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Whats on your turntable tonight?
Robin Trower - Bridge of Sighs 
Whats on your turntable tonight?
The Beatles - Abbey Road, MFSL 
What are you streaming tonight?
Stone Temple Pilots - Purple, remastered Hi-Res, Qobuz.  This sounds excellent! 
Whats on your turntable tonight?
@spiritofradio Thanks for that info.  I think I've seen it somewhere else.  The table came with a nice Soundeck mat and the KAB RCA cable mod.  It came with a Zu Denon DL103.  It sounded like crap, not much treble and distorted.  I have no history... 
Whats on your turntable tonight?
@tomic601 The Nova is a great phono stage, but the Chinook has bested it with every other cartridge I've tried, so I was a little surprised.  The Shure VI5 Type IV is a little on the "bright" side and with the gain at the high setting it accentuat... 
Whats on your turntable tonight?
Dire Straits - Brothers in Arms, Quiex II promo copy  
Whats on your turntable tonight?
Nine Inch Nails - Pretty Hate Machine 
Whats on your turntable tonight?
The Rolling Stones - Some Girls 
Whats on your turntable tonight?
The Moody Blues - Long Distance VoyagerMy "new" Technics SL 1200 MKII is sounding really nice now. I picked up another headshell and mounted my Shure V15 Type IV with a Jico SAS stylus on it. To my surprise, it sounds better with my Musical Surrou... 
Whats on your turntable tonight?
The Knife - Deep Cuts 
Abbey Road 50th Anniversary
Mine is still sitting in the "on-deck" bin. No time for listening the last couple of days. :( 
Rega P6/ or Clearaudio Concept, both with same cartridge?
Consider buying a used Clearaudio Emotion with the Satisfy arm. I have one and used it in the same spot as the Concept with no issues. There's one on us audio mart for $650 right now. That's a nice deal. I have no affiliation with the seller. No d... 
Am I the only one who doesn’t love Harbeth P3esr?
A small sealed sub like an SVS SB1000 or SB2000 will make the bass a non-issue, assuming that they are in a relatively small room. I'm using the older SVS SB12 NSD with mine. 
Steely Dan's "Two Against Nature" on vinyl?
If you have the European import on vinyl, it may be valuable.  I saw a few listed on Discogs, all around $600 - $700.  Which of course doesn't necessarily mean anyone is buying them at that price, but... 
Abbey Road 50th Anniversary
Given what they seem to sell for on Discogs, I'll probably toss it out there instead of the ocean if I don't like it.