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The Great Cartridge Shootout
Get a technics 1200 variant, or better yet a new 1500 and just listen 
Best options for active speakers $4k or below?
ELAC   
Looking for a phono preamp that has volume control
furutech alpha gt40 doing for chump change used 
JBL 43xx va Harbeth 40.x
You have run into something never measured: microdynamics. British speakers are ever so slightly compressed 
D'agostino amplifiers: where's the beef?
emb: look at the specs of the purifi and then the prce 
D'agostino amplifiers: where's the beef?
Class D Purifi will slaughter the $20K+ amps. It's just a matter of time. Perhaps if someone gold plaed one... 
Logical cartridge upgrade for a long time Shure M44-7 user
https://www.ebay.com/itm/STANTON-881S-CARTRIDGE-AND-NEW-JICO-STYLUS-WITH-BRUSH-IN-PLASTIC-DISPLAY-CA... 
Looking for recommendations on Tube AMPS to drive Monitor Audio Platinum Speakers
Look at the Bob Latino St120. A steal. The ultimate Dyna. 
Speaker suggestions for Levinson
High efficiency speakers have a jump factor missing in the traditional Brits and planars. I can't forgive the dynamic compression.A good place to start is with JBL semihorn speakers. And go used. 
~$15K floorstanders: opinions sought
Buy used 
MM Cartridge
If you can still find one, the JICO stylus will make a shocking difference to your Pearl, and may be enough to keep you happy 
All-in-one integrated, 10-15K range, class A/B only
One of the few pieces I regret selling was my Rowland Concentra II. They can be picked up used for pocket money 
Is a Linn Sondek LP12/Lingo/Ekos with a Cirkus update, the last turntable I’ll ever buy?
My objection to Linn (and $2400 IS a good price) is that it is an invitation to "audiophilia nervosa": constant upgrades available and hence "is mine good enuff?". I think of it as a kit. When you go to the supermarket you do not need 200 types of... 
Hard of Hearing Audiophile.
Find a good audiologist who will custom tune your hearing-aid music setting while you listen to music. When it sound right, it is right 
Is a Linn Sondek LP12/Lingo/Ekos with a Cirkus update, the last turntable I’ll ever buy?
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