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Whats on your turntable tonight?
Scott Hamilton And Buddy Tate ‎– Scott's Buddy (Concord Jazz ‎1981)Superb. NM.  
Whats on your turntable tonight?
The Alan Parsons Project ‎– I Robot (Arista 1977)I used to love Pyramid and haven’t played it in 35 years. So I played some of it tonight. Nope. Musically meh. Awful recording and seems I overplayed it. VG-So I Robot is much better music and NM- a... 
Balanced Audio Technology MK-30 tubes. Alternative to Sovtek 6922
Ting each tube with a pencil tip and see if it's sensitive to the taps. You might get away just replacing that one.  
Whats on your turntable tonight?
Kurt Weill & Bertolt Brecht ‎– Threepenny Opera, Original Cast Recording New York Shakespeare Festival Production (Columbia Masterworks 1976)I love this album. Recommended. Wonderful songs. Pirate Jenny for low Hz kettle drums. 
Wanting to test my system's (and room) ability to recreate bells - any suggestions?
The Bells of Christmas: Recordings of Bells from the World's Most Famous Cathedrals. Available on Amazon on all formats.You could also play bell test tracks on YiuTube... 
500 albums in a basement flood--worth saving?
Everyone's nightmare. Prayers don't work! Value is out the door so it's up to you whether you want to salvage what you can. Maybe you might get something for the job lot. 
Whats on your turntable tonight?
Sammy Davis Jr./Carmen McRae ‎– Porgy And Bess (Decca 1959)Magic. VG unfortunately but sounds great. 
Whats on your turntable tonight?
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds ‎- Abattoir Blues/Lyre Of Orpheus (Mute ‎2004 [RE 2014]) 
Whats on your turntable tonight?
The Incredible String Band ‎- Changing Horses (Elektra 1969)Worth it if only for the momentous 16 minute epic Creation.  
Whats on your turntable tonight?
@slaw @uberwaltz  Fix this misunderstanding. 
AT-ART9XI Cartridge - Reduced Compliance
Cantilever, not stylus! 
Whats on your turntable tonight?
Simon Joyner / Songs for the new year@boxer12 I'll take your Leonard Cohen and raise it to Syd Barrett. 
Whats on your turntable tonight?
I love this thread and all posters@slaw You drinking again? Kidding. Back at you, man! 
Whats on your turntable tonight?
180g RE (RM?) Sounds very clean.@bkeske I was only wondering if the 180g 4 Men With Beards version was RM! 
6922 tube
Well that bites. Glad I don't use 6922 family tubes. That said, every tube I have ever tried, has had it's own easily-discernible sound.