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Whats on your turntable tonight?
LA4 - Executive SuiteConcord Jazz 1983From vinyl show today.  One of the few that we’re not overpriced.  
Audio rack
Adona can customize (ad shelves etc) to your needshttps://www.audiogon.com/listings/lis9b5i9-adona-corporation-eris-5c-5-shelf-audio-isolation-rack-ca... 
Speaker upgrade around 100k retail
Tidal Agoria Three times I have listened to Tidals at different shows and each time they were the best sounding of any room including Magico and Rockport offerings.  
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David Bowie - Space Oddity  reissue 
Whats on your turntable tonight?
Buena Vista Social ClubThe Miyajima Madake has now gone over 50 hours and I did a full reset on the setup.  Experienced many changes during breakin, but now it has become what I had hoped it would.  Detail and density that is quite different from ... 
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Prokofiev Symphony No.5, Antal Dorti, Minneapolis Symphony Orch. recorded 11/1959 Mercury Living Presence, Speakers Corner Reissue 2007 
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Santana - Santana   Original 1969 issue. Surface looks a little rough, but minimal surface noise and great dynamics :) 
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Ray Brown All Stars - Don’t Forget The BluesConcord Jazz label 1986 
VAC Preamplifiers
Congratulations. I have the Renaissance V with phono driving my Ayre VX5/20 with very pleasing results. I started many years ago with the VAC Standard LE preamp, then the Renaissance 3 and now the V. All were excellent in their price range and my ... 
Whats on your turntable tonight?
Johnny Hodges - The Eleventh Hour 
High Powered Holographic Amplifiers
A Brick and Mortar dealer I frequent was a Maggie and Ayre dealer.  He demoed the Maggie 20.7 with the Ayre MXR monos, but eventually used the Ayre VX5/20 amp to run them. Using Audience cable the system was holographic and slightly hypnotic.  I w... 
What do you sit on?
Ekorness Stressless has been in my sweet spot for the past 9 years.  There are times that a little extra lumber support might be an improvement but mostly it is occupied for hours with excellent comfort. 
Choosing an SUT?
When I spoke to Peter Lederman about the SoundSmith cartridges his recommendation was a minimum loading of 470 ohms and preferably less (higher number). I subsequently acquired one of Bob Sattin’s Sky10 SUT that has a 1:10 ratio setting with 470 o... 
Whats on your turntable tonight?
Bizet, Prokofiev, Neville Marriner, The Academy of St.Marten-in-the-Fields.The Super Analogue Disc  
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Little Feat - Down on the Farm