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mammothguy54

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Whats on your turntable tonight?
David Grisman  "Quintet '80"   Warner Bros, Promo Copy 1980.  If you like strings in a quintet this album is for you.  Pretty darn good SQ, too.Jethro Tull  'A Passion Play'  Released in 1973, which is when I bought it.  In perfect condition.  A t... 
Whats on your turntable tonight?
Gentle Giant  'Free hand'  The  Doobie Brothers  'What Were Once Vices Are Now Habits'Neither of these are great SQ, but they sure are great albums, especially the Doobies. 
thoughts on the bose 501 speakers
"No highs, no lows, must be Bose"As an audio retail sales person and store manager back in the late 70s, that was how we would describe them.  We sold them, people wanted them, but not by any of us in the industry. 
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YES it is bad, ABSOLUTELY, NEVER DO IT!!!Am I making myself clear?Better yet, contact the manufacturer of your components and ask them.  There is a reason they built slots for ventilation in the component(s).  Covering them up, whether that be on ... 
Whats on your turntable tonight?
Ringo Star  'S/T'  Had to play this again before refiling it.  Yes  'The Yes Album' Friday Music 45 rpm reissue.  There are some very minute details that I never really heard on my original copy.  Best I have ever been able to follow the bass line... 
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I use covers for each component when not in use.  Easily removed for playing time and easily put back into place after playing time (but only do so after the equipment has completely cooled down).  In order to have a nice look of fit & finish,... 
Whats on your turntable tonight?
@tomic601  Welcome back, Jim.  Good to hear you had a great shrimp trip.  Enjoy it.  Fine dining of shrimp, local brew, and with some vinyl spinning.  Sounds like a great time.  I have several tuna trips already booked for August/September out of ... 
Whats on your turntable tonight?
Thomas Dolby  'The Flat Earth'  Very fun album and a great recording.  And man, that album has spectacular depth in it.  Let's a system show its capacity.The Police  'Outlandos d'Amour'  Great album of music but the SQ is only good, not great.The ... 
Whats on your turntable tonight?
@6t5-gto You have some fabulous records.  Great albums of music and fabulous production quality.  Rock on! 
Whats on your turntable tonight?
I have a REL sub, model S-812, and use the high-level connectivity, coming from my amp.  I got the Audioquest Rocket 88 REL specific cable in place of the supplied REL high-level connection (much nicer cable).  I still don't understand that the ph... 
Whats on your turntable tonight?
I hope that @tomic601 is scoring well with his fishing.  After recovering from such a terrible cycling accident he certainly deserves it.  Go get 'em Jim!I'll begin fishing in late July through end of September.  Hopefully the bluefin tuna will be... 
Whats on your turntable tonight?
@slaw and @spiritofradio   Thank you for the replies.  I have been wanting to get that album and didn't know it was made in UD1S.  I have been looking for a new copy/reissue and they are consistently on backorder.  UD1S cited by Steve got my atten... 
Whats on your turntable tonight?
@slaw They made What's Goin' On in MFSL UD1S / 45 rpm?  I can't find it listed anywhere?  I don't even see it on the MFSL website under UDs1 listings for current and/or sold out.  When was that released? 
Upscale Audio and Primaluna
@jumia  My guess is that you don't even have a good system and for some reason have decided to have a beef with Upscale Audio.  As I stated earlier, just buy product from some other retailer.  I am confident that Upscale Audio, and for that matter... 
Biggest audio hoaxes
@sokogear  has it right.  I tried a Symposium Acoustics Segue ISO platform and rollerblocks for my turntable and was astonished at the improvement.  I have since added rollerblocks for all of my electronic components and also got their Foundation ...