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Rock musicians with musical education.
Schubert you mean classical. Right? Nothing worse. 
The Most Philosophical Song You Ever Heard
Dylan.  Positively 4th street 
Whats on your turntable tonight?
Stones.   Dirty Work.  
Soundsmith Strain Gauge - Thank You!
I concur congrats.  Love that system.  Listened extensively with Peter at CAF 3 years ago.The only reason I don’t have one is I do not want to give up my Allnic phono stage - its that good. 
Wywires platinum or Wireworld Silver Eclipse, speaker cable
I agree with adg101’s post.  Probably not much help but I have Wywires Silver IC’s in one system and all his PC’s in my primary system, Juice ll.  Many have come and gone through here and the Wywires have been keepers.Alex is great to work with, I... 
Why so much love for Mcintosh?
Good idea hiendmmoe....I’ve had 501’s in my system for 16+ years. Driven by very a resolving front end and driving resolving power hungry speakers have made them a perfect sonic match to my system.I have changed everything in the chain except them... 
Basis Turntables: Worth it or Ripoff?
I started with a basis 1400 signature and moved up to a 2200 signature with a vector 4 tonearm a few years ago.The dealer that got me back into vinyl carried Basis and VPI.  I am sure glad he steered me to Basis.It put me out of the digital busine... 
Whats on your turntable tonight?
@reubent I know!  Always loved “Nearly Lost You” never owned the album until it came out on vinyl....Mark Lanegan’s vocals are incredible.  Going through a grunge thang! 
Whats on your turntable tonight?
Screaming Trees. “Sweet Oblivion" 
Whats on your turntable tonight?
Patty Griffin. “1000 Kisses" 
Ortofon Cadenza Black vs. Bronze
Love my Black on a Vector 4 Basis tonearm and table.  It is as good or better than my Transfiguration Proteus which was no slouch.As fsonicsmith mentioned the Bronze is a show favorite, it was used by several exhibitors at the CAF multiple years. ... 
Thiel Owners
Nice move tonywinga!  I did the same thing only with Shunyata Denali V2 and a Shunyata Sigma XC power cable.Got the same results with my CS6’s, an improvement that exceeded my expectations!  Remarkable speakers indeed! 
Whats on your turntable tonight?
Genesis “three sides live”The Pretenders “learning to crawl" 
Another great gone, this time its Charlie Watts
Coltrane….lacking cohesive thoughts eh? 
Your system struck by lightning? What did you learn?
My boat was struck by lightning, direct hit on my antennae.   Needless to say it fried the radios and other electronics.  Just watched them tow her to a marina to assess damages.  Oh, and I always unplug when not at home or severe weather predicte...