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Budget integrated amp needed
@wturkey if only a relative I loaned a lovely silver pioneer receiver to- a 50 series, hadn't trashed it.   
Budget integrated amp needed
@60decibels good suggestions!  no tuner for the bedroom (for now).   
Budget integrated amp needed
Found an open box NAD 316 EEE V2 for about $380- works for me @larry5729 - I think I have my main system well sorted out!  
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@islandmandan a great pre can indeed transform an entire system  
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@sgreg1 let them take there best shot- they have in the past and I’m still standing     
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@jond yup, I use lightning ds and BluOS. They really aren’t all that dissimilar and I find both work well and are easy to navigate. What’s really interesting is if I add an album to my favorites on one platform it also automatically shows us as a ... 
Lifespan of components?
@tablejockey I’m sure my MR78 will still be working in 40 years too, I just wonder if there will be FM radio; my concern is that when I kick the bucket my kids will be thrilled at the first $100 that is offered to them for the tuner.    
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@jmarshak yes there are similarities! Thank you!   
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@milpai Weekends 4-5 hrs is pretty typical and thank you! This journey started when I discovered the existence of Dual and Thorens turntables and AR speakers in the early 70’s and a few years later I had something beyond an all in one Panasonic sy... 
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@jond Correct! I bought two streamers; the Aries G1 is in my listening room and a Bluesound Node is in my bedroom. I bought the Node first, thorough immersed myself in the streaming world in terms of what was important to me, and then grabbed the ... 
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@russ69  1- I do have tubes in my headphone amp 2- I used to run a tubed system- I had a Conrad Johnson pre amp (17LS2) and amp(M60SE), and a Rogue integrated (Tempest Magnum II) and once I turned to Pass, I found that I no longer had any yearni... 
Does anyone manufacture an alternative Linn Sondek belt pulley ?
@dover  No one seems to complain that the Corvette has been through multiple generations since 1972. I guess they never got that right either. Nor a Porsche 911.   
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@kingharold is 100% correct    
Does anyone manufacture an alternative Linn Sondek belt pulley ?
@dover  How many times the bearing has been redesigned ? How many times the subclasses has been redesigned ? How many time have they redesigned the power supply ? To answer these 3 - fewer times than most other companies have introduced new mo... 
Does anyone manufacture an alternative Linn Sondek belt pulley ?
I read it as he wants a new pulley that accommodates a round belt and he wants to use a round belt. Linn does not use a round belt.