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Budget preamp with quality volume control
Late to the party; Schiit Freya+ here as well. Initial money saved on a comparable pre will get you into upgraded dac, (if wanted) ect. Season with NOS tubes of your choice whenever upgraditis hits; as opposed to spending 4K on a newer,"better" pre.  
Weak Link in Vinyl Playback
Please try a Schiit Mani 2 for a week or so. If you don’t like the synergy with your (SAGA), just return it. I run one with my TD-125 mkii, using Shure V-15 and M97 cartridges Shure styli, and am VERY happy (for now) with the performance.   TD-1... 
Sweet Sounding DAC
A Schiit Gungnir Multibit (A2 + Unison USB) should keep you happy for a while.  
Why are speaker stands so expensive?!
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Do my ears deceive me??
Monitor Audio Silver 500 7G's Polk L600's Try both sets; choose one set. Enough said. Your welcome.  
BEST CD TRANSPORT
The two players I currently use as CD Transports are REALLY not bad as CD Players either... (1) Sony BDP-S2000ES A true ES unit, no SACD, coax opt. digital outputs Great transport AND standalone CD player, Slow loading gen 1.5 Blu Ray player, bu... 
Bang For Your Buck Best Value CD Transport
An old Sony BDP-S2000ES Blu Ray player.The internal dac is excellent as well. Seriously.  
Seriously though, maybe the best tweak is exercise?
An occasional ear cleaning with a peroxide based cleaner has improved my hearing quite a bit. Hadn't even considered this as a tweak but, man has this worked for me!  
Incredible improvement in sound quality
THANK FOR THIS POST. I gave myself a quick peroxide rinse last night and noticed a nice difference in the bedroom system. Fired up the main this afternoon and !!!!!! Clarity,  depth, separation, volume, AND overall enjoyment increased....Glad I d... 
Whats on your turntable tonight?
Grover Washington Jr. "FEELS SO GOOD" "kUDU24" LP  
Best Basic CD Player (no SACD, USB, etc.)
Marantz CD6007.  
Whats on your turntable tonight?
"OUT OF THIS WORLD" CD - 1983 John Williams The Boston Pops Stuck on "Jabba the Hut", from Return of the Jedi. Hauntingly beautiful.  
Whats playing on your system today?
McCoy Tyner -- "TOGETHER" -- LP  
Whats on your turntable tonight?
Herbie Hancock "Takin Off". with Freddie Hubbard, Dexter Gordon, Butch Warren, Billy Higgins. Yikes!  
Recommendations for good sounding streamer
Wiim Pro. Amazon Music Unlimited . DONE.