big_greg

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What are you streaming tonight?
Songhoy Blues - Optimisme, Qobuz Hi-Res 
What are you streaming tonight?
Bruce Springsteen - Letter To You, Qobuz Hi-Res.  I'm not a huge Bruce fan, but really enjoyed this.  I think it's the best thing he's done in a long time. 
Whats on your turntable tonight?
@boxer12 I chatted with uber the other day, he's good. 
What are you streaming tonight?
Pearl  Jam - MTV Unplugged, Qobuz hi-res  
Whats on your turntable tonight?
The Rolling Stones - Metamorphosis, RSD green vinyl. 
Record Store Day (RSD) Drop #3-Today!
My local record store had people line up at 9 and then they got a time slot to come back for five minutes. I don't remember what all I got but there was some Cheap Trick, Judas Priest, UFO, and a few other things. I was only planning to get four o... 
Whats on your turntable tonight?
A minty Japanese copy of BTO Not Fragile. 
Whats on your turntable tonight?
10CC - Bloody Tourists 
Whats on your turntable tonight?
Poco - Head Over Heels. This one sounds pretty good, it may have actually been graded accurately. 
Whats on your turntable tonight?
My Poco Legend just shipped today, I should have it later next week.  I'll post my impressions after I get it.  
which speaker to buy
Just because he can bridge doesn't mean he should.  For efficient speakers like Klipsch, he'll only be using a few watts at most before driving them to hearing damaging levels.  It's good to have that extra headroom for dynamics, but bridging them... 
What are you streaming tonight?
Metallica - S&M (with Michael Kamen Conducting the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra) [Live at the Berkeley Community Theater, Berkeley, CA, 4/21-22/1999], Qobuz Hi-Res.  Not a bad way to start a Friday morning! 
What are Your Favorite and Most hated Record Manufacturers
MFSL for both. When they're good, they're amazing, but I've had a number of them arrive with seam splits and a couple have had pressing issues. I think those cardboard liners they put around the records contribute to the seam splits.  
TEAC NT-505 FUNCTIONAL REVIEW
I have the Teac CG-10M. To my ears there isn't a noticeable difference with or without. Save your money. Or buy mine.  
Odd problem with TT setup...
What phono stage?