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Whats on your turntable tonight?
@6t5-gto  Harry Nilsson - Nilsson Schmilsson - Mofi 45rpm - so excellent  Bring it over, please!  
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@juanmanuelfangioii good to see another fan here of a fav hometown band!  
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Recorded live-to-2track tape in the studio with full orchestra. Shelly Manne on drums.   
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Finding a specific cable
IF you need flat, Goertz made nice sounding ones. For reasonably cost long cables, do what the pros do: balanced Mogami long interconnects. Keep speaker cables short.  
Speaker positioning and center image depth
@blisshifi  Much (no, not everything) of what is communicated in reviews and forums to generalize the soundstaging and imaging of a speaker is largely dependent on the communicator’s past experiences with gear (which may be very limited) and the... 
DAC diminishing returns
congrats, @dsfreeh !  
High Current Integrated Options for Manger Speakers
BAT tube gear is known for high current, using the MIG fighter tubes. They have a couple of integrateds that go for $<10K used, not sure about current new pricing or changes. I'm commenting based on hearing their older models, as I haven't hear... 
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"The Shins performance on October 6th, 2012 inaugurated the groove-carving voyage of Third Man Record's 1953 Scully Lathe that previously churned out masters for Cincinnati's legendary King Records. The 8 tracks on this live recording mark Third... 
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Big +1 for Romantic Warrior, the LP that got this pre-teen rocker into jazz eons ago. @bslon @slaw My Classic Records Rough Mix sounds great. "Street In The City" is a demo track. Perhaps my standards are lower. I looked and they appear to have o... 
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One of my top albums all time, finally on vinyl. IMHO the pinnacle of his career. Remastered by Ryan K. Smith at Sterling Sound. It's 99% gotta be from digital source, but SQ is good-to-excellent varying by track. Quiet pressing. I MHO the ball...