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Thinking about upgrading, but wondering about diminishing returns
Three comments:1. You don't say what makes you unhappy with your current set-up, but you mention that "soundstaging" could be improved. This usually means there's something wrong with the speaker-room interface. Look there first. Most speakers sou... 
why do some turntables have multiple tonearms?
If you collect records and like to have the original artifacts, you'll need to play 78s with a 2.7-3.0 mil stylus, a mono configuration and most likely a heavier tracking force. If you enjoy early mono LPs played back properly, you also need a mon... 
Dylan wins Nobel Prize in Literature
Bob Dylan won the Nobel Prize in Literature.  Read his lyrics and his book, Chronicles Volume One and you'll see why. While his music helps put across his poetry (much as Elizabethan stagecraft helped convey Shakespeare's) his musical sensibilitie... 
Dylan wins Nobel Prize in Literature
Mapman, you forgot Louis Armstrong. In terms of influence alone, the rest of your list would not exist without Armstrong. 
If I'm looking for "Tube Sound", why would I put a Tube Pre in front of a SS amp?
Has anyone in this thread addressed preamp-power amp electrical compatibility? This interface is also important, like the power-amp/speaker interface. Solid state amps tend to have lower input and output impedances than tubed units. Your preamp's ...