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Recommendations and thoughts for end game speakers and amps
Try my setup, which at the moment I feel (who knows how I will feel in a year, assuming I still have a pulse) is 98% there:https://www.theaudioatticvinylsundays.com/aboutYou can use the $30K you save to buy the wife a little Mazda Miata sports car... 
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@danagerI read somewhere that the act of pulling a record off the shelf, removing it from its sleeve, cleaning it, placing it on the turntable, clamping it down, dropping the needle on the groove and settling into the armchair is akin to making th... 
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cleeds:I never said 40. That was someone else.  
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@ danager :I am confused. What is Sotify ? Qobuz? Tidal?I’ve been listening to Scraping Fetus Off the Wheel for a little over an hour. Then the wife came home. I switched to some Mozart concertos. Life is good. Since I’ve found the sweet spot for ... 
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Those of you who may be interested in buying some of the 600 LPs that I am weeding out of my collection should contact me through my website, and ask me what you specifically are looking for. My collection is 1/3:- classical- Afro Cuban- 50s, 60s,... 
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@ whart:I listen to both crushing metal and classical chamber. My system must be able to comfortably handle both.  
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cleeds:I am 67 years old. The brain cells are dyin’ by the billions as I write this. By the time I finish this post I may be ready for assisted living. I saw Jimi Hendrix perform at the midnight concert at the Fillmore East. That used to give me b... 
What process do you use to purchase cables?
@ emergingsoul: “…buy on faith and have patience.…”You said it, not me.I went to Catholic schools. I remember one religion class when I was a freshman in HS. The priest was talking about how we know God exists: “Look out there window, at the beaut... 
What process do you use to purchase cables?
This is how I went about it:- consider my budget. I did not even think of considering anything more than 50% of what I think the budget will allow- read up on stuff - as I regard most of what is there to read is 5% information and 95% marketing, I... 
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MC:”I really don’t mean to sound disrespectful but your mind is easily boggled”🙄That emoji is my final engagement with you.Curtains!  
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Cleeds:I have been “actively been working at this” for 53 years. There are moments during that time where I have been happy with the sound. But “Happy” is a moving goal post. I would say that within the last month that, thanks to the new room of 3... 
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That’s a pretty weak defense MC.Some folks like that you know. Wiser to get to know better who you are dealing with first don’t you think, before you find yourself in an unanticipated adventure ?Who knows, those expensive cables might have a use f... 
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Synonym:MC = indefatigable.  
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Three_easy_payments:”…many accessories are completely worthless…”does he offer examples?   
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Three_easy_payments :thx for the website shout out. As inferred before, I built around a low cost, tube analog approach. As to speaker/amp synergy:I started with the Dyna and a pair of Lafayette speakers. Moved up to a pair of Dyna MK IIIs, then H...