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Whats on your turntable tonight?
Asia - S/T 
Whats on your turntable tonight?
Sounded great slaw!  
Whats on your turntable tonight?
The Beatles - A Hard Day's Night 
What are you streaming tonight?
Mary Chapin Carpenter - The Dirt and the Stars, Qobuz Hi-Res, excellent! 
What are you streaming tonight?
Idris Ackamoor - Shaman!, Qobuz 
Whats on your turntable tonight?
Bob Dylan - Blood On The Tracks. This one's a recent 180 gram pressing, sounds great. Love the guitar in Tangled Up In Blue.  
Whats on your turntable tonight?
The MFSL One-Step Blood On The Tracks has been sitting unopened in my on deck bin for a while. I promised my girlfriend I'd wait for her to come over to play it. Unfortunately, with covid-19 and other things going on we haven't had that opportunity. 
Whats on your turntable tonight?
@slaw if I had more room the orb might be more attractive. I was a little skeptical about the Periphery Outer Ring Clamp, especially given its price (I bought mine second hand), but so far it has turned out to be a worthwhile purchase. It only tak... 
Can anyone recommend a good streamer/DAC?
The TEAC NT-505 is right around your budget if you can sell your blue ound and get about three hundred bucks for it.Having compared the teac to the option of adding a much more expensive DAC to the bluesound, I preferred the sound quality of the t... 
Whats on your turntable tonight?
@bkeske Don't let that unipivot arm on the VPI scare you off. I recently picked up a classic 2 with the classic 3 unipivot arm and absolutely love it. I have bought the dual pivot attachment but haven't set it up yet. We'll see how much difference... 
Honest question about cartridge vs. turntable performance.
I'd rather spend 80% on the turntable and 20% on the cartridge, than flipping those numbers around, but they both matter.  The 5.1 is a decent turntable, but you'll get more out of your cartridge if you invest in a better platform.  On the other h... 
Your vote for greatest (covers) album
Tom Jones - Reload 
Whats on your turntable tonight?
Diana Krall - Love Scenes 
Whats on your turntable tonight?
@slaw I loved Hole. Not so much for their music but for the live performances. You never knew what you were going to get out of Courtney. I saw them three different times and every show was completely different. 
Harbeth P3ESR metal tweeter
My P3ESRs are really easy to listen to. I've never found them bright or harsh, but they do offer a lot of detail. I have mine in kind of a near field setup in my computer room. I'm many ways, they are my favorite speakers. They're also the least e...