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Whats on your turntable tonight?
Gilbert & Sullivan, D'Oyly Carte Opera Company - The Mikado ‎(11x Shellac, 12", Album - His Master's Voice, 1918) So this is a hoot. These belonged to Herself's grandfather. I swapped in an Ortofon M78 on my modified 12" Jelco 750 and was pl... 
Whats on your turntable tonight?
Orriel Smith – A Voice In The Wind (Columbia 1964)  
Best Options To Upgrade Phono Cartridge In A Schiit Sol Turntable
Second the Audio Technica VM750SH. I have one in a second system and it sounds great. Detailed without brightness and glare, and musical. Give it 20 hours to tame the top end. I heard the Sol with a Nagaoka MP11 and it was a little smooth. The AT ... 
The Great Cartridge Shootout
"Careful with that axe, spatialking"    
Whats on your turntable tonight?
Antonio Vivaldi - Chamber Orchestra Of The Saar, Karl Ristenpart – 5 Concerti For Diverse Instruments (Nonesuch 1966) Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Peter Rybar, Vienna Festival Orchestra – Violin Concerto In E-Minor, Op. 64 (Whitehall 1962) ~ Lov... 
[Tube Preamp][Need Help]Could you suggest a tube preamp matched with a SS AMP?
Yeah, I'd go for an integrated with phono on board if possible.    
A Second Noise Floor?
Or add them to your Virtual System.  
starting equiment that ic cold from being shipped
It'll sound better when it's not stone cold so you might as well wait.  
Audioquest Chicago Interconnect Upgrade Options
Which is why having AXPONA in Chicago sucks!  
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Croft phono integrated vs Croft Regulated Pre-Amp
Damps vibrations of the glass and resonances in the wire. You can also use masking tape. Try it and see. Lower noise floor and blacker background.  
K-horn won't fit, any other corner speakers recommended for a big room?
WAF is overrated.   
This 60 Hz hum is driving me crazy
Unplug from 110v and power down the entire internet stack and see if that changes anything.  
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@j_husker I’m not a fan of this smoothness you mentioned in the Analog Productions’s copy. I always prefer the more "raw" versions. I was at a great demo of Acoustic Sounds' before and afters and almost always preferred the original—clicks and all.  
Whats on your turntable tonight?
@spiritofradio  Have you heard the version of Górecki Symphony No. 3 with Lisa Gerrard? For me, it's the best of the three.