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I wrote/mailed tax checks today...
@hedgehog I’ve always wondered what would happen if we flipped the income tax amounts. Pay our states and local municipalities what we pay the Feds, and pay the Feds what we do our states and local municipalities. The cost of the U.S. governme... 
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The Byrds - Fifth Dimension. Columbia  reissue 1971, originally 1966  
I wrote/mailed tax checks today...
Since I’ve been self-employed I always pay. Actually prefer to pay after taking every deduction offered, than overpay our bloated Federal Government and think I’m getting a deal with a ‘refund’.  
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@j_husker  Very cool, enjoy! Only way to enjoy mono in all its glory 👍🏼  
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Well, so much for the tax doldrums. Just posted today on US Audio Mart that got my immediate attention, an Sbooster linear power supply that will work with my Hagerman Trumpet. Looks to be in almost new condition for $250 shipped. A great deal. So... 
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John Lennon - Imagine. Apple 1971    
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@noromance  I hear you, Brian. Guess I won't be buying that Durand tonearm after all! Well Brian, I’m glad I bought those mono blocks before doing my taxes. I probably would have hesitated 😁  
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Well, it’s tax day. Spent all day on mine. Thus a nice chunk of change lightened my wallet. And to make things worse, I realized I hadn’t made a payment in January, as I usually do….not sure how that happened. Oh well….so….this only made sense as ... 
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The Claremont Quartet w/Joanna Nickrenz, piano Schoenberg - Ode To Napoleon Buonaparte For String Quartet, Piano, And Reciter, Op. 41 Webern - String Quartet, Op. 38 Stravinsky - Concertino For String Quartet & Three Pièces For String Quartet ... 
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Prague String Quartet Dvořák - String Quartets No. 8 & No. 10 Deutsche Grammophon 1976, German release   
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Members of The Vienna Octet Britten - Sinfonietta, Op. 1 Hindemith - Octet (1957–58) London Treasury Series 1976 reissue, originally 1965    
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@spiritofradio  This is a much better recording: Chausson Trio Pour Piano, Violon Et Violoncelle, Op. & Pièce Pour Violoncelle Et Piano, Op. 39 Jean-Claude Pennetier, piano Régis Pasquier, violin Roland Pidoux, cello Harmonia Mundi 1984, Fren... 
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@spiritofradio  I’m interested in that Muir String Quartet Chausson.  What do you think? It’s nice to have in the collection, but, for a DMM pressing, it’s not really very impressive SQ-wise. It’s good, but not great. The performance is better... 
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@tgilb  RE: Deutsche Grammophon - One word, inconsistent. Most/many can be very good, some, not so much. Doesn’t mean they are not all ‘good’, they are, but some are stellar, and some not so much.  In contrast, in relation to another larger EU l... 
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The Music Group Of London Vaughan Williams - String Quartet No 1 In G Minor & String Quartet No 2 In A Minor His Masters Voice 1973 UK release