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Worst Concerts You Have Attended ??
Hall and Oates a couple of years ago.  Totally mailed it in.  One of my friends was there and she left in the middle of the concert.  A free concert by one hit wonder Aldo Nova was a close second.  Mudhoney (what a weird pairing!) opened the show ... 
Check in: How quickly are streamers and servers evolving?
They are evolving at the speed of sound!  Seriously though, I've thought about this, to the point where I sometinmes think about just giving up analog altogether.  My digital front end sounds every bit as good as my analog front end already. The... 
Whats on your turntable tonight?
Boards of Canada - Tomorrow's Harvest 
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Blues Brothers - Briefcase Full of Blues 
Whats on your turntable tonight?
All this talk about Carole King... Tapestry, MFSL  
Whats on your turntable tonight?
I've been running the VPI with no mat.  
Whats on your turntable tonight?
The Moody Blues - On the Threshold of a Dream 
Whats on your turntable tonight?
Steve, the first thought I had was that if I keep this table, I need to try a mymat. I'm not crazy about the one that came with it. I don't think I want to dump any more money into the VPI. I have the dual pivot and the periphery ring and of cours... 
Whats on your turntable tonight?
@slaw I've always felt the VPI was a little noisy, and curiosity. I have a week to return it if I want.  
Whats on your turntable tonight?
John Lennon - Mind Games, MFSL. Picked up an Acoustic Signature Wow XL turntable today. Giving it a chance to unseat my VPI Classic 2 as my best table. I like it so far, but haven't decided if it's a step up or lateral move.  
What are you streaming tonight?
Cowboy Junkies - Whites Off Earth Now!!, Tidal (doesn't appear to be on Qobuz). 
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Blue Öyster Cult - Agents of Fortune 
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Van Halen - Diver Down 
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Cowboy Junkies - The Trinity Session 
Teac NT-505 on Closeout by Walmart
@artemus_5 I'm probably not the best person to ask about cables. I'm not using the DAC in the TEAC for anything other than the streamer, so no cable to the DAC. I'm not one that hears big differences in cables, other than a few that I've tried t...