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My first time hearing a Linn I was infecta. Before that I was using CD but hearing analog made me defecta.

Good to read about a good guy.

Elliot

Nice! Seems Steve/Ray are genuinely interested in what they do and it transcends beyond the workplace. Good to be able to establish that kind of relationship. Steve has always been very personable in my many dealings with him.

miller, lewm

you’re both funny. I watch my nephews play ice hockey, and don’t bet on Jets, Giants or Horses.

I commuted to NYC on the train for 26 years, I’ve seen too many grown men cry.
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rdk777, booth

Steve showed me his large spool of tonearm wire, they have done a lot of tonearms.

I’ve only met with them 4 times, but I think I have bragging rights. Who else on Audiogon has met Steve’s wife?

She came with Steve and Ray when they visited. She’s very nice, listened with us, was interested in the sound and equipment, and she understood the work to create the big mess in the garage acquiring the LP’s far better than they did.
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I brought them my old SME 3009 for a look see. I had an idea how to remove the sliding plate and apparatus below, make a simple base plate so only 1 small hole is needed to mount it. Steve liked the idea, more rigid, said he was going to change his restored 3012 mount. I saw it there, chrome plated counterweights, what a beauty.

To pay someone else to do it is the monofecta.  Still worthy of mention and painless.

What a shame. To come so close. If only you had rewired the tone arm, biased the cayin, and fixed the remote it would have been the trifecta.

I like Steve 👍

Also like that Cayin A88T with 16 ohm outputs 👍👍

Steve is the best.  I was not aware that he did amp repairs and tonearm wiring,  My experience with him has been with cartridges, He repaired my ZYX Universe II cartridge that Andy Kim had destroyed. Good to know.