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Whats on your turntable tonight?
Cozy Cole, Buddy Tate, Wallace Davenport, Vic Dickenson – French Festival - Nice, France 1974 (Classic Jazz 1975) Love this album.   
Whats on your turntable tonight?
The World's Greatest Jazzband Of Yank Lawson And Bob Haggart – Live At The Roosevelt Grill (Atlantic 1970)  
Whats on your turntable tonight?
Hey @slaw , how's the health?  
DIY Turntable project
@boxer12 That sounds amazing! Love to see pics. @thenightshade I'd go with springs over Sorbothane feet. Rubber O-rings may also work better on the bearing.   
This is good Schiit...
Why not apply the same buying methodology you used on the other Schiit gear? Buy the DAC. If no likey, sell it.  
Thoughts on T.H.E. Show in Long Beach this weekend?
I've heard the floorstanding Acoras a few times at other shows and ended up staying longer than I should have. I remember when they first appeared and thought they were trying too hard and too naively with granite. Time and perseverance appears to... 
WTH TAS?!
Good post. Nothing worse than self-proclaimed 'authorities.'   
Solar powered vacuum tubes
OP is talking about the inventor of the thermionic valve, John Ambrose Fleming.  
New 55,000 Euro tonearm
Some of us just know stuff already.  Sure - if you use Wikipaedia for your knowledge base.  
New 55,000 Euro tonearm
In fairness to Mijostyn, both ruby and sapphire are corundum—crystalline aluminum oxide.  
Tracking force
As a rule of thumb, start at 2 grams and decrease it by 0.1 until it stops sounding good.  
Whats on your turntable tonight?
Brooke Waggoner – Originator (Swoon Moon Music 2013)  
To port or not to port speakers
Why not test it and report the results to us?  
Whats on your turntable tonight?
Haresuite – Circle Of Friends (Haresuite 1983) Mary Lu Walker – Middle Age, Middle Class, Mama Songs (K&R 1979)  
Whats on your turntable tonight?
Marilyn – Just A Song In My Heart (Audiophile 1957 mono)