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Whats on your turntable tonight?
@boxer12  noromance, What did you think of Jana Hunter/Devendra Banhart 2005 collaboration?   I liked it. It's quirky and attractive enough to hold my interest for a repeat listen.  
Battery Power Supply Yes_ or No_
@zipost It was more of a rhetorical question seeking an answer than an answer itself. But wouldn't a capacitor increase the speed and recovery of the power supply? 
Whats on your turntable tonight?
Lotte Lenya ‎- Kurt Weill's The Seven Deadly Sins (Columbia Masterworks 1960 mono) 
Whats on your turntable tonight?
Skeeter Davis ‎- Blueberry Hill And Other Favorites (RCA Camden 1965)Pressed by Telefunken/Decca from RCA tapes in Germany. The strings. Burnished and golden. Filling the room with nostalgia and saccharine. Cute beyond belief. A masterpiece. $3. N... 
Anyone have experience with the Tung Sol 7581a vs. EL34, KT66, KT88, 6L6
What do the 6F6G do that the TS 7581A does not do?  
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Jackie Washington S/T (Vanguard 1962)Dude was 24 and frequented/performed Boston coffee shops at the time. Lovely voice of folk music which thrived in the freedom of the best years of American life. 
Whats on your turntable tonight?
@boxer12 Interesting. I picked up the Jana Hunter/Devendra Banhart 2005 collaboration recently.  
BoenickeAudio's "unique" wood speaker driver?
JVC sold a wooden cone speaker in 2005. You can also buy them online for DIY. The idea is that wood is musical and imparts a pleasant tone. 
OMG OMG OMG Harbeth M30.1 INCOMING!!!A Few Questions For Owners
Yeah. That's a drag. I had a 90 pound amp that required the same underside adjustment. 
Upgrade time - PSB, Paradigm, Monitor Audio, or . . .
Sure. I had a pair on MA 352 speakers 35 years ago. Loved them. 
Which tap
4 ohm. 
Whats on your turntable tonight?
@slaw Are Deccas forgiving?I guess you mean of bad vinyl and surface noise? First off, even if they weren’t forgiving, the perceived dynamic range is so great that you don’t really mind any noise. Of the three Deccas I have (see system for the spe... 
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@uberwaltz Rest well!Sidney Bechet & Mezz Mezzrow (Classic Jazz 1976) 
Battery Power Supply Yes_ or No_
Why not hang a big cap across the battery?  
Whats on your turntable tonight?
Domnérus, Hallberg, Riedel, Johansen, Erstrand ‎- Jazz At The Pawnshop (Prophone 1977)Sounds better than I remember.