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Whats on your turntable tonight?
Eddie Heywood ‎- One For My Baby (Mercury 1960) 
Whats on your turntable tonight?
@reubent Yes. Nice. Clean recording. Me too. Bought it when it came out.  
Whats on your turntable tonight?
Sinéad O'Connor ‎– I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got (Ensign 1990)Bought this when it came out and drove all night with a woman singing our hearts out. They were the days. Not a great recording. 
Diagnosing and fixing transformer hum
@oldhvymec might be on to something. If you have a variac, try a test adjusting the voltage from 100Vac to line and see if that changes it. You have a 300B tube amp. Try a different rectifier in case there is a load issue causing a problem. Bad ca... 
Whats on your turntable tonight?
Ry Cooder ‎- Chicken Skin Music (Reprise 1976) 
Whats on your turntable tonight?
Timbuk 3 ‎– Greetings From Timbuk 3 (I.R.S. 1986)Great album. Turn up 'Life is Hard' and test the speed of your rig. If you see this in good condition going cheap, buy it. 
Equipment Rack - How important in the grand scheme of things?
Nice rack @ebm . I prefer my concrete blocks. Only cost me $6 and the 3" maple top was $20 from a yard sale. Amazingly, after years of all sorts of racks, this sounds by far the best.https://systems.audiogon.com/systems/1593 
RIP Art Dudley
So freakin’ young. I was looking forward to him getting older. I felt that he got it; really understood the delicacy and nuance and color of music. And chose equipment that brought out those qualities. I shared his love of idlers and tubes althoug... 
Whats on your turntable tonight?
The Triffids ‎- In The Pines (Hot 1986)Bought this when it came out. Got rave reviews then. Australian. Solid. 
Whats on your turntable tonight?
Holst - English Opera Group, English Chamber Orchestra, LSO, André Previn ‎–The Wandering Scholar (Angel 1975)Mint and silent. Fine soundstaging. Wonderful performances.  
Jelco TK-850L Installation and Initial Impressions
@scar972 How would you compare the Jelco with the Schick and Morch? 
Jelco TK-850L Installation and Initial Impressions
Mk.2 https://www.jelco-ichikawa.co.jp/cn3/tk-850l_mk2.htmlThe base with the nut adjustment is an accessory. https://www.jelco-ichikawa.co.jp/cn6/ba-1.html  
RIP Art Dudley
Video profile: https://www.stereophile.com/content/reviewer-video-profile-art-dudley Art's Stereophile writing:  https://www.stereophile.com/writer/86  
Have a U-Turn turntable with Ortofon 2M Red cartridge. Upgrade cartridge or turntable???
You only live once. Soon, you'll have lots of records and will always be buying and selling mediocre budget tables and losing on the transactions. Save up and get a Technics SL-1500C and Nag MP150. 
Jelco TK-850L Installation and Initial Impressions
@bpoletti  Thanks for the ack. Great read. For other readers, I have Decca cartridges on my 2 Jelco 850Ls and 750L. No issues at all and I track light at 1.65. If the arms can do that, they've got to be very good. Don't be tempted to get the cheap...