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Hear my Cartridges....🎶
I compared both with my own original copy on my second rig. Not kidding and not surprised and I know you know this but golly, the YouTube version is bad.EDIT - played the YouTube versions again after listening to the real record. The hell... they ... 
Hear my Cartridges....🎶
The Wall. Both sound great.-- LDRPros - Clean, uncolored, transparent, lack of glare, rhythmically coherent, percussion sounded right. The helicopter sounded real and Water’s multi-tracked laugh sounded like Rog’s voice. The kids ethereal voices w... 
The Best Compliment You've Gotten On Your Rig?
My teen daughter who considers me as an out of touch and uncool anachronism, and has no interest in the basement came down during a work day night at 9pm. She asked what's up? I figured she was looking for something like the car keys. She asked to... 
Ears hurt when listening after changing speakers
I get the same ear pain/ringing if I play my Quad ESL57s too loud. I can play my Spendors louder with no ill effect. 
Turntable and pre-amp advice sought
How about saving a little longer and getting a Pioneer PLX1000 ($699), a Nagaoka MP110 ($169), and a Schiit Mani phono amp ($149)?  
Novice tube rolling question - Line Magnetic LM-218ia
No issues with Winged C 6L6GC. Try new TungSol 7581A. Give them a few hours and enjoy. Have you tried rolling the 12AX7s?  
SME 3009 Series III Haters
Dammit. I thought it was a Series lll haters thread. 
Turntable feedback
Try it without the granite. 
Trans-Fi Terminator Tonearm: 2019 Update
Thanks for the update. Tempting.  
Whats on your turntable tonight?
Donovan - In Concert at Anaheim Convention Center 1967 (Epic 1968) 
Whats on your turntable tonight?
I'm reading Paul McGowan's @psaudio autobiography and he was around bands using the Moog monophonic synthesizer.  So I thought I'd check out an old live Uriah Heep album.Uriah Heep - Live January 1973Ugh. What an instrument of torture. 
Which tubes for eastern electric phono preamp?
What's in it now?Talk to Kevin at Upscale Audio. 
VM540ML cartridge - what phono preamp is a good match
There are EAR clones online for around $600... Single tube phono amps are generally hybrid op-amp based devices with a tube output stage.Check out this guy's reviews of phono amps and lots of stuff in your budget. 
Whats on your turntable tonight?
Loudon Wainwright lll - A Live OneWilliam P. Corgan - OgilalaSmashing Pumpkins - Mellon Collie and the Infinite SadnessRoy Harper - Lifemask (Harvest UK 1973) 
Can you over damp with isolation products? If so - How do you know you've done it?
If it sounds better when you take the damping objects away, it was over-damped.