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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. 🙂   
Whats on your turntable tonight?
Brooke Waggoner – Originator (Swoon Moon Music 2013) ... Mary McCaslin – Sunny California (Philo 1986) ... Aurora – A Different Kind Of Human, Step 2 (Glassnote 2019)  
Single REL T/9x vs S/510 in Small Room
If cost versus result is a factor, use two T7x at least.   
Bascom H. King Passed
Saddened to hear that. Felt I knew him after reading PS Audio’s Paul McGowan book.  
Modern Versus Restored Vintage SS Amp Sound Quality?
Vintage glass good, vintage sand bad.  
Whats on your turntable tonight?
+1 Natalie. Are you listening to your records all over again?!