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I replaced the volume pot on my tube preamplifier.
@asvjerry  Huh? @noromance ...(Surely you jest?  ;)  Always wanted to ask that and "NONE?!" *LOL*  
I replaced the volume pot on my tube preamplifier.
@bruce19  Kindly follow up when you make the modification. The Black Beauty RK40 is not in production but there seems to be some online.  
Whats playing on your system today?
Mad Season – Above (Columbia 1995)  
Whats on your turntable tonight?
Speaking of Steppenwolf, check out this Bob Calvert/Hawkwind gem. You've got to listen to the whole track. Steppenwolf  
Whats on your turntable tonight?
Isaac Stern - None but the Lonely Heart - Plays Great Violin Favorites (Columbia Masterworks 1963) Just sublime.   
Finally! I Made An Informed Choice
@ghdprentice  Nice Freudian slip. High end streamers can be very insensitive to their input since they isolate and cash the bits  
I replaced the volume pot on my tube preamplifier.
@asvjerry  You must be wiped. ...I like pot in volume, too...  
Garrard 301 - Project
I’m a fan of the Pablo Basie records: The Gifted Ones, Basie & Dizzy Gillespie, The 3 Basie Jams, Basie & Zoot Sims. I’ve a bunch of his big band work but the later ones above are just wonderful.  Speaking of Joe Williams, his A Man Ain’t ... 
Whats on your turntable tonight?
@slipknot1  I always thought you were pushing up the daisies, so welcome back to the land of the living. What were you doing for 15 years? Just hanging out waiting for the right time? I’ve been absent for about 15 of those.  
Whats on your turntable tonight?
Tim Blake – Crystal Machine (Egg 1977) John Martyn – London Conversation (Island 1967 mono) Hawkwind – Doremi Fasol Latido (UA 1972) Kevin Ayers and the Whole World - Shooting at the Moon (Harvest 1970) Hawkwind - Astounding Sounds, Amazing Mu... 
Garrard 301 - Project
@lalitk  Note that we were talking about the Tele ECC803S which is never under $700 (used). It's a premium ECC83.  Yeah, Side by Side is solid.   
Whats on your turntable tonight?
Carol Kidd - Carol Kidd (Aloi 1984) Jane Morgan With The Troubadors - All The Way (London 1958 mono) Peggy Lee - At Basin Street East ( Capitol 1961) John Cale - The Academy In Peril (Edsel 1986)  
Garrard 301 - Project
@larryi  As you know, you could buy ECC803S for £6.95 each back in the 80s. Now they’re over $1000 each NOS.  
I replaced the volume pot on my tube preamplifier.
@viridian  No. Log to log.  
I replaced the volume pot on my tube preamplifier.
@erik_squires  Like these? DACT audio attenuators DACT Shop CT2 Stepped Audio Attenuators - DACT Interesting that these probably would fit but I’m not sure how well SMD resistors sound, and I wasn’t gonna take a $300 tryout! If I was building my ...