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Whats on your turntable tonight?
A nice copy of Pink Floyd - Obscured by Clouds. Thanks Jim!  
What are you streaming tonight?
Cults - Host, Qobuz 
What are you streaming tonight?
Jealous Of The Birds - Peninsula, Qobuz Hi-Res.   
What are you streaming tonight?
Saunder Jurriaans - Beasts. Qobuz Hi-Res 
Whats on your turntable tonight?
@spiritofradio It looks like someone has bought that ZYX cartridge.  Did you pull the trigger?  I was looking at it, but I couldn't find much information other than the glowing review that Echo linked to.  I read a few comments about concerns with... 
I’m looking to upgrade my Magnum Dynalab MD106T???
I would look into getting a better antenna before replacing an already excellent tuner. 
Whats on your turntable tonight?
The Fabulous Thunderbirds - Tuff Enuff  
Whats on your turntable tonight?
Uber, another possible option is van den hul. Not fast or cheap and not sure if they'll do other manufacturers carts, but worth looking into. I bought a used van den hul cart and it arrived with no diamond. The seller refunded my money and didn't ... 
Whats on your turntable tonight?
@uberwaltz I have used both Soundsmith and Andy Kim. Andy was faster and cheaper and his work seemed to be very good. It was the same cart (don't ask!). I didn't detect any noticeable difference in sound quality between the two retips and the orig... 
Whats on your turntable tonight?
 The Kinks - The Kink Kronikles, RSD 2020 red vinyl.  
Whats on your turntable tonight?
@slaw For the skip? I gave it a good cleaning and carefully picked at the spot and it made it through with no skip or other ill effects. I'll try that next time.  
Whats on your turntable tonight?
Al Stewart - Time Passages, MFSL. I noticed something stuck on one of the tracks on side 2 that I didn't notice in the record store. I'll be surprised if it doesn't skip. Sounds great so far though, close to NM- for 20 bucks. 
Headphones .......... Huh?
I picked up a used pair of Sennheiser Momentum headphones to wear while mowing the lawn.  I wasn't expecting much, especially since I have an extensive collection of headphones and headphone amps, some costing thousands of dollars.  I was really s... 
Periphery outer ring thoughts ?
I recently bought the periphery ring for my VPI Classic 2 and am glad I did.  Flat records, more dynamics, better bass. 
Charging A Fee To Demo An Amplifier In A Brick & Mortar Store
This could be easily avoided with a fair return policy.  Buy it, listen at home for XX days, and if it doesn't float your boat, return the items.