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Whats on your turntable tonight?
Nice spirit! I saw them in Portland a year or two ago.  
Whats on your turntable tonight?
Utopia - Oops! Wrong Planet 
High end units in the U.S. market that are not black?
Accessories4less has two Yamaha AS-3000's, one black, and one silver for $3888.  That silver one looks really tempting!  
Whats on your turntable tonight?
Parliament's Greatest Hits 
Whats on your turntable tonight?
Watched the David Crosby "Remember My Name" documentary last night.  It's really good. Cameron Crowe doesn't make many missteps when it comes to film-making.  Afterwards busted out my old worn copy of CSN.  
What are you streaming tonight?
Uber, I wasn't aware of this release, so it was cool when it popped up on Qobuz.  He was really into jazz and has a couple of jazz recordings also. 
Why don’t tube amps sound like tubes anymore?
When I decided to get tubed components, it was after hearing one of the more "tubey" sounding units currently on the market.  The sound was very seductive, but I had a feeling that after a while I might tire of that less than neutral sound.  My ma... 
What do I do with this Auralic?
I'm not familiar with the unit you have, but in general, you need to share the files on your network so that other devices can access them through DLNA.  According to a quick search, it supports UPnP/DLNA.  For Windows you can get a media server l... 
What are you streaming tonight?
Jeff Healey - Heal My Soul (Deluxe Edition), Qobuz Hi-Res.  For a "lost" album (culled from stuff he left behind after he passed away), this is really good. 
Whats on your turntable tonight?
@slaw I assumed you were talking about the Kinks, but not being aware of that particular remaster, didn't want to guess.  I looked it up and the one I have is a Reprise 1979 reissue (RS 6423).  Sounds great!  One of my pre-owned purchase from the ... 
Whats on your turntable tonight?
@slaw Which record were you referring to? The fact that I have to ask leads me to think probably not. 
Whats on your turntable tonight?
Prince - 1999 
Whats on your turntable tonight?
The Kinks - Lola Versus the Powerman and the Moneygoround, Part One 
My record player sounds slightly high pitched
This thing is pretty handy -  https://www.turntableneedles.com/Digital-Speed-Readout-Turntable-Platter-Speed-Tool--Any-Table_p_3987.htmlProbably not perfectly accurate, but it's been a big help with some of the tables I've had with a detached motor. 
10K system
A good one.