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I essentially forgot about this post and re-wrote it in a different forum. I apologize for the mistake and will be more careful.

Thanks for the input. It is different. Not sure why weird.

Attached is a rough illustration of the wooden equipment cart that we're currently having fabricated by a local cabinet maker. It rolls on industrial casters and has a retro, perforated particleboard back. Not visible behind the components are the back panel cutouts for interconnect wiring...

This is a rough illustration of the wooden equipment cart presently being fabricated to go under the 98" commercial signage monitor that we chose for our TV installation. (We have too much ambient light for a projector-film screen system.) It's being made to roll on heavy, industrial grade...

Wow, that's sounds complicated! Our TV is a commercial signage monitor, chosen because we have too much ambient light for a ceiling projector and film screen. We just attached the Toslink audio output to our two-channel hi fi system, turned it on, and everything looked fine to us. Perhaps...

I'm still using physical media--LP for jazz and CD for everything else. (I like the nostalgic vibe of jazz on analog vinyl, especially with a snifter of brandy.) I also still use a terrestrial radio tuner as well. Obviously, then, what I most need is a modern music streamer, but I'm an old dog...

My first hi fi system in the sixties included a used, bulky, table-mounted Rek-O-Cut broadcast turntable (purchased from the campus radio station which was replacing equipment), a new DynaKit preamplifier that I needed help building, a used McIntosh MC225 amplifier purchased from a camera shop...

My direct drive Technics SL-1200 recently broke down, and I replaced it with a belt-driven UTurn Orbit. It was only $214 (American dollars) complete with an Ortofon OM-5e cartridge. So far I'm very pleased with the made-in-Boston unit. You may easily Google for the webpage. This is the...