Forum
Not really worth my time but…….of course we are enthusiasts on the Vandy forum. Most of us seek to learn and help  most of the time, but not always..because we are after all just human, do get gruff. Lets get somebody’s back and brain back into a... 
Whats on your turntable tonight?
Steve you are ripping it up with marathon spinning - the @Slaw of old days ! Welcome back Spencer ;-) I flunked out of math rock when the exam was based on The Police..” Murder by numbers, one two, three… “  
Whats on your turntable tonight?
My absolute best to you Steve and prayers for speedy healing.   
Whats on your turntable tonight?
Knopfler - Kill to Get Crimson, compliments of a wonderful music lunch w Agon / Vandy owners forum Steve Edwards :-)  
I finally got a record cleaning machine. First thoughts.
you might actually be learning by doing instead of preaching on a pulpit of unearned belief…  
Whats on your turntable tonight?
T.P. - Hard Promises on the TT….excellent, perfectly suits my California mood…  
Whats on your turntable tonight?
binge Petty time w stuff i ripped into server over the years…. what a shame he is gone….  
Audiophile Tool Bingo
Vandertones a free download  
Audiophile Tool Bingo
black light…because those new records are just so…clean  
Audiophile Tool Bingo
-10 for the tape measure. Get a Leica Disto and graduate. Of course, if your midrange is out a phase all bets R off…  
Please Support Music Education
don’t both he and Joni…paint…heroically ?