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Whats on your turntable tonight?
Boulez conducts Berlioz’s Lelio. The London Symphony Orchestra and Choir. Columbia 1971 
To venture back into vinyl or not,...that is the question.
@tomic601 IIRC, those are the 500 series Kenwood. With a Grado wooden cart, that would be a steal. Even with shipping.After just going down this same path, but not having a Linn as my old table, my personal feeling is to find something satisfying ... 
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Same set as last night....Karajan conducts Mendelssohn. Symphony #3. Berlin Philharmonic. From the 5 Symphonies box set. Deutsche Grammophon. 1981 German pressing.Very nice ‘morning symphony’. 
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@tomic601 Junkies - Pale Sun , Crescent MoonThat may be my favorite Junkies album. Hard to pick a favorite of theirs, but really like the harder edge of that one. 
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@slaw Remember Brian, you are going down the rabbit hole. You have mostly new components that need break-in. lol, I think I got deeper than originally planned. But, that’s why they call it the rabbit hole.If the cart, and interconnects, sound bett... 
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OK, I need to check out some big orchestration. Put this rig to a test.Karajan conducts Mendelssohn. Symphony 1 & 2. Berlin Philharmonic. From the 5 Symphonies box set. Deutsche Grammophon. 1981 German pressing. 
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Heck Steve, I have that problem now, as I work out of my house. 😁 
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@johnto MC5 Kick out the JamsClassic!! 
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The Band - Music From the Big Pink. Capitol 1968 
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Can you smile with your mouth hanging open in disbelief?😜 
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Neil Young - Harvest. Reprise 1972 
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Ahmad Jamal - Live at the Montreal Jazz Festival 1985. Atlantic 1986 2 LP set......holy crap, I’m smiling...damn.... 
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Modern Jazz Quartet - Three Windows. Atlantic Jazz 1987 
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@uberwaltz One reason I chose the Ortofon Mono Cart over a Grado offering.Exactly why I chose the Orotfon Mono cart over the Grado as well. 
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@slaw Always wanted to try a Grado, the hum issue pushed me away.I like(d) my Grado. The hum can be annoying, but was way more annoying with the old table. Those two didn’t play well together. Went away a lot with the SOTA/Jelco. But not completel...