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Whats on your turntable tonight?
Lotte Lenya – Kurt Weill's The Seven Deadly Sins (Columbia Masterworks 1957) 
Whats on your turntable tonight?
@tomic601 Fish. I once had a 75gal tank with king kong cichlids and kissing garami. 
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Roy Harper – Flat Baroque And Berserk (Harvest 1970) 
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Fleetwood Mac – Future Games (Reprise 1971) 
Want to remove grille from Soundbar but scared!
Buy a can of compressed air to clean off dust. Do not aim directly at drivers. 
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Kid Ory's Creole Jazz Band – This Kid's The Greatest! (Good Time Jazz 1962) 
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The Nighthawks – Open All Nite (Adelphi 1976) 
McIntosh MC275 VI preamp tubes
Re-reading this. Small signal tubes last a long time. You sure your KT88s are not getting tired? I suspect they might need re-biasing, if not replacement.  
Power Wedge 114 - Voltage Spike Damage
Looks like there are 4 transformers inside. One or more may have been damaged. The units are not too expensive. As the unit has been compromised protecting your equipment,  I would recommend replacement with a new one for safety reasons. 
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Rodrigo, Villa-Lobos, John Williams, English Chamber Orchestra, Daniel Barenboim – Concierto De Aranjuez / Concerto For Guitar (CBS 1972) 
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Tanita TickaramI remember when she came on the scene in the 80s. Oh...yeah...Twist in my Sobriety?  
McIntosh MC275 VI preamp tubes
+1 on the GE 3M/BP. They are a fine tube but not suited to all applications due to their lower gain.At your price point, the Gold Lion are a good choice.  
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Karen Wyman - S/T (Decca 1970)Hmmm. She’s 16 and full of energy. But man, the sound is a little strident on some of the cuts. Couple of gems though. 
Shipping speakers
+1 Freight only on a pallet. Received 2 pairs of Quad ESL57 over the years. Can't think of a more delicate component. One pair was transatlantic. Cost $1000 to ship. The other was $600. No issues whatsoever.  
Electrolytic capacitor replacement
When I swapped in a monster film cap for the power supply electrolytic, I couldn’t fit the cover back on. Now I leave the cover off. Sounds better anyway with the metal gone.