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Whats on your turntable tonight?
Little Feat - Let it Roll 
Whats on your turntable tonight?
The Beatles - Rock 'n' Roll Music, Volume 2 
Whats on your turntable tonight?
The Beatles - Rock 'N' Roll Music compilation 
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ELO - Secret Messages 
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Motörhead - On Parole, Black Friday Record Store Day Edition 
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Madonna - S/T 
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Buckcherry - S/T, one of my Black Friday Record Store Day finds. 
Whats on your turntable tonight?
The Beatles - Revolver 
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Rolling Stones - Metamorphosis 
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Rush - Hold Your Fire, Promo copy 
Logical upgrades to a DD turntable.
@chakster I agree about the KAB cables, they are average at best.  I am using KIMBER KABLE TAK-Cu interconnects on my SL-1200 MK2.  I had an issue with hum when using MM cartridges and the TAC-Cu has eliminated that.  I forgot to mention mats, I u... 
What do you take when demoing new gear?
My ears and my common sense and an idea of what I want and as much information as I can find about it beforehand.  
Whats on your turntable tonight?
The Beastie Boys - Some Old Sh!t, RSD 2020 white vinyl. Truth in advertising in the title of this one. It's really not very great or interesting. There are a couple of fun tracks. 
Logical upgrades to a DD turntable.
I have a Technics SL1200 MK2 that came with the KAB RCA mod.  Not having heard it before the mod, I can't say it's better or worse, but it does provide the flexibility of using better interconnects.The most impactful and relatively affordable (at ... 
Any truth to my feeling that MM carts are possibly better than MC on rock recordings?
Better is subjective.  So is thinking that one type of cartridge, speaker, amp, etc. is "better" for a particular genre of music.  There may be certain characteristics about a piece of gear that make it "better" for your particular listening taste...