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Hidden Gems in Classic Rock Albums
2 complete albums: B. W. Stevenson "We Be Sailin" The Byrds "Sweetheart of the Rodeo"  
Whats on your turntable tonight?
Streaming Sibelius randomly right now. Fixed my NAD 5000 this PM w/ transport parts I bought ages ago... Tested w/ Jeff Buckley's Sketches For My Sweetheart The Drunk,  Last night was an Allman Bros. night, finished with Dreams (box set). Squeezed... 
Prospectives on Chi-Fi
Is Mandarin hard to learn?    
How To Keep Cat Off Stereo Equipment?
Smudge picked me, so it's hard to part with her. She has left my speaker grills alone. I try to leave a couple interesting boxes around and a paper grocery bag. The window sill is her favorite perch. She has a couple cat jungle gym type things and... 
I was happy with my system for 30 years; now I need a new amp...and more?
If it was me.... I would repair the amp, recap and service the preamp. The Phillips CD players of that era are well regarded, if it's working I would get it serviced by a good tech, maybe upgrade at some point with a used Rega CD player (again, we... 
Whats on your turntable tonight?
Gave the TT the night off. Streamed Nickle Creek based on concert reviews on this site. I should have gone to The Gourds and Those Darlins, or my English Psych Folk... Well, there's still tonight. I should have a mint Grand Canyon Suite in today's... 
Live (analog) vs Digital Home Audio
I came of age listening to KFML in Denver (we said -underground, not alternative). Bill Ashford was the program directer, down to the bone with real country. He and his wife, Judy Roderick,  mostly his wife, I think, fronted a jug band called Sixt... 
Whats on your turntable tonight?
Finished cleaning my used record store finds. Someone traded or sold a Herb Alpert collection. So far Lonely Bull and Whipped Cream... Picked up Cibo Matto Stereo Type A; The Boo Radleys Giant Steps, and Herbie Hancock Head Hunters on CD. Finished...