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Dealing with UK's Classic Turntable Company
’They’ are more of a one man operation. Ray Clark. Did business with him a few years ago with no problems. He has always been well-respected in the audiophile world. You could try their FB page. I see a note about being delayed due to a ferry canc... 
Whats on your turntable tonight?
Little Willie Littlefield – It's Midnight (Route 66 1979)Lowell Fulson – Swing Time In The Big Town: Rare And Unreleased Recordings 1946-1953 (B&E 1980) 
Audiophile virtues
Agree with most of what you say. I bought it on some of the recommendations here and found it quite pedestrian and lacking the depth I hoped to find.  
Whats on your turntable tonight?
Helen Humes – Sneakin' Around (Classic Jazz 1978) 
Whats on your turntable tonight?
Patti Page – Hush, Hush Sweet Charlotte (Columbia 1965) 
Smallish room speakers
You might consider adding a pair of REL T5x to your KEF LS50 set up. 
Whats on your turntable tonight?
Marcy Lutes – Debut (Decca 1957 mono)These old recordings are almost lost gems. Perfect software for vintage gear. Blessed. It doesn't get much better. 
Whats on your turntable tonight?
Elly Stone - S/T (Columbia 1969)Revisiting this and boy does it sound so much better since I added the springs, the Lambda 25 tube PSU, and the Croft RIAA-RS phono. Such a compelling voice. 
Whats on your turntable tonight?
@bkeske BTW, congrats on the Comets. @reubent Nice deal. If the Fluance phono amp doesn't do it for you, try the Little Bear T7 or Schiit Mani. Both on Amazon and returnable. 
Whats on your turntable tonight?
Sara Watkins – Under The Pepper Tree (New West Records 2021) 
Tube Amp, Preamp upgrades -- what did you do that improved your units?
Look at Miflex films as a competitive alternative to Jupiter/Dueland.  
Whats on your turntable tonight?
Been running my 1950’s NOS Western Electric cablesAs good as they promise, tinned copper can't allow all the info through compared to OCC/OFC/silver etc.  
Whats on your turntable tonight?
Doc Evans / Knocky Parker / Albert Nicholas / Earl Murphy / Gene Juckem – Reminiscing In Dixieland, Stomps And Blues Vol. 1 (Audiophile 1959)The color of the brass in this lovely recording puts to shame every solid state recording made since. Reco... 
Horn speakers are really bright?
Dig Sophie Zelmani. Garage sounds better! I don't get the "too bright" thing either. Unless it's searing your ears off, or just plain messed up frequency response,  you can't have enough detail. 
Whats on your turntable tonight?
Harold Budd, Elizabeth Fraser, Robin Guthrie, Simon Raymonde – The Moon And The Melodies (4AD 1986)