Greetings. This is my first post. I've signed on for the journey into hi-fi, if that's still the preferred nomenclature. My first purchase was a Marantz 2250 receiver. I bought it on the basis of some research and guidance from trusted friends.

http://www.sengpielaudio.com/Hejia.htm

this should help you a lot with recording. Great tool. I use it all the time.

2496 recording and playback on cheap SDHC cards. 16 gig $27.00

$220 off Amazon

http://www.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/cls.pl?anlgtabl&1290794220&/Verdier-La-Platine-in-OMA-slat

"I'm getting out of audio completely, and am liquidating everything I have."

that was a short-lived romp in audiophilia!

I ask because previously I had some good experiences with them (I say them but I think it's just one guy). They have some bigger gear, but mostly I have bought setup and tracking force gauges, replacement belts and the like. Turntable accessories mostly. They have a huge replacement belt selection though! A few years ago I got a duplicate belt for my well Tempered TT for a third of what the manufacturer was selling, and to my ears it was identical. If anything it was more durable too.

and watches!

http://iceaxe.livejournal.com/738534.html

200,000 system there

Some months ago I posted on a thread about putting Herbies Gliders underneath my speakers. These gliders actually decouple the speakers from the floor rather than couple them.
But I have wood floors on pier and beam built in 1938 and the floors are a little spongy.

The 8 gliders were under 120.00.

The results were actually quite significant. The bass was much tighter, better defined but not overpowering. The mids much clearer and the imaging kinda jawdroppingly improved. I quickly saw I didn't need more bass traps after all.