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Motor repair for Goldmund Studio TT /w Pabst motor
Museum pieces demand only original parts.In the March TAS "Ultimate Analog" issue, we are introduced to the TW Acustic Raven AC-3 turntable.This TT uses three Pabst motors which have been rebuiltby the TT builder, Thomas Woschnick.Maybe he can help. 
Motor repair for Goldmund Studio TT /w Pabst motor
Please remind us again why you don't use another brand of motor? Unless you are a museum curator, this would seem the way to go. 
Can anyone recomend any great bono/conga albums
Ckoffend: Great minds think alike? 
Can anyone recomend any great bono/conga albums
Paul Simon: Rhythm of the Saints album 
Anyone send back Magnepan MMG's?
I owned these around 1986 for about two years.After hearing a really good dynamic speaker (Conrad-Johnson Synthesis) in a dealer showroom, I couldn't get rid of them fast enough. 
All time favorite speaker cables
Eldartford & Mrtennis:I thought the purpose of these threads was to have fun.You DO remember fun don't you?If you find the thread trite, ignore it and move on... 
All time favorite speaker cables
I love my Harmonic Technology Pro-9s.Although they didn't work with my low-powered SET, they are magnificent with high powered tubes or SS. 
finalists in the big speaker search
I'd add Thiel 1.6 to your list.This speaker (which I own) is smooth, coherent, balanced and disappears nicely.It's easy to drive at 91 db. and sounds great with tubes or solid state.Match it with a good sub (and blue ribbon upstream components) an... 
The CD you most listened to back in 2007 ?
Julia Fischer: Tchaikovsky violin concerto & Mozart violin concertos 1, 2 & 5.Both SACD multi channel.Mozart Complete Divertimentos - New York Philomusica CD-2.Divertimento No. 16 in E-flat (for six winds) is utterly beguiling. 
most difficult speaker to please
Mitch4tOld tubes? I don't know...I heard this happen at a Stereophile show in Santa Monica circa 1988 (it was a D240 BTW, sorry).At this same show, I admonished Dan D'Agostino ("do you think those are big enough?") for displaying some rather large... 
most difficult speaker to please
I saw some Infinity IRS Betas make an ARC D250 "weep and moan" (clipped like a barber)... 
Your First Concert was.....
Janis at the Chicago Auditorium around 1970.My sister was a huge fan (and had pipes freakishly similar to Ms. Joplin).She and my Mother presented me with a spankin' new Cabretta leather coat (quite the Greaser in those days) so I'd be presentable.... 
Who is your favorite blues guitarist
YEOWWW!How could I forget Brother Duane Allman? 
Who is your favorite blues guitarist
Johnny Winter, Jimmy Page, Shuggie Otis, Mississippi Fred McDowell. 
How to insure shipping large speakers?
FYI: UPS now has a "Frieght" division (can handle pallets).