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Whats on your turntable tonight?
@boxer12 Will do Tim, thanks. How’s the new DAC? The Dead recording brings back memories, I saw them about that time at the University of Indiana when I was going to UC….well, saw them more than a couple times from 75-78  
Di I really need to clean my LP's?
Yes, they need cleaned. Initially after many years of not doing so, and occasionally afterwards, no matter how careful you are. In fact, I clean my brand new LP’s before first use…..well….almost always….and when I don’t I usually do after spinning... 
Whats on your turntable tonight?
Juilliard String Quartet & Aaron Copland. Copland - Quartet For Piano And Strings / Sextet For Clarinet, Piano And String Quartet / Vitebsk — Trio For Violin, Cello And Piano (Study On A Jewish Theme). Columbia Masterworks reissue 1970, origin... 
Whats on your turntable tonight?
Michael Tilson Thomas conducts Walter Piston - Symphony No. 2 & William Schuman - Concerto For Violin And Orchestra. Boston Symphony Orchestra. Deutsche Grammophon 1971. German release     
Streaming vs Physical Media
It simply depends. I have a fairly modest digital front end, but actually it sounds pretty good. iFi Zen Stream > Denafrips Aries II via USB. An exterior 4TB hard drive connected directly to the iFi Stream via USB as a streaming server & a... 
Whats playing on your system today?
André Previn conducts Barber & Korngold Violin Concertos. Barber - Concerto For Violin And Orchestra Op. 14 & Korngold - Concerto For Violin And Orchestra In D Major Op. 35 / Much To Do About Nothing Suite Op. 11. The London Symphony Orche... 
Whats on your turntable tonight?
The Cleveland Quartet : Barber - String Quartet, Op. 11 & Ives - String Quartet No. 2 / Scherzo For String Quartet. RCA Red Seal 1976    
Whats on your turntable tonight?
Michael Ponti : Scriabine - 12 Piano Sonatas. VoxBox 3LP box 1972    
Whats on your turntable tonight?
@ricmci  Agreed, Burgers may be my overall favorite Hot Tuna LP 👍🏼  
Whats on your turntable tonight?
Harold Farberman conducts Charles Ives - Orchestral Works : Robert Browning Overture For Large Orchestra / The Circus Band March / Set For Theatre Orchestra / The Unanswered Question. The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Vanguard 1967  
Whats on your turntable tonight?
Hilary Hahn - Paris. Deutsche Grammophon 2LP gatefold, 45 rpm    
Whats on your turntable tonight?
George Szell conducts Schumann - The Four Schumann Symphonies. The Cleveland Orchestra. Columbia Odyssey 3LP box 1971  
Can a turntable ever have enough isolation?
Since I bought a SOTA Sapphire, all the isolation necessary is built into the design. So, yes, I have enough isolation without the need of any other third party product or add-on ‘gizmo’.   
Whats on your turntable tonight?
George Szell conducts Dvořák - The Slavonic Dances. The Cleveland Orchestra. Columbia Masterworks 2LP box, 1965    
Whats on your turntable tonight?
@boxer12  Have fun Tim!