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Don't know what more I can say about it, other than I don't think it will be a problem. If that happens i'll just re-cap it, I recently did a big repair on a CRT monitor for a friend that involved re-capping the video board, now that was a pain. I suspect i'll upgrade from the reciever to a component system before it ever becomes a problem. That Luxman turntable is gorgeous. Never seen one quite like that before.

The N55ES is a nice amp! It uses the same transformer is the N80ES, dosen't it? Any pictures of your setup?

Correct, but only at low output, relative to about ~40% i'd say. To that extent, even operating at Class A it dosen't produce a massive amount of heat and the clearance between the two is more than enough to dissipate any heat built up. I've been using this setup in this exact configuration on a regular basis for 3 years without issue. I bet that GX90ES was a nice bit of kit though, you don't see too many of those floating around.

The GX90ES has a power output of 120wpc, compared to the 80wpc output of the GX909ES which generates much less heat. Furthermore, the 909ES uses Sony's Optical Legato system (which i'm sure you are familiar with) and to take advantage of that I keep the output below 50%, which is more than enough for the size of this room. Maybe if I left it on for a few hours the heat would become a problem, I only use it for the turntable and the longest it's ever on is ~45 minutes. Thanks for the concern.

Thanks for the advice. I don't mind comments when they're actually helpful. I keep the volume under control and the Technics has very good isolation, I haven't found it to be much of a problem with the way I use this setup. Nice, your SL-1300 seems to be in good condition. What kind of cart are you running?

Spare me.

The Technics can handle it.

Ace Frehley struggling to hold Iron Maiden. There's irony here somewhere.

I'm so glad this got a stand-alone release on standard vinyl. I already have an original pressing of Alive 1997 and i've wanted Alive 2007 ever since I started collecting. People said it would be impossible due to the way the album is laid out as one continious piece but I still had hope.

The Carbon is much better. I had (and still have in a box somewhere) an LP120 and had it for less than a year before I wanted something better. I ended up going with a legitimate Technics 1200mk2 (the table the LP120 copies) but the Carbon is a great turntable. You'd have to spend a lot more to really do better.

That wirecutter review is trash and was dubunked over at AudioKarma. If you read between the lines you'll see that all of the turntables they reccomend, they have endorsement deals with through Amazon, which means they get money whenever someone buys one of those tables through their website. Coincidentally, the Orbit can only be purchased directly from U-Turn. Doing some basic background on the "reviewer", you'll also find he's a guy who co-edits home theatre websites and has no apparent background with turntables. So much for journalistic integrity.

If that's not great marketing I don't know what is. "I don't like this turntable and admit that it's crap, but I still want someone here to buy it"

I really wish I had seen this thread. I also ordered from this trash on the 5th and have since filed a claim after he lied several times claiming that my record had shipped, but then suddenly told me he mixed my order up and haden't shipped anything. I said "fine, give me a refund" and he kept trying to stall me to "wait a few days" after I had already waited 3 weeks. When I looked at his feedback he only had a couple negatives, and then 3 more showed up after I had paid. I have also now left negative feedback on his account and my Discogs username/profile is the same as it is here. His feedback is down to 41%, so hopefully no one else will be fooled into buying from this idiot.

Considering they're only making one copy chances are no one in this thread will be buying it wether they want to or not.