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FINALLY! A topic for me! 😁 Two of the most important things for the best cup of coffee: 1) Use GOOD water. Your coffee coming out is only as good as your water going in. Filtered coffee is a good step. Something that still has a little minerals in it is great. Reverse Osmosis water is BEST! Not a fan. But use good bottled water if you can get a hold of anything else. 2) FRESH ROASTED AND FRESH GROUND! Stay away from grocery store coffee. It's mostly likey been sitting on the shelf for months since it's been roster. Explore your local coffee roasters and find something you like. Best recommendation is having a burr grinder and grind EVERY time you want to brew your coffee. The more time your coffee has been 'exposed' to air after it's been ground the more stale it gets. Just those 2 steps will GREATLY increase your coffee quality experience. Lastly, enjoying coffee is like growing a beard. The only ones doing it wrong are the ones telling you you are doing it wrong!

I feel like this thread got a little off topic. I also have the The 5s primarily for my Hitachi HT-46 TT (with a brand new upgraded needle) and I too have been thinking of adding a external phono pre amp. I feel like the internal one is a little lack-luster (just not as good as I was hoping for), BUT I also want to add a headphone jack option. I now live in a tiny apartment with very thin walls and have had my neighbors knocking on my door because I'm rattling their floorboards (the 5s do put out an impressive amount of sound!) Has anyone tried or have any opinions of the Nobsound Little Bear T7 Vacumn Tube Mini Phono Stage RIAA MM Turntable Preamp & HiFi Tube Pre-Amplifier? https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01M7UGWU9/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_glc_fabc_PWNH7Y7QJDBH3A8NM6K7?psc=1 On the surface it seems to have everything that I am looking for but I'm hesitant to just straight buy it and try it out blindly. I'm new to this forum and so far LOVE this community! Glad to now be apart of it.