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noromance

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Whats on your turntable tonight?
Duster Bennett ‎– Justa Duster (Blue Horizon 1969)Harmonica, guitar, and drums one man band style post-skiffle bluesman from UK. Love it. 
Whats on your turntable tonight?
Joe Turner ‎– The Boss Of The Blues Sings Kansas City Jazz (Atlantic 1956 mono)Does not get much better than this. 
Looking for more detail in a speaker
Second @douglas_schroeder . I've heard the Golden Ear Triton a few times and they were so dull, the guy demoing was blaming everything except the speaker because he couldn't accept a transducer could be so bad. 
Whats on your turntable tonight?
Tom Paley & Peggy Seeger - S/T (Elektra 1965)History on this Veterans' Day. American folk songs. Love these old recordings with black backgrounds free of transistor and digital hash. 
Whats on your turntable tonight?
The Good Life ‎– Everybody's Coming Down (Saddle Creek ‎2015) 
Looking for a new integrated amp
The Rogue and lose the Lounge units. 
Why is black so popular for components?
Black for the same reason they wore that color leather in The Matrix. 
Whats on your turntable tonight?
Mayo Muir ‎– The Magic Of Mayo Muir (20th Century Fox 1965 mono)What a time of innocence. Lovely. Sounds great.. Some sibilance in the cut unfortunately.   
Whats on your turntable tonight?
Chemical fun. In middle school, a lax science teacher never locked the cabinets. KClO₃ and sugar fireworks.Kid Ory's Creole Jazz Band - S/T (Good Time Jazz 1955 mono) 
Whats on your turntable tonight?
Jay McShann Featuring Claude Williams ‎– The Man From Muskogee (Sackville 1973) 
Whats on your turntable tonight?
Norman Greenbaum With Dr. West's Medicine Show And Junk Band - S/T (Gregar 1969)Love this. Not "Spirit in the Sky" but an eclectic country folk skiffle blend.  
Whats on your turntable tonight?
Keely Smith ‎– I Wish You Love (Capitol 1959 mono)Never heard of her before. Irish-Indian. Nice smokey voice and fine recording.  
Used McIntosh Amp or better new options out there? - Amplifier or Integrated
@noromance , it’s a solid state amp, not tube@stereo5 Ouch! No tubes? Walk away. 
Baltos Varnos - beautiful lithuanian band
Thanks. Lovely. 
Seeking advice on high kHz annoyance in my system
Beryllium tweeter in the Focal..? But then, you hear it on headphones too. And it was in your previous system. I think it’s your hearing. Hard wax and ear canal structure can cause certain resonances. Try pulling your ears around and see if it inf...