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Looking for recommendations for a phono preamp under $2k
Of course, you will get many responses from folks with their own personal choices, and in this case, I’m no different 😁 I bought a Hagerman Trumpet which I think is a wonderful phono pre for the money. I believe about $1,200~$1,300 new now (recen... 
Musical phonomena II + question
Doesn’t look like 190 or 200 are options. From the manual  
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Just arrived today, looking forward to this set. So….let’s get started at No. 1 and go from there…. Rafael Kubelik conducts Dvořák 9 Symphonies Symphonie Nr. 1 C-moll "Die Glocken Von Zlonitz" Symphonie Nr. 2 B-dur Op. 4 Symphonie Nr. 3 Es-d... 
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Szell conducts Mahler Symphony No 6, "Tragic" Symphony No 10 In F-Sharp Minor, movements I&II The Cleveland Orchestra  Columbia Masterworks 2LP gatefold reissue, 1972    
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The Heifetz & Piatigorsky Concerts Spohr - Double String Quartette In D Minor, Op. 65 Jascha Heifetz, 1st violin Pierre Amoyal, 1st violin Israel Baker, 2nd violin Paul Rosenthal, 2nd violin Milton Thomas, viola Allan Harshman, viola Greg... 
SQ of "Rock of Ages" on CD
@stuartk  Usually only buy vinyl, so no. There are a couple vinyl remasters by both Capital and MoFi, but haven’t given much consideration to purchasing either.  
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Gennadi Rozhdestvensky conducts Prokofiev Four Portraits From "The Gambler" Suite From "Love For Three Oranges" Op. 33-Bis They Are Seven (Cantata For Tenor, Chorus And Orchestra, Op. 20) Moscow Radio Symphony Orchestra & The Moscow Rad... 
SQ of "Rock of Ages" on CD
Rock of Ages is, and always was, a poorly recorded and mixed LP. I have it, a big Band fan, and rarely if ever spin it. Unfortunate    
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Siegfried Landau conducts Weill & Korngold Weill - Quodlibet (Unterhaltungsmusik), Op. 9 Korngold - Suite From The Incidental Music For Shakespeare's "Much Ado About Nothing", Op. 11 Westfälisches Sinfonieorchester Recklinghausen Candide... 
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Beecham Bon-Bons Sir Thomas Beecham conducts : Léo Delibes - Le Roi S'Amuse : Ballet Music Debussy - L'Enfant Prodigue - Cortege Et Air De Danse Saint-Saëns - Samson Et Dalila - a) Danse Des Pretresses De Dagon Act 1, b) Bacchanale Act 3 Fau... 
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Richard Kapp conducts Rimsky-Korsakov The Invisible City Of Kitezh (Suite) Mlada - Orchestral Suite May Night Overture Philharmonia Hungarica Turnabout 1977, UK release      
Good (great?) cartridges with user replaceable styli
I agree with Goldring. I have a 1042 as a back-up that is quite good. You might also consider a Nagaoka 300 or 500. But it really depends what your sonic preferences are.  
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Copland conducts Copland Appalachian Spring (Ballet For Martha) The Tender Land (Orchestral Suite From The Opera) Boston Symphony Orchestra RCA Victor Red Seal ‘Living Stereo’ reissue 1976, originally 1960  
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Kertész conducts Dvořák Symphony No. 3 In E Flat Major, Op. 10 "Hussite" Overture, Op. 67 The London Symphony Orchestra London 1967    
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Norman Del Mar conducts Bridge, Bantock & Butterworth Bantock - The Pierrot Of The Minute Bridge - Summer Butterworth - The Banks Of The Green Willow Bridge - There Is A Willow Grows Aslant A Brook Bridge - Suite For String Orchestra ...