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Whats on your turntable tonight?
Helen Humes – Sneakin' Around (Classic Jazz 1978)  
Whats on your turntable tonight?
Georgia Brown – Sings Kurt Weill (London 1962))  
Whats on your turntable tonight?
Shirley Horn Trio – A Lazy Afternoon (Steeplechase 1979)  
concrete (cinder) block tower with wood chopping block for turntable stand
@tonywinga Not something I do when listening. It sounds so much better than previous wood and metal stands.  If you tap on the cinder or concrete blocks with a hammer  
concrete (cinder) block tower with wood chopping block for turntable stand
Check my Virtual System for my basement set up. Sounds better than every stand I tried.   
concrete (cinder) block tower with wood chopping block for turntable stand
Why not top it with a 2'x2' paving slab?  
Rumble showed up on NEW record???
Good to hear, @oldrooney There's always a solution.  
Whats playing on your system today?
Portugal The Man - Chris Black Changed My Life Current 93 - The Inmost Light  
The "Very Best Record Cleaning Formulation"
Apologies to @wizzzard for going a little off topic as I was responding to @ljgerens post earlier. @noromance  "You are missing the boat" This is interesting. I’m going to hand over my X100! Unlike Triton X-100, TERGITOL™ 15-S-9 is biodegrad... 
The "Very Best Record Cleaning Formulation"
@wizzzard I never said "distilled". I said dissolved. The reason being is that the X100 will not dissolve well in the US bath and is best dissolved in a separate container, and then added to the bath. In fact, there are instructions on my bottle ... 
The "Very Best Record Cleaning Formulation"
"dissolved." And what is “distilled” Triton X100?  
Used vs new Tube mono amp? - same model
I've two systems with two sets of vintage tube mono blocs from the 50s. They are not matched pairs but they sound the same and I've never even thought there might be an issue.   
The "Very Best Record Cleaning Formulation"
@ljgerens Great stuff. Good to see your methodology aligns with my amateur endeavors in that I use minimal alcohol and keep the time to 5-9 minutes depending on level of soiling. Distilled water / 39C / a splash of 91% isopropanol / few drops of ... 
The "Very Best Record Cleaning Formulation"
@engineears  Reminds me of Eugenie Scott's Gish Gallop.   
Ben-Micro MC-3 Moving-Coil Cartridge
Thanks, Stan.