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Garrard 301 - Project
@lalitk Checked out the new 301 and plinth. Looks great. I see Matthew went with the standard rubber idler and not the Audiosilente one.  
Whats on your turntable tonight?
All of the things that could go wrong!  I'm more concerned about my neck alignment.  
Tone arm length
I've 9" and 12" Jelco 850 arms on a well-fettled 401 so I can make direct comparisons. Bass is a little tighter and the overall sound slightly drier on the 9". The 12" has more authority, liquidness and musicality with more dimension to the sounds... 
Comparison of two High Quality Steely Dan Aja records....
What's the consensus on the 1977 ABC UK pressing?  
Whats on your turntable tonight?
Black Sabbath - Sabotage (NEMS 1975 UK) I can't headbang like I used to for fear of a stroke.   
Whats on your turntable tonight?
Black Sabbath - Sabbath Bloody Sabbath (Nems 1980 RE 1973)  
Should we care if a piece of equipment comes from a pet-free, kid-free, smoke-free home?
Dryer sheets and stinky laundry detergent-free home.   
Recommend me a tube integrated amplifier
As long as the sub has a high level input, almost all amps will drive them from the speaker outputs. The sub HL inputs have very high impedence and do not load the amp.  Anyone verify they can be connected speaker level to both speakers and a su... 
Subwoofers and Seating Position for Klipsch Forte iv's
You might look into Distributed Bass Array or Swarm setups. What about reconfiguring the room to have the speakers on the long wall instead?  
Modifying a Coincident Dynamo Mk1
Do not increase the capacitance of the smoothing caps immediately after the rectifier. The charging current will damage the rectifier tube. The 470ųF is the reservoir cap.  
Whats on your turntable tonight?
 
Modifying a Coincident Dynamo Mk1
Perfect. Nice work. I tried embedding the image source but there is something up with the site coding.  
Amp showing its age?
What he said. Some open circuit (parallel) output transistors could also do this.  
Decware ZTPRE
Check for value on hifishark.com Your unit's value would assume it needs repair.  
Audiomods Is A Great Company
All Jeff has to do is drill out more holes! Kidding aside, the MC2000 has a lovely sweet and delicate portrayal of music.