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Help! Which speakers to exhibit in Long Beach, CA audio show?
#1 sound better by a long shot.   
AR 9 LS Speaker Grill Question
Um, I meant to say that it’s always better with them off. (autocorrect?) It’s always better with one.  
Why Is Hi Fi Gear So Darn Expensive?
My Grandma used to say, "A fool and his money are easily parted." That said, there are some superb cost no object components designed to sell to the ever-increasing number of folks with very large disposable incomes. Part of it is also reflected... 
Which is better: Spendor BC1, SP1/2, or SP2/3.
For your room, given you have SP3/5s, I think the SP2/3 would be a nice fit. I have SP2/2 and heard the 3 a few times to know they have better bass control and more detail.  
Which is better: Spendor BC1, SP1/2, or SP2/3.
The SP1/2 and the SP1/2R2 are different animals. R2 is brighter.  
AR 9 LS Speaker Grill Question
It's always better with one.  
Whats on your turntable tonight?
Calexico – Algiers (City Slang  2012)  
Whats on your turntable tonight?
Grateful Dead – American Beauty (Warner Bros. 1970) Remember Freaks and Geeks?  
Whats on your turntable tonight?
Julie London – Love Letters (Liberty 1962) They do not make recordings like this anymore. Most modern recordings sound grey, veiled and muddy compared to the clarity and resolution of this. Silent vinyl too.   
Whats on your turntable tonight?
The Costello Show Featuring The Attractions And Confederates – King Of America (F-Beat 1986)  
Hey - What Happened to the Beware of Viking Acoustics Thread
I wonder if they made amends.   
Whats on your turntable tonight?
Christy Moore – Voyage (Atlantic 1989)  
Let’s share funny-stupid things we’ve done
Played a side of an album with a cartridge I had just knocked the diamond from. The jagged whatever that was left on the cantilever acted as a stylus. I thought it sounded a bit iffy and put it down to a poor pressing. Expensive gaff.  
Whats on your turntable tonight?
Allan Taylor – Sometimes (United Artists 1971) System sounds fast, incisive, clean and blacker tonight.  
Rega P10/Apheta 3 connected to Luxman EQ-500.
MC (low-output) / 100 Ohm load. You won't break anything with the wrong settings but keep the volume down when coming from mute just in case. This may assist. https://www.stereophile.com/content/luxman-eq-500-phono-preamplifier