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Willie Dixon - I Am the Blues.
geez chas, mr. dixon probably made a more than deserved payday on the columbia album, as opposed to the chess stuff. i saw willie with the 'big three trio' once and he was great...chas and grimice...nice systems!!! 
Willie Dixon - I Am the Blues.
muddy waters-i'm ready 
quad 34 service
have you spoken to hifi sound or stereoland? 
audiophile records appraiser
buy a goldmine record guide if you intend to sell more music down the road(they are fun to read anyway). you will most likely(over a short period of time), find the approx price of each on ebay. do not sell as a group, unless you are willing to ta... 
Do I need a record cleaning machine
nearly 20 years ago i had a cleaning machine, but always found that cleaning manually was at least as effective, and sometimes more effective. if you try to salvage old records which are really dirty then i'd say one is necc. otherwise its a coin ... 
What makes for a "great" turntable?
clio...friggin great stereo...fyi, I lived with beautiful goldman studio(which cost more than the car i drove at the time)along with my humble oracle paris, and my thorens jubilee. considering what i paid for it, it (in practical terms)cost me abo... 
Last song on most LP's pressed with compression
holy crap, after a lifetime of record collecting, another hi-end-kick-in-the-head. i guess i'll have to just patiently wait for ricker to go back and fix everything ever done. 
What makes for a "great" turntable?
more than ever,it would appear that a turntable's price is somewhat 'contingent' on how 'tall' it is, and how its 33&1/3 rpms is better than the other guy's 33&1/3 rpms (those at a lower elevation). many i know with a house- full of record... 
Emerald Physics: Same as the Quads in the fifties?
very nice speakers, but we'll have to check back with you in 40 years to verify if they were revolutionary. 
speakers for exposure 2010s
ohm micro walsh tall 
What makes for a "great" turntable?
longevity, convenience(cartridge mounting, general maintenance or lack there of) and my fave..autolift. 
Why the Blues Really Hit The Spot
its as varied and broad as any other music catagory, and spills into jazz, bluegrass, pop, folk, rock....you name it. i find it comforting as stubby states above. each year i spend a week or more in NOLA and get a little of my soul back....The hig... 
Cyrus Upgrade
it may be time to go to a cyrus cd6 or 8. the 6 is very reasonably priced, and sounds as natural as lots of 'really' expensive players. the 8 is a tiny bit more detailed, but both an improvement from the pcmII(which is very respectable). the 6 als... 
Best of Brian Auger's Oblivion Express on CD?
auge remastered his library back in the 1990's, and some of his recordings sound pretty darn good anyway. 
Quality inversely related to power output?
only when they're grown from magic beans