harold-not-the-barrel

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Cartridge reccomdations?
SHURE Ultra 500 sounds good everywhere, quote from David (dlaloum). I couldn´t agree more, after nearly thirty years´ experience. Still reigns. 
High mass vs Low Mass Turntables - Sound difference?
Stop this. It´s disgusting ! 
List of artists that have never lost quality throughout entire career
John Wetton Greg Lake David Byron Gary Thain Chris SquirePeter Banks Pekka Pohjola Paco de Lucia RIP Thanks for the music 
Sellers Beware!!!
schubert, you are absolutely right. Mannerheim is our national hero, recognized by all kinds of political wings, even some extremist communists, Stalinists. His feat for end the Civil War in spring 1918 is another heroic achievement and to save na... 
The very best Sibelius recordings in analog
I found it on eBay, the only one that was available. Just grab that Discogs set, seems to me being a bargain 
The very best Sibelius recordings in analog
Thanks for your input... folkfreak,I ordered Paavo Berglund´s Sibelius Complete Symphonies 7 LP Box Set, original Decca UK red label  :_) 
Sellers Beware!!!
I won them, and my father and his brave brothers in arms won Russians in 1940. Thanks dear Dad, RIP. Long live Finland !Be careful, be wise...   and best of luck 
Sellers Beware!!!
Without a single little note/email PayPal froze my account w/ 3 thousand euros and my business for 5 weeks because of buyer´s crazy dispute on an eBay sale. After that 5 weeks fight for my rights as a honest seller eBay surprisingly admitted it wa... 
Adding mass to a tonearm
SME III w/ 5 g wand comes with 2 weights for headshell each 2.2 g, so you can add extra mass of 4.4 g for less compliant cartridges. Convenient.  
Beware of PayPal fees
PayPal held  my 3000 euros because of arrogant buyer´s dispute on eBay. My business AND my money without warning just froze for an unknown period of time. I had to fight 5 weeks for my money. Finally they admitted it was not my fault at all.PayPal... 
High mass vs Low Mass Turntables - Sound difference?
10 kg mass ORACLE DELPHI, early models w/ GROOVE ISOLATOR and "soft spring set" suspension outperform so many IME. In musicality. 
Obscure bands
schubert, you are absolutely right, Finland is the best country indeed :)Great compliment, wish all Finnish classical musicians could hear your voice.  And not only for Finnish (classical) musicians but we all as a nation, proudly standing between... 
Obscure bands
Tasavallan Presidentti - Finnish ProgKalevala - Finnish prog/boogieHaikare - Finnish Prog w/ Finnish language, the most original of allPiirpauke - Finnish band ethnic/jazz/fusion, superb, unique in ProgPekka Pohjola - prog/jazz/rock/fusion - bass ... 
turntable mat : boston mat, audioquest sorbogel ma
The ORACLE Groove Isolator beats all hard acrylic mats I have experienced, on 4 different ORACLE Delphis and one Goldmund Studio. Hard acrylic spoils everything.  
List of artists that have never lost quality throughout entire career
Not so many.Banco del Mutuo Soccorso (- their 80´s stuff)  feat. Francesco di Giacomo RIPPractically all RPI. Well, the 80´s wasn´t their finest hour but was it to anyone really in Prog. The early 80´s was rock´s decline anyway. Ennio MorriconeKei...