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Whats on your turntable tonight?
Soap&Skin ‎– Lovetune For Vacuum (PIAS 2009) 
Whats on your turntable tonight?
Jean Redpath With Abby Newton ‎– Lady Nairne (Philo 1986) 
Whats on your turntable tonight?
Count Basie & Dizzy Gillespie ‎– The Gifted Ones (Pablo 1979)Super album, lovely recording.  
Whats on your turntable tonight?
Uriah Heep ‎– Salisbury (Mercury 1971) 
Whats on your turntable tonight?
Uriah Heep ‎– Demons And Wizards (Bronze 1972)RIP Ken Hensley. 
Vinyl Engine Registration Problem.....Is there a trick?
Registering more than one account will permanently block all related accounts, email and IP addresses.Are you sure you didn't register before? 
Upgrades that met/exceeded your expectations and those that felt short
Exceeded: Nobsounds springs under turntable. Must be heavy. Best $35 ever. Adds speed, structure and dimensionality to the music. See my thread on the subject.Underperformed: graphite mat. Deadening.  
Whats on your turntable tonight?
Roy Harper ‎– Flat Baroque And Berserk (Harvest 1970)Magic. 
Whats on your turntable tonight?
Phoebe Snow - S/T (Shelter 1974) 
Relative Spending on Turntables and Cartridges
If you put bigger and bigger engines into a compact sedan, at some point it won't work out as hoped. 
Whats on your turntable tonight?
Various ‎– The Young Ones Of Jazz (EmArcy 1956)More proof as to how they did a better job 60 years ago. Clean, detailed, with black backgrounds free of transistors. 
Whats on your turntable tonight?
Joe Turner ‎– The Boss Of The Blues Sings Kansas City Jazz (Atlantic 1956)Magic. 
Whats on your turntable tonight?
XTC ‎– Oranges & LemonsOranges & Lemons (Virgin 1989)The Beatles meet The Stranglers! 
Vinyl Storage Suggestions
Mike, it hasn't harmed them after 35 years! 
Upgrades that met/exceeded your expectations and those that felt short
Exceeded: Wrapping PTFE tape around the glass part of fuses. Try it.Exceeded: Replacing the bearing in my 401 with an SPH grease bearing. Made the original sound broken.Underperformed: fancy interconnects. Duller than the cheap OFC Belkins I use.