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New Ikea storage unit great for LP's!
I did the same with my CD’s, going from about 10,000 down to around 6,000 I’m guessing. Holy Moly ....... Use your time wisely, youngins’! words of wisdom I’m tryin', but I find anxiety caused by among other things... our kids !..... is forcing ... 
Whats playing on your system today?
Cowboy Junkies Mini Marathon - At the End of Paths Taken - Lay It Down - Caution Horses  
New Ikea storage unit great for LP's!
I really like your new avatar Eric ! so far I have organized (well sort of) the albums in. One 5 x 5 and, Two 4 x 4 Expedits. One 4 x4 Kallax - thinner shelves less wood The frequent plays 200 or so are kept on the floor in the room where I can f... 
Ancient AR Turntable with NO anti skate
normansizemoreDone correctly, the dreaded tangential tonearm can be the last word on the matter. Tracking perfectly. Makes one wonder why we so many pivitol tonearms and so few tangential?Norman - I think you answered your own question in the same... 
Do caps deteriorate with time even if an amp is not being used?
^^^^^^^^^^^not an amp but still capacitors I have a Studer tape machine that failed on me a few years ago. It would power up, but when you spooled up a tape and hit rewind, ........nada. My tech told me "it’s probably the power supply capacitors. ... 
Whats on your turntable tonight?
one more.Live Recordings From The Huberman Festival Israel, December 1982Deutsche Grammophon ‎Ahh ...too long to type out.... Violins, violins, violins, violins ! Baroque Style amazing music. here's the infohttps://www.discogs.com/Stern-Zukerman-... 
Whats on your turntable tonight?
Max BruchGewandhausorchester Leipzig, Kurt Masur ‎– Schwedische Tanze op. 63 I / Sinfonie Nr. 2 f-moll op. 36Eterna Labelhttps://www.discogs.com/Bruch-Gewandhausorchester-Leipzig-Kurt-Masur-Schwedische-Tanze-op-63-I-Sinfo... 
Whats on your turntable tonight?
Claudio Abbado Conducts MussorgskyLondon Symphony Orchestra and ChorusRCA Red Seal 
Old Amp vs. New Amp
he told me that CJ parts were too expensive, and his advice was to forget it. CJ is history for me.  I don't buy that.you may send me a pm if you would like one more option.  
Help me get started again. Tube amp...
Bdp24I like that Modjeski gets 100 watts out of only a single pair of tubes in the 200, and that those tubes are KT88’s (the amp can also be run with 6550’s)Curious if there is another tube amp out there available other than the rm200 - any design... 
Help me get started again. Tube amp...
Really good value in a tube power amp imo.Eric - true, but when I think value, I tend to think $$ value. MR amps go beyond with a very well thought out design - including very long tube life. How do you put a price on that ? Speaking for my local ... 
Help me get started again. Tube amp...
^^^^^^^^expect a bump to $2500 if he is reading this thread.  
Help me get started again. Tube amp...
I tried to purchase even with our low dollar. The listing is not available to me at all in Canada.   :^(  $2000 us = $2600 cdn dollars. The used RM200 is worth $3k + up here. Californians imo, are spoiled having Roger living and doing business in ... 
Planar speaker placement
Since your MLs have dynamic woofer, they will behave differently. True, but bass is bass. Unless you are using EQ with Subs - it is important for full range speakers without EQ’ed bass panels/woofers, to be on one of the room’s bass loading poin... 
Is it too bright or is it high resolution?
Better hearing based on sex is a myth...... our household has been a living experiment in this regard with my wife 9 months younger than myself, and our fraternal twins - boy and girl. In listening tests over the years, the results are usually the...