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What size power cable?
At a minimum, use a decent 10 or 12 gauge OFC cable on low power components. I use these and they are great for $35 for 3 feet. They have a rhodium version too.  
Whats on your turntable tonight?
The Mary Kaye Trio – Night Life (20th Century Fox 1964 mono)  
Best Phono Stage
Talk to Aric @aricaudio   
Whats on your turntable tonight?
Malcolm Williamson, Lennox Berkeley, Yehudi Menuhin, The London Philharmonic Orchestra, Menuhin Festival Orchestra, Sir Adrian Boult – Violin Concertos (His Master's Voice 1972)  
Whats on your turntable tonight?
Sarah Vaughan – All Time Favorites (Mercury Wing 1963) Benny Goodman Trio - Quartet - Quintet – Trio-Quartet-Quintet (RCA Victor 19I...  
Whats on your turntable tonight?
The Moody Blues – Seventh Sojourn (Threshold 1972) Forgot how good this is. Have not played it in 30 years.   
Speaker Stand Height And Recommendations For Spendor SP100 Speakers
If you don’t want to change stands, use one or more paving slabs to increase relative tweeter height and provide stability or add taller feet to chair to decrease relative tweeter height. (SP2/2 owner)  
Pigskin or jico leather mat
Pro-ject has them on Amazon. Pro-Ject Audio Systems Leather-IT Turntable Mat - Black: Amazon.co.uk: Computers & Accessories  
Whats on your turntable tonight?
@gardners501 Streaming Aaron Copland. Nice.  
Whats on your turntable tonight?
Brian, on the Trumpet, it all depends on the internal capacity of the DC regulator feeding the tubes on the board.  
Whats on your turntable tonight?
@puffball08 ​@bkeske  Agreed. 12BH7A (CV5042) can be great. Curious if the Trumpet could facilitate it. I had an amp that called for 12AU7/ECC82 and I swapped in a long black plate Brimar CV5042. It draws more heater current but man, it had suc... 
Whats on your turntable tonight?
+1 The The. I'd no idea Matt Johnson was still at it. Mind Bomb gave me tinnitus back in the day.  
Whats on your turntable tonight?
Santana – Amigos (Columbia 1976)  
Dust cover hold up device
It'll sound better off when playing anyhow.  
Whats on your turntable tonight?
@bkeske I meant because of the new tubes—not that you were running short. 🙂