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Whats on your turntable tonight?
Brother Dege ‎- How To Kill A Horse (Magic Bullet 2015)Redneck or Hillbilly?It's not bad. Lyrics are weak. LP is a little noisy. It just doesn't feel authentic. 
high quality turntable with built in phono at $1000?
Any non-built-in-phono turntable you want with the tiny $129-$149 Schiit Mani phono amp. 
Whats on your turntable tonight?
Nik Turner's Sphynx ‎–Xitintoday (Charisma 1978) 
Whats on your turntable tonight?
Mark Perry ‎– Snappy Turns (Deptford Fun City Records 1980)Cross between Johnny Rotten and Syd Barrett. Raw and brilliant. 
Old school vs new school audio???
Simplify things. Take the NAD out of the loop. CD > Macintosh > speakers. Replace AQ speaker cables with 14 gauge Romex. Does it sound any better? 
Whats on your turntable tonight?
It's Immaterial ‎– Life's Hard And Then You Die (Siren 1986)Bought this when it came out. One of the great 80s British bands. Great recording. Buy this. 
Whats on your turntable tonight?
Aldous Harding ‎– Party (4AD ‎2017) 
Whats on your turntable tonight?
Fleetwood Mac ‎– Future Games (Reprise 1971) 
So I replaced the original Garrard 401 mat with an EP
Hey Uberwaltz. Since I replaced the platter with the PAC 20mm oversized aluminium (it's UK made!) one, I prefer no mat. Rings like a bell -by design- until the record is placed on it. Sounds by far the most resolving. 
ways to store your records
Check out my profile to see what I did. 
Turntable Mats: Rubber, Felt or Cork.
@uberwaltz I posted this on my Virtual System"Added a black aluminum 20mm oversized platter to the slate plinth 401. Beautifully made. I did some listening tests before and after swapping out on a number of tracks (after all the tubes were warmed ... 
Turntable Mats: Rubber, Felt or Cork.
@poko See my post on 10" vinyl mats. 
Rega P10 v Complete rebuild Garrard 401!
@cd318 Indeed. I had a LP12 for years. Thought it was awesome until I tried the 401. I lived through the whole Linn/Naim era. Luckily Glenn Croft and my love of tubes rescued me from going that moneypit route. 
Whats on your turntable tonight?
@uber 96F is no fun. Although neither is 61F in the basement. 
Whats playing on your system today?
Roy Harper - The BBC Tapes Vols 1-6.