What's been playing on your turntable and what turntable is it ?

  The M Squad 2s living stereo,Stravinsky Firebird Dorati LSO Merc living presence 1st press.Perpetuum Ebner 2040, Signet AM 50.I paid 2 bucks for the NM low 2s1959 M squad last year,Lee Marvin,like pre Peter Gunn.Some interesting tracks on it.

Murder Ballads - Nick Cave. Awesome album. Nice recording.

Original Marvin Gaye What's Going On
PTP Audio Lenco
Riggle Woody tonearm
Reto Andreoli EMT TSD cartridge

Upstairs, Monk at the Blackhawk on a Technics SP10 Mk3 with Reed tonearm and ZYX Universe cartridge.
Downstairs, Sarah Vaughn, any of several different LPs, on a PTP Lenco with slate plinth, Dynavector tonearm, superbearing, and Phoenix drive system.
This was in the last 2 nights.  Right now I am sitting at a computer writing this and listening to nothing.

Jack White acoustic recordings...VPI HW-19, SME 309 ,Dynavector 10x5. Audio eargasm!

Hello No Regrets,
Must have been brain dead, but I just noticed your inquiry.

First, I absolutely LOVE the Amazon Grand Referenz/Moerch DP8 combo.
Incredibly  sublime analog reproduction.

Second, I can't directly compare w/ absolute certainty the Amazon to the Feickert Blackbird. I never mounted the Moerch on the Feickert, so I don't have a direct comparison between the two decks with the same arm. On the Feickert I had the Jelco and my FR66s. On the Amazon only the Moerch ( though I am thinking of fabricating an arm board to mount my FR66s on the Amazon for future comparisons ). That said, however,

The Feickert is a GREAT deck. I completely loved what it did with either arm mentioned above, though of course the FR66s did trounce the Jelco arm. I was completely happy and enjoying the music immensely. That said,

The Amazon( and I believe the difference is due mostly to the Amazon and not the Moerch ) is in another league entirely. There is a blackness, STS, on the Amazon that the music seems to spring forth from that the Feickert simply cannot match. The noise floor, to put it plainly, simply does not exist on the Amazon ( to be fair, I would have said the same about the Feickert had I not had the Amazon for comparison ). The music, for lack of a better descriptor, seems to come forth out of the abyss, and the Feickert cannot match that sense of nothingness under the music. The Feickert simply cannot match that sense of utter realism that the Grand Referenz conveys.

I'm very seriously considering taking a leap of faith and selling both the Moerch and the FR66s, and getting one of Pete Riggles Woody ( 12 inch version ) and calling it a day. Probably would go with the SPU version ( I have a lot of very high quality SME type headshells ).

Anyone out there, please feel free to offer any thoughts on the Woody. There's just something about that arm that is calling me.

Thanks for any advice,                         Crazy Bill

I am listening to Jeff Beck's There and Back on my Dual 1229. It has an AT120e cart fitted with an ATN140LC stylus.

This morning before work I listened to both sides of Linda Ronstadt "Hasten down the wind".  A fabulous way to start the day.  Turntable is an Origin Live Resolution with Encounter Mk 3 arm and Ortofon Quintet black cartridge. 

Father John Misty - I love you honey bear - nothing good ever happens at the goddamn thirsty crow

In the midst of a cartridge comparison between a Paradox Pulse DL103r and Lyra Dorian.

Music Hall mmf.9.1 thru ARC PH8

Since my post back in December I’ve been through a few cartridges. I thought the Benz I was using just needed some break-in time, but it turned out to be defective. Got a Lyra Delos that had excellent top end extension, but lacked enough bottom for my tastes. Picked up an AT33Sa I really like on the SME 20/2 , IV.Vi combination.
In rotation today were two from Royal Southern Brotherhood. heartsoulblood and The Royal Gospel. Gregg Allman’s son Devon is in this group.

Elbow-Little Fictions / LP12, Aro, Linn Kandid

Countdown to Ecstasy.

 

Koetsu Blue Lace Diamond -> Triplanar -> Grand Prix Monaco 3.0 in Speed Gelb. First time listening to the legendary Koetsu in the equally legendary Triplanar arm. Big sound with subterranean bottom.

Queen's Greatest Hits - Hollywood Records... just bought it a week ago.

Excellent recording.

 

Heybrook TT2 /slightly modded LVX arm, Ring Mat and AT33PTG/II

My Clearaudio Performance DC Wood with Tracer arm and Ortofon Caenza Bronze cartridge last entertained me with all four sides of Joe Bonamassa's Blues Deluxe album.  This is an excellent recording for anyone who loves the blues.  Before that it was Percy Sledge, Greatest Hits.  This is a mediocre recording as was the case for many soul artists, but the music and the singer are great.

"Sunday at the Village Vanguard" -- Bill Evans Trio

On a Palmer 2.5i with the Audio Origami PU7 arm and a Koetsu Rosewood Signature Platinum