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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. 
Phonostage Recommendations for my PS Audio + Thiel setup
I have not heard the new PS Audio phono stage but it is making big claims. As you already have their other amps, it would be remiss not to entertain a look. They do a trade-in on gear and a no quibble 30 day free shipping trial for US customers.  ... 
Cheap Vibration Control Discovery
Nothing gets past Geoff! 
Need help to know the value of these items
Check out hifishark website. 
VM540ML cartridge - what phono preamp is a good match
I can’t imagine the Sony has much of a phono stage. It’s a recipe for what you hear. But I think you know that. Look at a Schiit Mani phono or explore their products for a phono and preamp/power amp or look at the Mani with a tube integrated etc. ... 
VM540ML cartridge - what phono preamp is a good match
These AT cartridges are thin and bright for the first 50+ hours. 
Speaker wants 100 watt RMS. Is 40 watt tube OK?
@kijanki But that’s the theory. The reality is that all things being equal, more power can bring an authority to the music like a firmer grip and more breathing space for the music dynamics to fill. It is also true, that much of the action, at med... 
The Best Compliment You've Gotten On Your Rig?
Old thread but @stereo5 that story of the girl hearing how good she sounded got me.