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Best music of 2017
Jason Isbell "The Nashville Sound" 
Merle & Iris
Iris Dement is a true artist, along with her husband of 15 years, Greg Brown. I came to appreciate both independently before they married. I haven't seen her live, but have seen Greg three times, including once at his "home" venue, The Mill, in Io... 
Does anyone remember the phone call listening room inmprovement scam?
I wonder what it would have done for a vibrat** 
South Florida - join in and make a REAL effort!
I just emailed you, Mark, from South Miami.--Neil 
Aesthetix Calypso Factory Upgrade to Janus
I am very pleased with my Janus. There are opinions as to whether a built-in phono stage or an outboard one will serve better.Without having heard the Rhea, I would guess, assuming quality cabling, it would sound better than the Janus. Aesthetix s... 
Tenting home for termites
I've had my house tented for termites a couple of times. No problem with my rig. 
Modifying my Mark Levinson 332 for a unique visual experience
Wow! That polished surface is awesome! Kudos!I seem to recall there was a problem with the original caps in early production models with that series anyway, so you're right to be ahead of the game than with a "working" resale.I had a ML 333 years ... 
F. Alton Everest's Master Handbook of Acoustics vs. Floyd Toole's Sound Reproduction?
I have always "heard" Everest is the "bible." I have it, but it's beyond my admittedly less than technical mind.@teo_audio: The Colloms book is pretty pricey at the Wiley site. It can be had on Amazon for $60 less. Still . . . Older editions can b... 
CEC TL2 Transport that Needs a New Belt - Please Help If You Can
I've had Nick repair my TL-1X. He was the factory repair guy for CEC for many years and still stocks many parts. He is a true gentleman and completely reliable. I wouldn't deal with anyone else for my money. 
Anyone Using Crystals?
I once knew a gal named Krystal. I had good results. 
Did you know....?
Seems like it oughta be Three. 
Sgt.Pepper special on PBS
Ditto. Great show. The explanations about the creative and technical decisions John and Paul made were interesting and enlightening.Also, the Grateful Dead documentary, Long Strange Trip, is now streaming on Amazon Prime in six segments. 
Tube preamp with or without phono stage?
IMHO, this is similar to the issue of integrated amp vs. separate amp and pre-amp. I tend to generally agree with jmcgrogan2, although my Aesthetix Janus pre-amp, which combines most of the separate Calypso line-stage and Rhea phono-stage, does ha... 
Tidal free trial subscription
I'm prefer Tidal. Spotify extreme quality is 320 kbps, Tidal hi-fi streams flac at 1411 kbps.  
Ear plugs for live musc.
I found these to be effective: www.erasers.net