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Isolation Feet for Garrard 301 wood plinth
Oh and thank you for your complements Dan 
Isolation Feet for Garrard 301 wood plinth
I may try the Vibropods as a temp idea as they are relatively inexpensive while I do some research on others like the Townshend Audio Seismic pods. the ability to adjust height is a plus. Any other suggestions ? I've seen a few doing searches but ... 
Isolation Feet for Garrard 301 wood plinth
oh one last bit I was thinking of cupping the feet and simply putting some squash balls or sorbothane balls but was concerned with stability.  
Best female vocal recording on CD?
I found recently a newish female singer playing on Mark Knopflers new album Tracker her names Ruth Moody she has a couple of her own albums out as well she is quite lovely.  
Solid State Amps for Quad ESL 57?
A friend of mine runs his 3 stack ( 6 panels) with 6 Quad 2 mono amps these were made for the 57's and i have to say they sound wonderful, deep base fast and articulate and highs mids to die for. i recomend you get another set of 57's and some Qua... 
Dust Off compressed air to get dust off of vinyl records
Compressed Air will add static as well, reason we always ground any electronics before cleaning at work.  
Selling speakers to a buyer in Russia?
get your bank to give you your international wire transfer bank number and Swift number and have him/her transfer directly to your bank it will take 4-5 business days to clear then ship. no biggy I send stuff over seas to Europe/Eastern Europe  al... 
More from VPI!
and yet another company jumps in/back in to vinyl, too bad its ugly but I suppose that in the eye of the person looking at it. ) 
Source for Shrink Tubing?
I'd check locally in one of your electronic parts shops I buy any I need form my local shops they just cut it off a roll.   
pass labs x350.5 and arc ref 5se - impedence mismatch?
the Cary SLP 94 and 98 were always sleepers and punch way above their price.  
Classic el34 tube amps versus current models
i hear really good things about these guys they build kits and pre assembled amps and  preamps  based on the Dynaco ST series. http://www.tubes4hifi.com/home.html 
Aragon, Parasound or Bryston
should also note the Brystons have a 20 year fully trasferable warranty and a very good rep for repair services. get a 10 year old sst/sst2 and still have 10 years left of warranty. as I have not heard any of them I can't judge by sound but qualit... 
Who thinks $5K speaker cable really better than generic 14AWG cable?
its not really a blind test anyway as you told them what cable was in the chain regardless if you didn't change it or not. should have been cable A,B and C with them making comments on each cable then tell them what cable they liked and didn't.  
How good is Blue Sound Node 2 in WiFi vs Ethernet connection vs external CD player?
I looked at ways to integrate Tidal/Roon into my system for some time after also looking at the Node 2 and others I ended up buying one of these Ausus  VivoPC VM42 (or one of the many versions they have) multiple USB ports an Optical out to go to ... 
PS Audio BHK Signature preamplifier
I used to have the Welborne Labs Star Chief 45's  as well very nice amps just not enough juice for what I needed shame they do so much so well 2wc wasn't enough for the 94db speakers I was using.  I had good results driving them with an AudioNote ...