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Whats on your turntable tonight?
John Sebastian – The Four Of Us (Reprise 1971)  
It's almost like poll, but certainly more fun
Rather than a person of taste. A Rolex is just a social class signifier to alert others that you are a person of means.  
Looking for a Warmer Sounding Phono Cartridge
Nagaoka MP500  
The greatest Pop song yet written and recorded.
@tylermunns  Great list. Carole King is an impressive songwriter, although it is fair to mention she co-wrote with her husband until 1969, Gerry Goffin.  
The greatest Pop song yet written and recorded.
Losing My Religion - REM Space Oditty - Bowie Suzanne - Cohen Yellow Brick Road - Elton  
The greatest Pop song yet written and recorded.
Just listened to God Only Knows by the Beach Boys and can confirm that it is not the best pop song. Top of my head, these are better.  Dancing In the Street by Martha and the Vandellas Be My Baby by The Ronettes California Dreamin' I Will Survive ... 
Any love for the Gentalex Gold Lion 12ax7 gold pin?
I can only conclude that your source may not be feeding the Telefunkens a clean enough signal to fully appreciate them. I see this a lot where folks say certain tubes are not musical.  The Telefunkens sound bright and not as musical  
AN-S9 sut gain?
AN state that the S9 is designed for use with its IO cartridges.  These have an output of 0.04mV which is very low, so I'd imagine the gain is high.  
New phono stage from SOTA
@wynpalmer4 Thank you for the clarification. Would the unit benefit from a larger 14VAC supply?  
New phono stage from SOTA
Never mind, I read the article. Flat RIAA, low noise, no added colorations. How does the designer determine this last part? I went to the SOTA site and it seems the device is available but the shopping cart is throwing an error. Things don’t appe... 
New phono stage from SOTA
What is this explicitly neutral you speak of? The design is configured to be explicitly neutral. Your preferences are, frankly, inconsequential without some non-empirical basis to support them.  
What is the science behind audiophile fuses?
So, anti-vibration damping? 2c for $49?  Inside the ceramic tube is a piece of white shrink tubing that fits snugly within the ceramic tube  
What is the science behind audiophile fuses?
@1extreme Think that's bad? I heard of folks who believe that some invisible deity controls the entire universe. And if you don't talk to it in your mind, you may burn forever.  ...who will look me in the eye and tell me they believe the earth i... 
Warm sounding 6922 Type Tubes
@ronrags Welcome to the tinnitus club. Sigh.  
Whats on your turntable tonight?
@bkeske I used have that Beecham Scheherazade on cassette with the same Chagall cover. Sounded great on my Pioneer components in the car. No idea where it's gone.