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Frank is gone. AVA lives on!
thanks for letting us know, he will be missed I am sure. found this interview from 2012 other links to share?  
Reference Tracks?
Blood Harmony, sibling’s voices, to appreciate your system and speakers subtleness Larkin Poe, LPs Peach and Kindred Spirits, they are all over YouTube, have not heard the new album. Peach LP      
Reference Tracks?
OP tell us your favorite music and artists, people here will know about things that fit your preferences  
Reference Tracks?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friday_Night_in_San_Francisco 3 awesome guitarists, the last 2 tracks all 3 play, thus it is not just great music, also my final TT anti-skate adjustment aid. you need the CD to know what the ’correct’ imaging is t... 
Woodstock 1969, or 1967?
to say 'The Band' toured as the Hawks is asss backwards Ronnie Hawkins and the Hawks Ronnie Hawkins toured Canada annually, and hired an under age Robbie Robertson, that and much more fun reading in Robbie’s book ’Testimony’.  
Linn Bedrok LP12 Plinth Upgrade
  newton_john ANYONE who would even take the Bedrok seriously, much less buy it, is ’not yet born’, because their brain is not yet functioning. Less smart than the aforementioned pregnant termite which can at least resonate at the right time in... 
Thinking about going electrostatic
excerpt below from Stereophile review of your Joseph Audio Pulsars "Joseph Audio doesn't specify its speakers' sensitivities, but I assume that, like many small, high-performance speakers, the Pulsar is relatively insensitive. If, as stated, its ... 
Help Please With Vintage Amp Selection
Perhaps change to some Vintage Speakers that are a bit more efficient, that would keep the power needs lower so you can continue to use Yamaha for power. It seems you like Yamaha, I only ever had 1 Yamaha piece, my CR-1040 Receiver, 80wpc, it sur... 
Using both balanced and single ended outputs at the same time?
I’ve done that successfully out of a Sony SACD player with both XLR and RCA, and a DBX Equalizer, just to compare the sound. I never experienced a quality improvement, i.e. never had any noise to eliminate, never heard ’better’, but I did find a s... 
Linn Bedrok LP12 Plinth Upgrade
Satisfying Curiosity I assumed (you know I got kicked in the assss for that) that Sony long ago had developed it's own BMC, but this just popped up, perhaps they just used some stuff available to all 4 brand names of BMC available to all    
Linn Bedrok LP12 Plinth Upgrade
newton_john It’s Insulting to every person alive and not yet born. And no research, no new technology, I prefer the look/scale/properties of Baltic Plywood http://Sony’s BMC, Bulk Molding Compound The cabinet made of Sony’s Bulk Molding Comp... 
Linn Bedrok LP12 Plinth Upgrade
an insulting price, Denon DK-300, $354. in 1981, including the dust cover, 65mm thick   JVC 7 layer composite plinths are 59mm thick, also with dust cover Linn's is 66mm thick, no special composite, just beechwood, glue, pressure. Sony ma... 
Woodstock 1969, or 1967?
Some of that was unlistenable, and according to Robbie’s book they had a lot of trouble getting Dylan to keep time (Levon totally hated that) A very enjoyable read Testimony Book  
Help Please With Vintage Amp Selection
I am assuming you want to keep those Advent Large 2 way speakers. I found a link that indicated they are only 86db 1w/1m I would want more than your current 70 wpc, so I would not overhaul the existing, rather pick something with more power, and ... 
My Analog Journey - Opinions Sought
Viewing your virtual system, it is so much easier to offer advice, my comments are based on concentrating initial soundwaves, controlling/eliminating too soon reflections, for two reasons: the purer imaging you will experience, and once rear soun...