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noromance

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Improving sound in less-than-ideal (i.e., 'crappy') space
Not sure what to tell you. I had a 11'x10' room once and had a pair of large stand-mounted speakers 2 feet from side and front walls. The speakers were on three spikes on three-legged stands and I never knocked them over in over 5 years. How? Got ... 
Ridiculous assertions that someone is being ripped off or conned
I was at a Peter Belt demo in the 80s where he stuck tiny black triangular pieces of foil onto the glass of two windows. Everyone agreed that the same track sounded better the second time after he applied the product. What’s more likely? The 4 tin... 
$39K for the Linn Klimax DAC/streamer?
As a member of the "ascendant class" LOL! 
$39K for the Linn Klimax DAC/streamer?
I do not agree that the so-called ascendent class "demand the best. I used a logical "or" above which negates your complaint. ;-) 
$39K for the Linn Klimax DAC/streamer?
Whether it’s good sounding or not is moot. We are witnessing an ascendant class of wealthy individuals who either demand the best with no expense spared, or, who frequent the upper echelons and are used to paying large sums for everything. $40k to... 
Whats on your turntable tonight?
Pug Horton – Don't Go Away (Bodeswell 1979) 
Whats on your turntable tonight?
@sbank That's a wonderful and unexpected back story. Small world, even by minor association!  
Whats on your turntable tonight?
Pergolesi, Evelyn Lear, Christa Ludwig, Lorin Maazel – Stabat Mater (Philips 1966)Ethereal.  
Whats on your turntable tonight?
Rusty Taylor's Jazz Makers – Give Me A Call (Stomp Off 1984)Nicks25, nice system.  
Whats on your turntable tonight?
@nicks25 I was thinking along those lines a few days ago wondering what happened to the OP, @slipknot1 .PS well done, @sbank ! 
Whats on your turntable tonight?
Tomas Örnberg's Blue Five – Come Back, Sweet Papa (Stomp Off 1982) 
Whats on your turntable tonight?
Geminiani - Anthony Pleeth, Richard Webb, Christopher Hogwood – Six Cello Sonatas, Op. 5 (L’Oiseau-Lyre – DSLO 1976 )Not exactly party material but what a sweet lyrebird album. Cellos make a system sing.  
Whats on your turntable tonight?
Neil Young – Harvest (Reprise 1972) 
AUDIO RESEARCH PH7 troubleshooting
Unless you have experience working on electronics, it's best to get a pro to look at it. High voltages etc. 
Whats on your turntable tonight?
Hawkwind – X In Search Of Space (United Artists [original with log book] 1971)