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Whats playing on your system today?
Motley Crue-ST(CD 1994) John Anderson-Seminole Wind(CD 1992) Angela Winbush-Windbush(CD 1994) 3 of my favorite 1990's recordings within their genre jumpstarts Sunday night vinyl.  
Fluance RT85N Reference Turntable - budget, or not ?
I will also agree that the Pioneer PLX 1000 is a very solid 28lbs deck under $1k. While my sister was in the process of moving I had the unit for about 6 weeks. The cartridge was an Ortofon 2M Blue which has a very balanced but tight midrange focu... 
Whats on your turntable tonight?
Dee Bell-One By One(CJ 271) Side 1 SQ Audiophile The Doobie Brothers-The Captain And Me Side 2 Bobby Short-Celebrates Rodgers & Hart Side 3 SQ* Queen-The Game Side 1 SQ* Gene Watson-Between This Time & The Next Time Side 2 Art Blakey-... 
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Stacey Kent-The Boy Next Door(CD 2003) An elegant way to kick off Friday night vinyl.  
Whats on your turntable tonight?
Steve Winwood-Arc Of A Diver Side 1 Al Cohn-Standards Of Excellence(CJ 241) Side 2 SQ Audiophile Luciano Pavarotti-Mamma Side 2 SQ* Delia Bell-ST Side 2 SQ* Megadeth-The Sick The Dying...And The Dead Side 3 Nancy Wilson-Nancy(ST 148) Side 1 ... 
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Diana Krall-Live In Paris(CD 2002) Warren g-regulate... g funk era(CD 1994 Japanese pressing) Both great content recordings with Krall being a "mocked " Audiophile recording by far too many so called music lovers. Sunday night vinyl proceeds for... 
Whats on your turntable tonight?
Roy Clark-Family & Friends Side A Robin Trower-Victims Of The Fury Side 1 Seals & Crofts-Greatest Hits Side 2 SQ Audiophile Van Morrison-Beautiful Vision Side 2 SQ* Christine McVie-ST Side 1 SQ* Margie Joseph-Margie Side 2 Black Sabb... 
Whats playing on your system today?
Diane Schuur-Music Is My Life(Atlantic 83150-2 CD 1999) A very overlooked musician/vocalist jumpstarts Friday night vinyl.  
Guidance
First get the AC power as clean/stable and quiet as possible. Then work on room acoustics and finally vibration control/better audio rack etc. Now you will be able to better evaluate the synergy of your system and find/correct the weakest link. I ... 
Whats on your turntable tonight?
Earl Thomas Conley-Greatest Hits Side B Nicki Parrot-The Last Time I Saw Paris Side D SQ Audiophile Kreator-Live Kreation(2003 Pressing) Side C Shelly Manne-Perk Up(CJ 21) Side 1 SQ Audiophile Liszt-Sonata In B Minor(Agustin Anievas) Side 2 SQ... 
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Mahogany Blue-Love Zone(MCAD-10266 1993) An under appreciated genre(R&B) kicks off Friday night vinyl.  
Sonus Faber Nove II or III
@primetime74   If "Heavy Metal" is prevalent on your playlist avoid mid/upper level Sonus Faber loudspeakers. Consider JBL or Klipsch. Not putting the music genre down(love it) but the recording SQ of most metal is atrocious!  
$3500 floor standing speakers used. What would be your choice ?
@2psyop   Salk has been out of business since 9/15/23. Eminent Technology manufactures only 2 loudspeakers LFT-16A and LFT-8B, and both are very inefficient not an ideal match for a 60 watt tube amp. A used JBL 4349 would be a much better speaker ... 
$3500 floor standing speakers used. What would be your choice ?
With hundreds of other loudspeaker choices why would anyone want to deal with Tekton? What are you trying to prove?   
Whats on your turntable tonight?
Larry Gatlin-Straight Ahead Side 1 Millie Jackson-The Tide Is Turning Side 1 SQ* Led Zeppelin-Presence(OG Raised Text) Side 2 George Thorogood-Live Side 1 Alexander/Brown/Ellis-Triple Treat(CJ 193) SQ Audiophile The Who-Tommy(Japanese pressin...