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Music Hall MMF-7 and Grado Reference Sonata
Funny Thats what I have exactly I really didn't plan it I bought the mmf 7 from audiogon with out A Cartridge and went with the grado becouse I always loved there cheaper line.The sound is a bit bright on my True ribbon Maggies bass is very good t... 
phono cable suggestions..
Synergistic Research KaleidescopeI have 1/2 meter ones and there dead quite and very nutual sounding like there not there.I had older Tera Labs and seemed to not sound quite as good never really put my finger on why also they were more noisey but ... 
What was your first music that you paid for?
I think the first three I bought back in 78 all within a few weeks Forigner there first LPKraftwerk Man Machine I still love that LPand Aerosmith Toys in The Attic 
Best Live Albums?
Ok I know allot of them actually but Neil Diamond Hot August Night Is just awesome. Eric Clapton Just One Night Great LP.Grand Funk Railroad Caught In The Act one of the best drum Solo's on Record. 
Srangest ,most out there sounding music
Mice On Mars /Bordoms / Lauire Anderson / BjorkThe first two are very strange. Early Laurie anderson and Bjork are a bit strange but Mice on Mars take the cake !! 
Some blues suggestions
Just an awesome LP on vinyl or if you must on CD. its I am the Blues by Willie Dixon. just cant beet him he wrote for muddy waters and BB King But his LP I am the Blues is all Great !!! 
MMF 5 or 7?
There is not much of a Comparison the MMF-7 is twice the Table of the MMF-5 and I feel almost as good as the MMF-9 The % is hard to change speeds from 33 to 45 you have to remove the Plater The MMF-7 the moter is much better isolated out of the Ch... 
Best Live Recording on LP
Yeah Neil Diamond at his Best this is such a great sounding LP live I have three copy's the old original relese on Vinyl has a Brown label on the LP this LP sounds very good as does the MFSL the re relise is not as good But this LP just rocks !! s... 
If you could have 2 turntables...
For a very nice musical sound that is differant fromthe p-25 I would go with a LINN I have the music hall MMF-7 with Grado Referance platnum and would love a LINN also 
cambridge a3i or nad c-320bee
I always hate when you ask for opinion on somthing and people tell you other brands to try. So I won't do that the NAD has more power and a smoother sound so it sorta depends on your speakers I love NAD stuff they are way underated I have a 40 per... 
Best Used Turntable for around 1K
in order Rega P-25 becouse of the great tone arm.Clearaudio - Champion Great Turtable. and Looks to killMusic Hall - MMF-7 can't beat the great used Prices I have this Table and Love it! then Maybe the Basis 1400 and the on to a used VPI 
NAD takes on the Krell Beast 1800 vs 6700??
To Funny How all the Krell lovers jump in and say it could be this or that. I would love to see there face's if they actually bought or barrowed from a dealer a NAD S-200 and set it up in there setup with no Changes to there setup at all. I think ... 
NAD takes on the Krell Beast 1800 vs 6700??
Very easy becouse Krell is way over priced equipment. And that said Krell can work great with the right setup as with any high end audio its all about the right match. You can't just buy a Krell and think its going to automatically sound better th... 
Integrated Amp with HT bypass
allot cheaper great way to go is the NAD intgrated amps I do exactlywhat you said with an NAD integrated amp and its much better sounding then the amp in my home theater reciever.Mark 
Speaker advice: $1200 budget
Best Budget speaker on the market used Vandersteen 2ce signature now going for 900 to 1200 used. But They like a bit of power and tend to be a bit hard on Amps due to its a four way disign