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Help Me Name a New Band
+1 for Surrender Dorothy. That's pretty clever Slipknot1. 
Good 6922 tube for my CJ ET-3 SE pre-amp?
Amperex USN-CEP 7308 is one of the finest. The Mullards are very good also. 
Alt Country/Folk, American roots
I agree with the Civil Wars album. "Barton Hallow" is indeed excellent.Lucinda Williams is great too.Not sure if this is in quite the same genre, but Over The Rhine is another terrific group. 
How will you split $3000 between phono and cart ?
If you can stretch your budget just a couple hundred dollars more, you could do what I did. I bought a used Parasound JC-3, ($1600-$1800) and a Lyra Delos, (new $1650). One of the best combos that I have ever heard, Just superb. 
Grover IC's
I've owned Grover's cables from the Sc series (Sc to Sx to Zx about 5-6 years total). They all require a pretty long break-in period. Believe me, they get MUCH better. If you like them now, just wait. 
Small Room Speakers
If I ever have to downsize to a smaller room, two speakers that would be on my short list would be the Totem Mani-2 Sigs and the Totem Model One Sigs. 
Grover IC's
Over the past few months, I have sent in all of my interconnects (Sx Series) to Grover to have them upgraded to the new Zx series.I agree that these are amazing cables. If you like them now, wait until they break-in. They really do take several hu... 
Bruce Springsteen, We are alive...
I am assuming you are talking about "Wrecking Ball", the new Bruce Springsteen album?I have listened to this three times through, on three different days. I really didn't care for it. Sorry, but the last few Springsteen albums just haven't been my... 
Which LPs are on your permanent rotation?
Keithjarret...The new 45RPM Quality Record Pressing of the Shleby Lynne's "Just A Little Lovin'" is spectacular. One of the best pressings I have heard. SIMPLY STUNNING! 
Question for Martin Logan CLS owners.
I tried the Pangeas on my amp and preamp and liked them better than the Signals BEFORE they broke in. After several hundred hours I found that they had kind of a dull, lifeless quality that wasn't there at the beginning? I switched back to the Sig... 
Turntable On a moving Cart
Geez, the only exercise I get, is getting up to change a record. Take that away from me and I'd be 80 pounds over weight, instead of 50 :-) 
Question for Martin Logan CLS owners.
I have Signal Cable "Magic Power Cables" on my CLSIIA's. I think they made a nice improvement. A little cleaner sounding and somewhat of a blacker/darker background. Less noise I would say. Mostly a subtle differnce, but worth the price. The Signa... 
No sound coming from spekaers - turntable?
The NAD C315BEE does NOT have a built-in phono stage! You will need to get a standalone phono stage.I looked at the NAD website and it says the C315 is line level only.That's the problem. 
Need help matching DAC to speakers and amp
Eastern Electric MiniMax DAC. 
Orsonic headshell source?
There is a seller here on Audiogon, out of Hong Kong I think, that sells them. Not sure if he has a current listing, but he is usually on here.I just looked and Albert Porter has one for sale on Audiogon.