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Nov 04, 2020	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.
Nov 04, 2020	Whats on your turntable tonight? Roy Harper ‎– Flat Baroque And Berserk (Harvest 1970)Magic.
Nov 04, 2020	Whats on your turntable tonight? Phoebe Snow - S/T (Shelter 1974)
Nov 04, 2020	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.
Nov 04, 2020	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.
Nov 04, 2020	Whats on your turntable tonight? Joe Turner ‎– The Boss Of The Blues Sings Kansas City Jazz (Atlantic 1956)Magic.
Nov 04, 2020	Whats on your turntable tonight? XTC ‎– Oranges & LemonsOranges & Lemons (Virgin 1989)The Beatles meet The Stranglers!
Nov 04, 2020	Vinyl Storage Suggestions Mike, it hasn't harmed them after 35 years!
Nov 04, 2020	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.
Nov 04, 2020	Whats on your turntable tonight? Sarah Vaughan ‎– All Time Favorites By(Mercury Wing 1963 mono)
Nov 04, 2020	Whats on your turntable tonight? Prefab Sprout ‎– From Langley Park To Memphis (Kitchenware 1988)
Nov 03, 2020	Whats on your turntable tonight? Lotte Lenya ‎– September Song And Other American Theatre Songs Of Kurt Weill (Columbia Masterworks 1958 mono)
Nov 03, 2020	Tung Sol KT 170 They're ugly!
Nov 03, 2020	Vinyl Storage Suggestions Make storage bins similar to a record store. Nothing better than being able to flip through the albums.
Nov 02, 2020	Step me up from Paradigm Studio 20 v4 bookshelf, seriously. I think you need to try a tube amp. The Rotel is not great. Neither are the other amps you've listed. Try a better amp and you may decide to keep your speakers.