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Whats on your turntable tonight?
Rolling Stones - “Some Girls”... taking me right back to HS & summer ‘78! 
Whats on your turntable tonight?
Anderson East “Alive in Tennessee” cover to cover in a post CMA moment. Was an impulse buy and sat for 5mos before I played it; mistake! What a terrific live show - nicely recorded & a recommended musical nugget 
Whats on your turntable tonight?
Curtis Mayfield “New World Order”, Isley Brothers “Brother, Brother, Brother”, Leon Bridges “Good Thing”... funky vibes 
Whats on your turntable tonight?
Paul Weller “Stanley Road”, Faces “First Step” & Free “Fire and Water”. Is it me or does great British music always sound best through British gear? 
Whats on your turntable tonight?
Beastie Boys “Paul’s Boutique” - so great! Blackberry Smoke “The Whippoorwill” & Son Volt “Trace”... Not exactly sure how I got from the BBs to Son Volt in the same sitting. Quite a stretch, lol 
Whats on your turntable tonight?
David Bowie - “Low”, Sting - “Mercury  Falling”, Steve Earle - “ El Corazon”, Julie Miller - “Broken Things”. Morning mashup between raking leaves and taking dog to the beach... the latter being exponentially more enjoyable! 
Whats on your turntable tonight?
Walter Wolfman Washington - “My Future Is My Past” & “Half The City” - St Paul & The Broken Bones in a late night session. NOS Grace F9E on the Luxman table sounding particularly nice... 
Whats playing on your system today?
Went deep with some St Paul & The Bone Breakers last night (both “Half The City” and “Sea of Noise) - such a cool southern soul vibe. Followed those with Yola’s “Walk Through Fire” - yet another talented young blues/soul artist from across the... 
LS3/5A vs Tannoy
Super old thread but maybe get someone to chime in... very "speaker poor" these days but do have a mid 80's set of 11ohm, Roger's LS3/5As that play exceptionally with my Tandberg 3012 and a set of Reference 3a De Capos with a vintage Crown Power L... 
Amps from the 1980's -- What gear holds up sonically? Reliably?
Have a Crown PL Three and SL Two silver face setup driving Tannoy LRM's and JBL 4311's. Don't know if there's a better looking power package (PL Four excluded) than this setup. Can't tell you the ease in which this amp drives my gear. Hasn't EVER ... 
Best speakers under $500? Fire away!
buy these... solid match for what you have and at 1/2 price. can't go wrong... JBL Studio 230'shttps://boston.craigslist.org/gbs/ele/6052871600.html 
Anybody used Nikko amps before?
New here... Hi!Bought an Alpha 220, Beta 20, Gamma 20 stack at Tech HiFi in 1981 along with an SAE Parametric EQ, Thorens TT & Micro Acoustics 3002 MC cart. This gear has powered JBL 4311's (bought with the Nikko gear) Tannoy System 10's, and ...