The 500DR does get warm and hot at volume. I am considering longer legs to give a bit more space. And then a shelf with shortwr legs for NDS. Or perhaps two shelves with long legs for central stack.
I am sure it is fine. Electronics like to be warm.
At my typical volume it gets only warm. The medium legs are definitely done for the 500.
I also have extended legs - 3 levels 
But not enough space for that.
I had a free shelf under nd555 in order to have the psu away. Putting the 500 under nd555 gave me the opportunity to keep 4 levels in 2 stack 
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Behave ! 
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I have definitely reached the high point in my own hifi journey but this thread definitely keeps me engaged with this forum. I just wanted to thank you @Dan_M for sharing your experience with us. Total empathy from up North. I hope you are totally enjoying your new system. 
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The system is sounding superb. Have done some fine tuning, moved 552PS down a Fraim level and 555PS up a Fraim level. Some cable dressing and fine tuning. The Burndy cables work better now. Bits of foam here and there so cables donāt touch.
The LP12 cables are all shielded so they shouldnāt affect things! The LP12 sounds absolutely gorgeous.
But moving the NDS cables and using some foam and making sure Super Lumina interconnect doesnāt touch anything has made a difference.
Have also ordered a used EE8 switch and a used Audioquest Vodka ethernet cable. Will see what that brings to the party. I can use the ifi 2 power supply with it to start with which I am using on Netgear GS108.
So Router > Netgear > EE8 > Audioquest Vodka > ND5XS2 > DC1 >NDS.
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Itās called keeping your options open, funny thing is that I did the same . Bitterly regret trading in my LP12 which was promptly broken up for spares
One of my two biggest audio mistakes
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Can you get another LP12? Then you can start again.
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What was the other one Ian?
Iāve got a nice turntable at the moment, not an LP12 but related to the base model LP12 (it has more or less the same ClearAudio Arm) - bit put off from buying vinyl at the moment both by itās cost and reliability
best wishes
Ian
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Giving away a pair of Ruark Sabres to someone who managed to blow them up
@Ian2001
Totally agree with this Iām glad Iāve got some thousands of records from over a long period of time but modern stuff seems to be to collect or look at playability is a lottery.
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This is what ended my vinyl journey. It took to much time and energy from me in the end.
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Unfortunate so say the least.
I nearly sold my LP12 but a good friend talked me out of it. This was nearly 10 years ago and I am so glad I kept it. Even though I have spent a lot upgrading it to around Selekt level, this has been a lot less than buying a new LP12 or something equally good. One of my better hi-fi decisions.
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2nd 555PSDR delivered Thursday!
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Will be a big upgrade 
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What took so longš
Luv uā¤ļø
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Interesting to see how you find that.
I found it to be very poor value for what it was ment to bring, i hope you find it to be different.
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Even bigger if he remove the DR sticker! 
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Itās 2021 in 500 series finish so full DR. Along with rest of my system!
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