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Whats on your turntable tonight?
Doc Evans And His Band Featuring Knocky Parker – Traditional Jazz Vol. 7 Dixieland, Of Course (Audiophile 1956)  
Whats on your turntable tonight?
Strawbs – Grave New World (A&M 1972) Cracker of an album.   
Whats on your turntable tonight?
Al Stewart - Modern Times (CBS 1975)  
Moving Iron Adventures
@dogberry Super post. Had to laugh out loud at the Hawkwind no-show. They were one of my teen favorites with the consequent accumulation of twenty plus albums including many original gatefolds. Joe Banks book is well worth a read. Feel well, man.  
Whats on your turntable tonight?
Al Stewart - Past Present And Future (CBS 1973)  
Whats on your turntable tonight?
Roy Harper – Once (Awareness 1990)  
Isolation Feet for Garrard 301 wood plinth
Agreed. 3 feet always sounds better than 4.  
Manley Chinook - setting for Ortofon Quintet Black S
@tjjunk further down the road you might look at tube rolling something like these into the Chinook.     
What is the “World’s Best Cartridge”?
@dogberry The corollary is that perhaps I prefer it tail up to compensate for my declining perception of highs! Try your cartridges at 1.65. IIRC, John Wright told me tracking lies between 1.6 and 2.0 grms—so you're safe. More air, detail, and spe... 
What is the “World’s Best Cartridge”?
Sorry, I need to correct my senility-infused confusion. Should read "tail slightly up." Much better highs and leading edge snap. I find the Deccas sing at 1.65 grams, tail slightly down.  
How many people do you think have the same DAC, amplifier, and speakers
imagine the question including analog bits? The answer would always be 1.  
Isolation Feet for Garrard 301 wood plinth
So this older post came up when researching something else. Amazing how things progress since my 2017 advice quoted below. Forget the cones and pointy bits. Use springs - better soundstage depth and layering. Directly coupled to granite using me... 
5 Dumb Things Audiophiles Believes.
waytoomuchstuff  +1 Good point about the sommelier.  
Record Storage Temperature
Not an issue at that temp. As others have said humidity is bad as it will cause mold growth. Heat will warp them. Never store stacked.   
What is the “World’s Best Cartridge”?
@mijostyn Indeed. All good. I find the Deccas sing at 1.65 grams, tail slightly down. When we were in our teens, we played rock and roll on an ancient Garrard with a ceramic cartridge which did in fact track wonderfully at 10 grams. The non-magnet...