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Isolation devices- to use 3 or 4 footers?
Anyone here use the brass cones from Live Vibe Audio? OCD Mikey raves about them. He's tried Townshend springs and finds the brass better. He hasn't tried Stacks yet.   
Upgrade Digital Cable Review
Townshend Audio's digital cables are great and reasonably priced.   
Looking for a component for ripping and playing CD's.
Alessis Masterlink  
Looking for a CD / SACD player. Also, tell me about Esoteric
Playback Designs MPS-8. Can't be beat.   
Power Cord for Accuphase Amplifier
Triode Wire Labs makes well made, reasonably priced cables.  
Mainstream Phono Stages Incorporating Premium Branded PCB Parts - Do They Exist?
Freidrich Shaefer's ASR Basis Exclusive HV battery powered phono preamp.   
Recommend a DAC based on Analog Devices?
Playback Designs Edelweiss or Dream DAC. EMM Labs might be the best DAC for the money.   
SOS! Suddenly have a high-end turntable, need to upgrade Amp + Speakers
Fischer & Fischer SN 70's speakers for the win.   
Developing A List Of Tonearm Candidates For A SOTA Turntable
@dover Could be! But I'm interested in the Nighthawk. Not the Blackbird. The Nighthawk was just released.  As you may have heard, the Nighthawk is a significant upgrade to the Blackbird. Perhaps the bearing pivot point was upgraded? There were s... 
Developing A List Of Tonearm Candidates For A SOTA Turntable
@dover   I've heard that Dohmann recently stopped recommending the Schroeder CB series as they found that there are better sounding arms; yet do recommend the Supatrac Blackbird and Nighthawk, which they feel "are a revelation with reference level... 
Developing A List Of Tonearm Candidates For A SOTA Turntable
Supatrac's Nighthawk. Or Blackbird for less cost. Great review by Fremer on the Blackbird.   
Looking for RCA cables from preamp to amp?
Straight Wire is good but I replaced them with Townshend Audio's F-1 Fractal. Made quite a difference for the positive.   
Stack Audio-SmoothLAN Network Filter- WOW!
An Aussie Audiophile like the Smooth Lan as well. He has been big on Stack's Auva 100's and the EQ's. Do you plug the Smooth LAN directly into your wall Ethernet port? Then the EtherRegen into the Smooth Lan? Then your streamer into the EtherReg... 
What was the most expensive record that you ever bought ?
@mikelavigne  I agree and will not derail any further. I don't know which isolation thread is most current/relevant but in the meantime, I will scour your links. Thank you.   
What was the most expensive record that you ever bought ?
@mikelavigne Very cool! I have the Classic Records180g LZII and the RL SS. I will do a comparison after I get my new TT.  OT but do you use any special isolator pucks/pods etc directly under your DAC, streamer and amplifiers? I've recently hear...