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AXPONA 2023
@celtic66 That is some link. Anyhow, it’s meaningless because it’s not for the dates of the show. In fact, hotels.com, show you must now stay 7 nights to qualify for their largesse.   
Whats on your turntable tonight?
Alberta Hunter With Lovie Austin's Blues Serenaders – Chicago, The Living Legends (Original Blues Classics 1984)  
Dedicated Electrical
I use one direct run of Romex 8/2. I found it easier to handle as it’s stranded compared to the 10 gauge solid conductors. The wire wasn’t too thick and fitted into 20amp hospital grade receptacles.  
Out building for sound. The dream ver$e$ reality
@wsrrsw I'm in a concrete basement because it sounds better. If I was building a stand-alone music room, I would use concrete floor and concrete blocks (or granite) and hanging tapestries. All that resonant, vibrating OSB and sheetrock and suspend... 
Whats on your turntable tonight?
Junior Wells – It's My Life Baby (Vanguard 1966)  
Whats on your turntable tonight?
Homesick James – Homesick James, Ain't Sick No More (Bluesway 1973)  
Subwoofers to run rears and support rear speakers?
Apparently, more subs are better. Look up 'subwoofer swarm.'  
Whats on your turntable tonight?
Van Morrison – Tupelo Honey (Warner Bros. 1971)  
AXPONA 2023
@jayctoy Yeah, I know. In 2019, I stayed in the one a good walk/short cab ride away but it was a drag compared to being in the hotel. So I promised the next time, I’d stay in the mothership. Not to be, unfortunately thanks to Marriot greed.  
Out building for sound. The dream ver$e$ reality
Use stone or concrete and save the torment of soundboard walls.  
Is the seated-centered solo listening to music a dated tech?
+2 I prefer o solo mio for serious listening. "I prefer "head in a vice" stereo ESLs."  
Whats on your turntable tonight?
Leonard Bernstein / William Russo – Siegel-Schwall Band, San Francisco Symphony Orchestra, Seiji Ozawa – Symphonic Dances From West Side Story / Three Pieces For Blues Band And Orchestra (Deutsche Grammophon 1973)  
Whats on your turntable tonight?
Wooden Wand – Death Seat (Young God 2010)  
Subwoofer suggestions for budget system?
How will the sub keep the bass out of the Maggies?  
Whats on your turntable tonight?
Various – Lost In The Stars - The Music Of Kurt Weill (A&M Records 1985) Some much in this album. Recommended.