Happy birthday. I would say buy some Deoxit contact cleaner,cotton buds, and Walker audio SST contact enhancer for your tubes pins and various contact points. Then do those shelves!
New Gear?
so i am celebrating another year survived soon. i am trying to decide what i want to get myself. i'm torn between something for the home brewery or something for the stereo. here is my background:
-music nerd all my life only recently an audiophile(last five years)
-currently running an MMF 2.1 w/ Grado Gold cart, bellari VP-129 into a jolida 302 B (with the same tube i got with the unit when i bought it used), and old paradigm mini monitors
-i have two 5 month old twins so i rarely get to listen to my stereo
-i DJ on a local radio station and play almost exclusively vinyl
-i've got a $500 budget
those are the pertinant facts. i'm thinking of getting a phono stage, new tubes, or building vinyl shelves. however i am open to suggestions. thanks folks!
-music nerd all my life only recently an audiophile(last five years)
-currently running an MMF 2.1 w/ Grado Gold cart, bellari VP-129 into a jolida 302 B (with the same tube i got with the unit when i bought it used), and old paradigm mini monitors
-i have two 5 month old twins so i rarely get to listen to my stereo
-i DJ on a local radio station and play almost exclusively vinyl
-i've got a $500 budget
those are the pertinant facts. i'm thinking of getting a phono stage, new tubes, or building vinyl shelves. however i am open to suggestions. thanks folks!