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As luck would have it, I just now placed an order with SDE out of England (Thin Lizzy in Atmos), and thought I’d share their message on tariffs -

I do not believe that any of the new (within the last 2 years) tariffs have had any effect on media. I regularly order from SDE out of the UK, and from another outlet in Germany, and have paid zero tariffs. Shipping isn’t cheap (it never has been), but no tariff impact whatsoever.

A bit of a rant here (stop me if you have had enough of that in general). I heard a new big band - WDR Big Band from Cologne, Germany (Thank you Jazz London and KCSM). So i thought I would take a look at what they had available from the discography. First stop - discogs (big mistake. HUGE!). For whatever reason, recordings, be they vinyl or CD format, the price to ship from Europe is at/near $100 per recording! I damn near keeled over! Next stop - Amazon. It was a little better, $18-$20/recording, but then they get you with a 'tariff' tax! *sighs* It would almost be cheaper to take a flight to Cologne, grab what I can and fly back, hiding the music in the false bottom of my luggage to avoid the damn 'Duty Tax'. Who knew people would consider smuggling recorded music in this day an age?

Hello everyone, I picked up a broken Carver 2000 and have made progress on repairing it. The current challenge is white noise out of the Left Channels. I cleaned both speaker relays but the static continues. I checked for bad solder joints and everything looks good. Any tips on what I can try next?

Thanks Daddyjt. I will simply avoid the seller who posts info about adding a tariff tax on their store front.

The Who Baba O'Riley

I have brought many things in and out of China in my luggage and nothing has been said at both ports of entry or departure. That has included CD’s but I haven’t done vinyl yet!

Reminds me of Eddie Van Halen's personal recording studio. He had the entire floor raised on hockey pucks. Now that's decoupling!

Back in the day, Rick made "pucks" to place under our equipment and called them "Rizers". Some were solid and used to lift the equipment up to allow better airflow, others were filled with sorbothane to help absorb shock under equipment. They came in a couple of thickness' or height. I have many rizers and they are under most of my equipment. They are the silver pucks under my 275's and under the Cinema Grand in the pics.