Here's a quick pic of my current setup: 

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The speaker you see in the second picture is one of my two Monitor Audio Silver RS8 speakers:

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I was helping a buddy audition some speakers four years ago and I was knocked out by the lush, rich, lustrous sound they delivered, especially in comparison to more expensive speakers!

I play my records on a Thorens TD240 turntable:

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It's equipped with an Ortofon 2M Black cartridge featuring a cutting edge Shibata stylus:

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But my next project is to find a Garrard C6 headshell and to then get a custom base built for a new old stock Garrard GT55 turntable from the 1970's:

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I plan to get the base built from alternating layers of baltic birch which has gained renown for being acoustically dead. I envision a surface veneer of dark walnut  to resemble the appearance of the vintage GT55 bases which were actually made at the time from cheap particle board covered with a vinyl veneer resembling woodgrain:

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The GT55 will then serve to anchor a second sound system in my bedroom. The turntable I'm currently eyeing for my main system is the Thorens TD350:

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Then of course I'd like to spring for this handsome Nitty Gritty Mini Pro record cleaning machine:

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