glennewdick

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Turntable cost:benefit
I'll sell you my 301 for much less then that ;-) 
Replacement motor for Oracle Delphi turntable
May want to try Oracle they have an upgraded motor assembly available, or they can sell you a standard motor replacement.  
The Truth About Power Cords and there "Real" Price to Performance
at what point does the cost of a power cord outweigh the cost of building your own power generation facility, $75k for a power cord ? I could build my own dedicated power generation system for that kind of money.   
Songs that should not sound as good as they do.
Funkcronomicon Axium funk is a wonderful early funk album (double album), think Bootsie Collins, George Clinton bunch (aka parliament). excellent version of Jim Hendrix 6 of 9 on it. on Tidal. Marianna Faithfull, Blazing away live 1990, recorded i... 
MAPLESHADE INTEGRATED RECORD COUPLING SYSTEM
you can get the feet from many places for a few dollars, get a butcher block made for a few more and some brass cones made in a local machine shop for much less then you think. so IMO over priced. I'm also a little sceptical of all those interface... 
What is wrong with audiophiles?
what's wrong with audiophiles... they all have different ears, they all hear differently and hear different things in the mix. no wonder we can't get a consensus on anything. "on anything"!Lets not even get into the "I'm right" "your wrong" side o... 
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Hay Anthony how did the listening session go yesterday? I missed  due to remembrance day events I was involved in. I really wanted to hear this on his La Scala's.  Glen  
Variable Frequency Drive for Turntable
question I have is why wont it play 45's anymore? maybe there are other issues you have not found yet.  
Stylus Profile Discussion
I will have to disagree with you about the 20degree rake angle for VTA that's far too much IMO the cutter was at 3degrees so optimally that should also be the best for the VTA of the stylus. and note that 3degrees is actually digging in to the rec... 
Turntable Ground Wire question
for an excellent phono stage that's reasonably priced look at the IfI Iphono2 I used one for a year and its surprisingly good for less then $500, it has an impressive loading gain settings and RIAA, DECCA and one other I cannot  recall. Its really... 
Turntable for a Newbie!
cleeds,I suggest reliability and resale based on technic's previous record with their past direct drive tables ,that these are based on. I think its safe to say things are going to be that much different with their current models.  
Honest opinions on my two picks of loudspeakers
Congratulations on your Klipsch Cornwall 3 buy hope you enjoy them. happy listening.  
Considering stepping into streaming absolute newbie to it .
First steps into streaming its hard not to recommend the Blue sound products either the Node or vault ( vault if you want to put your CD's on it as well). They have excellent software that's easy to use ( Blue OS is quite nice). Node2i i believe i... 
Spikes for very heavy speakers
I think you also have to take into account 215/4= 53lb is aprox what each spike see's (speakers are not evenly weight distributed) not really too much when you look at it like that. If it were me I'd get some ISO acoustic footers for your speakers... 
Honest opinions on my two picks of loudspeakers
"I like it extremely loud"maybe a K-Horn