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Best LPs to Test Turntables
Thanks everyone for the great suggestions.  They are really helpful.  I am having to get over a hurdle. Some turntables that I "listen" to I hear the motor.  I listen without music playing, just for the turntable itself.  I listened to the McIntos... 
Best LPs to Test Turntables
Thanks Roberjerman. Rock n' Roll Animal is a good one.  Many of the suggestions coming forward I do not have on vinyl. So need to connect with what I own.  Do you think that it matters when the LP was originally recorded analog, or digital.  For e... 
Best LPs to Test Turntables
Thank You Frogman.  The Koln Concerts is always one of my Go To recordings. Second is a box set of Miles' Prestige years with Coltrane 
AudioQuest Niagara 1000
Thanks Ozzy - let me/us know what you think. 
I listened to the Gryphon Diablo today , what an experience !
@hemoncdoc. Thanks for your response to my post.  I’ll need to go in a relisten to the said equipment.  I’m open to new synergy.  But at this point, I invested heavy dollars in what I have and don’t have much room for switching up at this price ra... 
mcintosh MT10 turntable good or not.
Great Thread Everyone,  Several mentioned other Turntables at a similar price point.  Can you list them out for me.  Maybe 3-5 turntables that you feel match the MT10?  I would like to do a little research.  I’m not happy with the $500 Project tha... 
Budget Music Streamer
Not sure what "budget" is for you, but a $900 Project  Sound Box S2 Ultra was highly recommended to me.  Supposed to have excellent sound for the money. 
I listened to the Gryphon Diablo today , what an experience !
I heard the same system with the Diablo 300 and the SF Serafinos.  I'm wowed by the sound of the Serafinos, so much so that I "invested" in a pair.  I sat there for a good period of time listening to several tracks that I listened to at home the n... 
Do McIntosh dealers give discount on new models?
All McIntosh products went up on 12/01/18.  5% I think was the increase thanks to new tariffs on key ingredients.   
How good's your hearing
Thanks for The levity  
AudioQuest Niagara 1000
I like the looks of the Niagara 1200 better than the 1000.  Sleeker and less bulky.  The 1000 is huge.  But you are correct, does it function the same. One would think that if it is label higher that is should be better.  It not like releasing the... 
Whats on your turntable tonight?
Today is was Arhoolie's Mance Lipscome on green vinyl, then an old 1960 edition of a fun Butterbeans & Suzie record.  About to play An Evening with Mike Nichols and Elaine May for some 1960's humor.   
Break in blues
I can understand the concepts of a break-in period. Makes sense actually, particularly with tubes, which I have.  Then again, I have had s many variables with my system that it is hard to isolate the sound changes due to one factor - like a break-... 
If you could only keep 5 record albums, what would they be?
One thing I know for sure is I would pick double or three LP sets. Then I double or triple the listening pleasure. 
What albums, in your opinion, sound unquestionably better on Vinyl rather than Digital?
I love  Hope by Hugh Masekela.Just can't understand how the finesse of a fine audio system makes Black Sabbath better.  But maybe I just need to try it.