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Whats on your turntable tonight?
Steely Dan, Northeast Corridor: Steely Dan Live! Willie Nelson, Stardust  
Whats on your turntable tonight?
J. J. Cale, Troubadour Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks, Sparkle Hard The Beatles, Let It Be The Beatles, The White Album  
REL vs JL AUDIO
A properly set up distributed bass array -- using non-branded subs -- will take you much further. Consider the AudioKinesis Swarm or James Romeyn's modified version of it. Think outside the box.  
Looking for warm tube preamp (should pair well with Pass power amp), budget $6000
BAT, Atma-Sphere or Conrad-Johnson.    
Whats on your turntable tonight?
Gillian Welch, Boots No. 2: The Lost Songs Cassandra Wilson, New Moon Daughter Steely Dan, Katy Lied Roy Hargrove and Mulgrew Miller, In Harmony    
Whats on your turntable tonight?
Freddie Hubbard, Straight Life Freddie Hubbard, Red Clay Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks, Sparkle Hard   ps: thanks for the welcome @spiritofradio @slaw   
Whats on your turntable tonight?
Charles Mingus, The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady Joe Henderson, Inner Urge Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks, Sparkle Hard  
Are there speakers that disappear regardless of the recording?
Totally agree with @zgas-music  But there is a lot to be said for getting the speaker-room interaction as correct as possible.  
Subwoofer between speakers?
There are two ways to do this properly. One is subjective by moving the sub around your room and listening to what you think is the best position. The other is objectively by using electroacoustic analysis (i.e. software-defined) by which you can ... 
Your single most significant purchase mistake?
Not measuring twice and buying an extra 1.0M worth of interconnects and power cords. It was compounded by the fact that I have mono blocks and two subwoofer amps and they are sited 12 feet from the preamp. That's a lot of extra cables/cords--and t... 
The New Synergistic Research Purple Fuses
I might start a new post with the title Most Tedious Thread--Let's Vote.  If I do, I'll put this one near the top. Good grief. Try the purple fuses. Then try them in each direction. Do you like what you hear? It's a simple if/then and yes/no. A... 
Turntable versus tonearm versus cartridge: which is MOST important?
In short, the answer to your question is the table and arm are the most important in the scenario you've described.  
Liquid stylus cleaner without solvent
I use two products. Osage AIVS Enzymatic Stylus Cleaning fluid and Lyra SPT. I recently started using the Osage AIVS as a way to do a little deeper cleaning with it's included brush. It seems very effective. And, I've been a long time user of the... 
How do you know when a stereo sounds good?
I’m a music lover first and an audiophile second. For a long time this served me well, until we bought a house and moved from a flat. Prior to that I sat near field and I was happy listening to music. After moving to a much larger space the room b... 
The New Synergistic Research Purple Fuses
Just put two SR Purple fuses into my Pass mono blocks. It's a slam dunk. Out of the box it's better detail, imaging and soundstage. I can't wait for them to break in.   BTW, I have SR cables and interconnects but I was a bit skeptical about the...