noromance

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Whats on your turntable tonight?
Florian Zabach – Till The End Of Time (Mercury Microgroove 1958 mono)Side 1.Unreal high frequency response on this cut from the solo violin. They don’t make ’em like this anymore. 
Whats on your turntable tonight?
From earlier. Another spin from last week. Pretty darn good.Kate Wolf & The Wildwood Flower – Lines On The Paper (Owl 1977) 
Whats on your turntable tonight?
Daniel Martin Moore – Turned Over To Dreams (Sofaburn 2017 45rpm)Always love playing an album on the Quad ESL rig that I’ve only played on the Spendors to realize how much better my primary system is. Sweet close-miked and tender album. 
Judging equipment
I heard a $750k system at the NY Audio Show a few years ago. My humble rig is better. So there’s that.https://youtu.be/B3gj4o2WXWQ 
Whats on your turntable tonight?
Susan Pillsbury - S/T (Sweet Fortune 1973)Winifred Smith – Folk Songs Of The South (RCA Victor Custom 1968) 
Whats on your turntable tonight?
@tomic601 Keeping it fed is an entirely different matter…..https://youtu.be/JIoQyOHqgAw 
Whats on your turntable tonight?
Scaniazz – It's Right Here For You (Stomp Off 1983) 
Why so many tubes?
More expensive preamps may use different tube configurations like cascode, paralleled, constant current sources, regulation etc. 
Everything Does Seem To Matter
Cheap metal will never help. Now try them bare! 
Whats on your turntable tonight?
Louis Nelson, Alton Purnell, Barry Martyn – In Germany With The White Eagle Jazz Band (GHB 1986)The epitome of Dixieland with great live sound quality. 
Whats on your turntable tonight?
The Louisiana Repertory Jazz Ensemble – Alive And Well (Stomp Off Records 1982) 
Whats on your turntable tonight?
Marktown Syncopators – Feel The Jazz Vol. 7(Feel The Jazz 1983) 
2x2x12inch or 2x15inch subwoofers
@golfnutz I must be reading too much REL propaganda! I would suggest that all things being equal, the smaller cone is faster but in reality, probably not. I stand corrected.  
5881 in Leben cs600
Not tried the 5881 in a Leben. However the plate voltage in EL34 and 6L6 modes are 414Vdc and 450Vdc respectively. This is more than the spec sheet max of 400Vdc for original Tung Sol tubes. Other manufacturer’s 5881 which claim higher plate volta... 
2x2x12inch or 2x15inch subwoofers
I just want everyone's opinion on whether a sub with 2 12" drivers will output more low end extension than 1 15" driverBoth specs on their website say 14Hz lowest bass response. Smaller drivers are generally faster.