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Audio Engineering Society and cables
"Cable haters will remain haters. No matter what. It does not matter what kind of proof is shown."Yup. The Song Remains The Same. 
Come on up to the House - Women Sing Tom Waits
Big Tom Waits fan here but that voice is tough to duplicate. Do the women drink a quart of whiskey and smoke a pack of cigarettes before recording the covers? 
Whats on your turntable tonight?
I liked Chairs Missing so much I bought 4 copies back in the day (3 are still sealed and no, I'm not selling any of them!) 
Help buying first analog rig - Clearaudio Concept or Rega P6
+1 gakerty and millercarbon:I have the Rega and my only complaint is the VTA adjustment thing. Assuming all other things are equal, I would go with the Concept. 
Audio Engineering Society and cables
"No, they will never be done. It’s not just a river in Egypt, you know."Thanks Chuck. Now I can’t get The Nile Song out of my head!https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MduQlWUoyhI 
Tube vendors.
New production power tubes: Tube Store. Small signal tubes (I only use NOS): Brent or Andy; they are both stellar. 
Class A amplifiers
"i take it to jiffy lube first of every month... they do full lube job and change the air filter... i plan on driving it forever"Right. Excellent advice. 3 months or 300 hours, whichever comes first, I ship my Atlas right back to Mark at Rogue. Gr... 
audiocircle administration
Audio Circle is just that. I'm leaving out the vulgar phrase. 
Whats on your turntable tonight?
Van Der Graaf Generator - A Plague Of Lighthouse Keepers 
Is this normal?
Use your spidey instinct and walk away. 
Who is your overall favorite guitarist?
Fripp 
How much reality do you really need?
"There is one simple trick to dramatically improving your system for about $1.00 Enjoy a small amount of THC prior to sitting down to listen for an hour or two. Those who do know I speak the truth. Those who haven't....."I'm in...Now where can ... 
Whats on your turntable tonight?
I always had trouble explaining to people why I liked the early Roxy Music stuff so much. Very weird within the context of that time. A YouTube commenter has nailed it:" This era. There is something undefinable. It's greasy. It's seedy. It's soph... 
Whats on your turntable tonight?
Roxy Music / For your pleasure In Every Dream Home A Heartache! The ultimate Ferry/Eno collaboration. If the original 1973 live version is still up on YouTube, well worth checking out...just incredible.Edit: Here it is...enjoy!https://www.youtube.... 
Arrangement of components on rack
I am a simple man: Turntable on top, preamp in the middle, amp on bottom.