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Whats on your turntable tonight?
Frank / The Grand WazooCaptain Beefheart / Shiny Beast 
Accuracy vs. Enjoyment
gs5556 / Both #1 & #2 above are unattainable. What's not unattainable (yet still progressive) is using live non amplified music as the accuracy goal while enjoying the results throughout the process.   
Solid State vs. Tubes - What if Transistors came first?
Trolls were living under bridges before the internet. Wish they would go back. Tubes were the gateway to this little hobby of ours.  
Accuracy vs. Enjoyment
How it compares to live non-amplified instruments. For instance, do drums sound like drums? Do they have the same impact? Do voices have the clarity of actual people singing in front of you? Do acoustic guitars sound real? Bass is a little tougher... 
Best vinyl purchases based on pressing, studio production, sound quality and enjoyment.
Grateful Dead / Reckoning / 1st PressingMagnolia Electric Company / What Comes After The Blues / SCThe Mothers / The Grand Wazoo / 1st PressingSlint / Spiderland / Latest RemasterCubist Blues / LITA 126Low / Drums & Guns / SP736Robert Hunter /... 
Send Inlets to be Cryoed
Where is geoffkait when you need him? Apparently he has a life. Anyway he swears by it & in at least one of his 11,000+ posts (could be more, I haven't read all of them) he mentions doing this. I don't know how that process compares with what ... 
Morrow Audio re-design announcement: No more Ag coated Cu; Increased numbers of runs.
jhills / Apparently science hasn't caught up to our little hobby yet. In my system, everything you mention above makes a difference. Those are the facts.   
Morrow Audio re-design announcement: No more Ag coated Cu; Increased numbers of runs.
"I might also add that very sophisticated and expensive hospital machines do not have $3,000.00 power cords and a premium hospital grade 120V receptacle" I doubt the user cares about how it sounds though, unless of course it's an audiophile in tha... 
Best Cartridge for $1000-$1350?
For the type of music you like, another consideration could be the Clearaudio concept MC. It's .4mv so your equipment looks like it could handle it. The sonics of this cartridge are very good for $1K. Great channel separation and layering. I've ow... 
Whats on your turntable tonight?
I did not know they were coming out with another album. Thanks for the info slaw!  
Whats on your turntable tonight?
Calexico / Spoke 
Whats playing on your system today?
Beirut / The Rip Tide 
Accuracy vs. Enjoyment
Al, "I've found that improvements in accuracy, especially with respect to resolution of fine detail, can make mediocre or poor recordings sound more enjoyable. As well as improving the reproduction of great recordings, of course"I couldn't agree m... 
Whats playing on your system today?
Lou Reed / Magic & Loss 
Whats playing on your system today?
Eels / Live at Royal Hall