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Whats on your turntable tonight?
Boogie With Canned Heat 
How many vinyl albums do you own you listen to?
I have 1,654 catalogued in Discogs. I’ve been working on a project to get them all entered into Discogs and to cull out doubles and those that I don’t listen to. I think maybe 75% are already catalogued. So I listen to 1 or 2 of the ones that aren... 
Whats on your turntable tonight?
This Pantera record sounds like crap.  
Whats on your turntable tonight?
Joel, I have a stock Chinook with upgraded tubes (don't ask which ones, it's been a while) and the Herron is a definite upgrade. Not night and day difference, but the Herron is quieter and lets you "see" a little further into the music.  
Whats on your turntable tonight?
Pantera - The Great Southern Trendkill 
Whats on your turntable tonight?
Steve, I bought the VTPH-2A. I'm strongly considering (which means it's only a matter of time) getting the VTSP-360 also.  
What is an audiophile? Are you an audiophile?
The word is in the dictionary and I fit the definition.  
Is $2,844 too much to pay for a fuse?
Depends on your level of income and intelligence. 
Whats on your turntable tonight?
@slaw I don't know what his policy is regarding auditions. I like my Herron amps and phono stage enough that I'm willing to go all in on the preamp. 
Whats on your turntable tonight?
@slaw The Herron is fantastic.  More detail, a quieter background, more holographic.  I like that I can have both a MM and MC connected to it and switch from one to the other with the flick of a switch.  It's an upgrade from my Manley Chinook and ... 
Home Theater Bypass , why am I hearing this now.
A preamp or integrated with HTBP will allow you to get the most from your music listening (assuming a quality preamp or integrated) than you'll get from a home theater receiver or processor.  When listening in two channel, the home theater process... 
What are you streaming tonight?
New release Friday - checking out Gary Moore's How Blue Can You Get on Qobuz.  Apparently it's unreleased material culled from his archives after he passed on.  I'm really enjoying it so far.Our friend uberwaltz has left the building.  I haven't t... 
Whats on your turntable tonight?
Stanley Turrentine - The Baddest Turrentine  
Whats on your turntable tonight?
@spiritofradio Not embarrassed, but it's kind of out of my comfort zone :)  She does have an amazing voice! 
Whats on your turntable tonight?
Carpenters - S/T.  This falls under "guilty pleasures" for me.