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Whats on your turntable tonight?
Back from vacation, from which I need a vacation (and a diet!), and found these in my mailbox (won't get to listen to them until Friday or Saturday though - grrr, work and all that!):Richard Thompson - Shoot Out The LightsRichard Thompson - Hand o... 
Whats on your turntable tonight?
Lots of interesting stuff here, Z/E.I've been slow of late, work and all that. Also heading to New Orleans for a little vacation soon, so been listening to a lot of Nola music (very little of which I have on vinyl, so...).Seeing Richard Thompson t... 
Ethernet over power line - noisey?
I use it for audio - a NAS in one room with one adapter, another to a Mac Mini connected to my DAC. I did get some network lag at times, which required some network tinkering (prioritizing traffic between the two powerline adapters in question, as... 
Whats on your turntable tonight?
Listening to some stuff I just picked up today:Herbie Hancock - CrossingsHerbie Hancock - MwandishiOrnette Coleman - The Shape Of Jazz To ComeMoondog - Moondog (4 Men With Beards release)Brian Jonestown Massacre - Their Satanic Majesties' Second R... 
New Grateful Dead Box set...Opinions?
I'm slowly making my way through it. American Beauty and Workingman's Dead sound awesome. Aoxomoxoa... not so much, but I suspect that's not a remastering issue.I'm curious what others think... 
Whats on your turntable tonight?
Some MFSL acquisitions:McCoy Tyner - SaharaAllman Brothers - Idlewild SouthRoy Orbison - Greatest HitsBeck - Sea Change (this sounds particularly amazing)And I just got my Grateful Dead LP reissue set (yay) - listening to American Beauty now. I'll... 
Whats on your turntable tonight?
Listening to some new acquisitions tonight:Fairport Convention - Leige & Lief, What We Did On Our HolidaysKris Kristofferson - Border Lord 
Whats on your turntable tonight?
Mott the Hoople - MottKris Kristofferson - KristoffersonLeonard Cohen - Songs of...Bob Dylan - Blood On The TracksGrateful Dead - Workingman's Dead (can't stop playing this one) 
Whats on your turntable tonight?
Breaking in my new phono pre (Zyx Artisan):Miles - KoBMcCoy Tyner - The Real McCoyEllington/Coltrane - Eillington/ColtraneMel Brown - Chicken Fat 
noob TT setup question
Hello Doug - thank you for that very informative post! I will pay attention to "guiding" the stylus and see how I fare with that. FWIW, the table sounds great - add this doesn't happen too often, so it doesn't feel like an egregiously bad setup.I ... 
noob TT setup question
Thanks everyone for the suggestions.I tried it a few times on the same record, it kept happening. Maybe it's me...I did not apply the mechanical anti-skating device. I followed VPI's suggestion to use a turn in the tonearm wire.I have a periphery ... 
Whats on your turntable tonight?
John Cale - Vintage Violence, Slow DazzleCannonball Adderly - Somethin' ElseVan Morrison - Astral Weeks 
Favorite Pianists
Wow, amazing that that was the first mention of Herbie Hancock!How about some props for Bud Powell, McCoy Tyner as well? 
Whats on your turntable tonight?
LOL! I try my best!Tonight, some Wilco (and lotsa wine with my wife):A Ghost Is BornSky Blue Sky(and some sake for good measure!) 
Music you HATE the most but once you LOVED it
U2 takes the cake for me on this one. I don't *hate* them, but Bono makes me cringe nowadays.