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Ramones mixed with BW 801 at Abbey Road..
Back to Mono! That seems very appropriate for The Ramones. I'm gettin 'it! I like their second, third, and fourth albums even more (Marky is a much more "muscular" drummer than is Tommy), but the first is great too. 
Magnepan 20.7
Larry, what do you consider near field distance? I listen at 8' from speakers usually, anything closer being what I consider near field. But big panels like Maggies make the same distance seem closer than do smaller speakers. 
Audio and the acoustic therapy of spaces
Love it Tom! 
When will there be decent classical music recordings?
The difficulty in recording and reproducing large orchestras is why old-timers like J. Gordon Holt considered reproducing such recordings the ultimate challenge and test of a music system's capabilities. For the exact reason Al just explained, get... 
Your last concert was to see who and when?
Excellent swampwater! Speaking of Pat McLaughlin, he is himself a fine songwriter, singer, and guitarist, with some great recordings worth seeking out. 
best phono stage to mate with a London Decca Super Gold cart?
UK reviewer Ken Kessler of Hi-Fi News is a longtime Decca devotee, and has praised Glenn Croft many times, including his phono designs for use with Deccas/Londons. And Croft, being intimately familiar with the cartridges, may have his own preferen... 
best phono stage to mate with a London Decca Super Gold cart?
What the Decca/London's need is not much gain (40dB is plenty) and lots of headroom. Their 5mV output is way too hot for lots of phono stages. For solid state, the Liberty B2B-1 has both, John Atkinson finding it's overload margin about as high as... 
Magnepan 20.7
Irsky, since you have a large room and would like more bass slam, add a pair of the old Magneplanar Tympani T-IV or T-IVa bass panels to your MG20.7's. There's nothing like Tympani bass! 
Need Help From The Resident Experts
The Modulus is well-known to have excessive gain, it's design dating back to the pre-CD era. Most modern pre-amps provide around 12dB. There are attenuators available for inserting between pre and power, or resistors can be installed on the inputs... 
Herron VTPH-2 12ax7 Recommendations?
Thanks ochremoon. In the 80's I had the Frank Van Alstine Super Pas in which he used 5751's (Sylvania, if memory serves) instead of 12AX7's, for their linearity and low noise said Frank. I had Keith send my VTPH-1mm with two 12AX7's and two 12AT7'... 
When will there be decent classical music recordings?
Yeah yeah tostado, Kirkpatrick and Kipnis are fantastic players and interpreters. Kipnis even did some audiophile label recordings. I have more of these two players on CD though, which I assume will be okay with the OP, assuming he is interested i... 
VPI Avenger
VPI and ARC seem to operate rather similarly, don't they? 
Speakers for 15K - Discounts
Rythmik is located in Austin. If you buy two of their great subs at the same time you get a 10% discount, and save the shipping if you pick up the subs at the Rythmik office/warehouse. 
Your favorite BEACH BOYS LP besides PET SOUNDS
I somehow missed your 01-30-2016 post Marty, with which I concur 100%. There are others I listen to for different reasons: All Summer Long for it’s "before sex and drugs" innocence, Sunflower for The Beach Boys finally putting out a good album on ... 
ELO and the search for SQ
Speaking of ELO, Jeff Lynne produced an album in 1993 for Julliana Raye entitled Something Peculiar, and it is fantastic!