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Differences in YouTube, Spotify, etc.
Qobuz!!’nn  
Replacement for Shindo
Look At Phasemation and Airtight   
Floorstanding speaker experiences/recommendations in the $12-25k range
The Quad Electrostatics for 15k are the most transparent windows into the music hands down in that price point   
What happens when the stylus tip wears out on a $12,000 cartridge?
Types are Phasemation and Analog Relax!!  
What happens when the stylus tip wears out on a $12,000 cartridge?
The two likes of cartridges are Phasemation and Analog Relax!!  
What happens when the stylus tip wears out on a $12,000 cartridge?
I am the US agent for two very high end cartridge line we rebuild them including suspension  cantilever and stylus  for a modest dollars       
Vintage turntable with a modern phono stage, is it worth it?
Cartridge and phono stage should work well with each orher make sure important feelings is compatible as well as the amount of gain  
Vintage turntable with a modern phono stage, is it worth it?
Definitely get good tube one if want another level  
Cartridge reliability
The van den Hul cartridges are known for their hight degree of variable quality. The inespensive one are usally pretty good. The expensive ones it's a crap shoot. If you get a good one they are execptional. However, if you get one that is not good... 
A pragmatic view of cartridge expenses / many questions
As the van den Hul for 5 years and the current Phasemation US agent, I would like to share what I know to be true.i have recommended that normal life of a stylus 1500 to 2000 hours or use assuming that it set up properly.(anti-skate and azimuth an... 
PHONO PREAMP
van den Hul has been manufacturing phono cartridges for 43 years. He has a phono stage called the Grail. It is Amazing!!  Read the positve feedback review..It won its 2016 Brutus Award . 
Best Tubed Preamp For A Warm, Rich Sound, Yet Still Detailed and Agile
After 45 years in the hobby, without a shadow of a doubt, The Convergent Audio Technology Sl1 series of preamps are the most musical accurate sonically correct products for an all-in-one (phono and linestage) money can buy!!!! 
Cartridge repair; re-tipping; canitlever replacement: The Needle Clinic A++
To my 40 years experience the highest quality retip rebuilding and recalibration is by the master himself AJ van den Hul. He is 79 and has been building cartridges for 45 years. He works on each one personally. Contact www.finestfidelity.net . Tur... 
Interconnects
The best cables for more applications in the world are van den Hul. They have 63 pages of Audio cables. They supply cabling to 38 equipment manufacters including B&W Focal SME to name a few. van den Hul has been in the cable business since 1980 
Preamp... Solid State or Tube
After 45 years as a stereophile there are only a handful of preamps on my short list. And at the top of the list is Ken Stevens CAT SL1. His all tube with outboard power supply has the features you are looking for and be had 7995 line stage only o...