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Whats on your turntable tonight?
Grover Washington Jr. - Winelight, Nautilus SuperDiscSuper Tramp- Crime of the Century. MFSL 
The very best sound: Direct to Disc
I bought Thelma Houston & Pressure Cooker- "I've got the music in me" when it was released and it's still like new. It's always been a go-to-album after I've upgraded something in my system... Fantastic musicians,  great engineering  and Thelm... 
Loudness - Why has the industry stopped producing amplifiers with this feature any longer?
There are some preamps out there with bass & treble adjustments on the remote. Emotiva makes one.My old Luxman preamp had both a loudness button and bass & treble controls.I end up doing a lot of low-volume listening with my Maggies....not... 
Whats on your turntable tonight?
Uberwaltz, you described my feelings for and use for streaming, perfectly.I hate buying an LP and finding that I have no use for most, or all of the tracks.Streaming allows me to explore with useable quality, artists and albums that I have little ... 
Whats on your turntable tonight?
Glad you have some positive cash flow, Slaw. Hang in there!JT is good anytime! One of his other albums, "Dad Loves his Work" is another good one. On the cut "Summer's Here" I'd swear someone put a Hammond organ in my listening room. 
Whats on your turntable tonight?
A little classical tonight:Got it from eBay this week.Wagner Ride of the Valkyries / Tristan und Isolde Prelude / Siegfried’s Funeral Music / Forest Murmurs (Direct to Disk, Sheffield Lab-USA/1978)Great disk! 
Has anyone heard the new PS Audio Strata, Integrated Amp/DAC/streamer?
Kukur9, Thank you for the detailed, thoughtful first impressions of the Strata.I had a slot in the beta program, but the Corona virus cost me the fiscal-year end bonus that I was on track for in April, costing me 12K and putting a small shadow of ... 
Wow an old album that rocked your world
Jefferson Airplane: Crown of Creation Todd Rundgren: Something AnythingStevie Wonder: Hotter than JulyMahavishnu Orchestra: Birds of FireKing Crimson: In the Court of the Crimson KingSupertramp: Crime of the Century & Breakfast in AmericaJimi ... 
Soundsmith - Thank you to everyone.
It is obvious and always has been obvious that Peter is, in no particular order.. an amazing engineer, technician, innovator and artist. MillerCarbon, is the German word you were looking for: Fahrvergnugen? 😄 
Whats on your turntable tonight?
Samantha Fish - Chills and Fever 
Whats on your turntable tonight?
I have the original release of DSOTM, 2 copies of the MFSL, vinyl DSOTM and a MFSL ultradisk 1 CD. My favorite is one of the MFSL lp's... Not the one that I bought new when it was released and it has some faint crackles now an then in quiet passag... 
Whats on your turntable tonight?
Cannonball Adderley - Somethin Else 
Whats on your turntable tonight?
Taking a tip from Uberwaltz,Steve Winwood: Back in the Highlife Again.Forgot what a good album that is. Been 10+ years.ThanksArc of a Diver spins tomorrow 
Whats on your turntable tonight?
Whoops...the link I just posted is incomplete.Here it is:http://windsofchangekc.com/contact_1.html 
Whats on your turntable tonight?
Uberwaltz,I have pretty good memory for things that happened 40 years ago. It's yesterday or last week that I have trouble with!I happened upon a great resource for KC area concerts back in the day:http://windsofchangekc.com/contact_1Yes, it's jus...