roberjerman

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exceptional voices of female singers (non-classical)
Patti Smith - Horses and Radio Ethiopia    Gloria and Redondo Beach! 
exceptional voices of female singers (non-classical)
Kate Bush - The Kick Inside and Hounds Of Love. Running up that hill ... 
exceptional voices of female singers (non-classical)
Janis Joplin of Big Brother & The Holding Company. Piece of my heart ... 
exceptional voices of female singers (non-classical)
Grace Slick of Jefferson Airplane/Starship fame. Feed your head .. 
Tube Amp Questions
New York Audio Labs NYAL Moscode 150 or 300. Superb sounding tube/MOSFET amps designed by George Kaye. Available on the second-hand market for quite reasonable prices! 
Coming out of the blackhole called work...retirement
Get a subscription to Stereophile and The Absolute Sound! I can also recommend the British mags HiFi News and HiFi World! Quality reporting and writing! 
Budget American made speakers?
+1 mapman and the Ohm Walsh speakers! 
Placing Digital Sources under Turntable OK?
No problem and nothing to worry about! I have a similar setup like your's and notice NO adverse effects! 
marantz model 9 service
Audio Classics in Vestal, NY! 
Room color opinions
Everything sounds better in the dark! 
Oh no, there's metal in your records!
Just another scam! 
Done buying new vinyl
Many new releases and reissues are sourced from digital masters! So not quite 100% analog! 
NOS tubes
+1 bdp24! 
NOS tubes
Vacuum Tube Valley had a report on this. Look it up! It seems that the cathode-coating chemicals were of a much purer quality. Vacuum pumping went on longer, resulting in a better vacuum. Grid wire spacing was held to tighter tolerances.      Spea... 
XTC: This Pop
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