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Phono preamp vs no phono preamp
Red is a high output moving magnet and will work fine. If you do buy an external phono pre, wire its output into Aux not into Phono. 
Reasonably Priced 6CA7 NOS (or even good used old stock) Tubes Available Anywhere?
New Tung-Sol 7581A are excellent replacements.https://forum.audiogon.com/discussions/anyone-have-experience-with-the-tung-sol-7581a-vs-el34-kt66-k... 
MFSL worth it?
But is it actually selling? Unless, you are a collector, if you can get $125, sell it and buy more music. Depends on the rest of the rig as to how much value musically you can get out of the MF. 
Just curious if anyone knows..
Apparently it was costing them too much to make and hold the price point. 
Replacing generic RECEPTACLES
A few mins after I posted the above, I thought I’d swap back in the rhodium power cord to check if what I wrote from memory was correct.Put it this way, it’s not the same stereo it was earlier. It is louder and fine detail is much enhanced...illum... 
Replacing generic RECEPTACLES
I bought 2 power cords for my phono preamp. Both OFC stranded 12 gauge. One has gold plated pins, the other rhodium. The latter has a *slightly* steely black clean sound -more dynamic with less hash- with blacker chromium silences. The gold versio... 
Whats on your turntable tonight?
--1976 Japanese pressing Denon PCM early digital recording of Beethoven Symphony No.9 Choral. It’s in mint condition. Shame it sounds so bad. Flat. Compressed. Unemotional. Crap.-- Mozart String Quartets 14 and 15 KV387, KV421 Alban Berg on Telefu... 
Whats on your turntable tonight?
1959 Decca Porgy and Bess with Sammy Davis Jr and Carmin McRae. It is not in good condition. It is clean but it had not been treated well. Who cares? The sound (notwithstanding Sammy's strident vocals) is fantastic. The stage depth is insane and t... 
Trying to find a name
Well's Audio?Line Magnetic?BMC? 
No sound from phono preamp
Balanced/unbalanced setting correct? 
Top of the heap..a century of research and advancements,the new Ortofon Century Cartridge.
The number of rich people has increased to the point where whole industries cater to their needs and whims. I get a kick watching video where Fremer says to manufactures that their products are good value at insane prices. I guess he wants to soun... 
Foil damping tape as a tonearm tube wrap?
Anyone use PTFE (plumber's) tape? 
How to stream sound from your turntable?
Shouldn't be a big deal considering you are gonna digitize it. I would unplug the jack from the streamer for critical listening. 
How to stream sound from your turntable?
Phono RCA to 3.5mm jack? 
Low mass 12" tonearms?
The old SME 3012?