2ndtrumpet

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What sends shivers down your spine when you play it on your system?
Mahler 1-5 symphoniesMoussorgsky/Ravel - Pictures at an Exhibition, Chicago/GiuliniVaughn Williams - Fantasia on a theme by Thomas Tallis, ASMF/MarrinerHuey Lewis and the News - The Heart of Rock n RollHandel - Messiah, Hallelujah chorusBarber - A... 
VM540ML cartridge - what phono preamp is a good match
We now have two outboard preamps in the house, a ProJect Phono Box S2 and a Musical Fidelity LX-LPS.  Neither is very expensive, but both are a noticeable improvement over the Sony AV receiver's phono stage.  I have some time to compare them in a ... 
VM540ML cartridge - what phono preamp is a good match
Yes, I've seen comments elsewhere to that effect about the A-T's brightness being tamed by letting them run a little low in the tail.  That's why I didn't add shims to raise the arm.  Or is it that it enhances the bass a little, which makes us per... 
VM540ML cartridge - what phono preamp is a good match
Johnss & noromance ...are you talking about the ones from China that include EAR834 in the title? The ones I see are only $200 or so.  Are they pretty good?  noromance ... I have played about 50 LP's on it.  Sounds a bit better, but the stride... 
Classical Music for Aficionados
Muzak might be more effective than classical music for the 7-11s. 
Saxaphone vs. Trumpet...Which do you prefer?
hmmm, trumpet, I think. 
VM540ML cartridge - what phono preamp is a good match
Thanks for the suggestions, guys.  The cartridge now has a little over 20 hours, which I thought might be enough run-in time.  Maybe it needs more.  But I suspect, like y'all do, that the built-in phono stage isn't much to begin with, and may pres... 
DCM QED
I still have mine ... bought them around 1980 or so.  They sounded very similar to the Time Windows, which were awesome, but beyond my budget at the time.  They have survived the other components I bought back then- integrated amp and tuner (Onkyo...