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50 of the best hi-fi albums for audiophiles
Props to What Hi-Fi for compiling the list and linking it to a stream. I haven’t made it through yet, but while "Automatic for the People" is a very good lp, the sonics are not to audiophile standards on my 1st press lp. 
Whats on your turntable tonight?
@reubent,I think I undersold "One and All" earlier. I just finished listening again. I'd give it a 9 for music and a solid 9.5 for sonics. 
Tune of the Day
Pieta Brown  "It Wasn't That" 
Best music of 2017
+1 maxnewid & reubent,  Their lp labels are very cool as well.. 
Whats on your turntable tonight?
Maddy Prior & June Tabor  "Silly Sisters" 
Tune of the Day
Widowspeak  "Harsh Realm" 
Whats on your turntable tonight?
I love "Slow Train Coming". Lucinda does a killer version of "It’s a Long Way to the Top" on Little Honey! Someone gave me a very clean copy of "And Then There Were Three" that I’ve yet to clean & play. Sounds like fun!Iris Dement and Greg Bro... 
Tune of the Day
Blur  "Go Out" 
Whats playing on your system today?
@reubent,The more I thought about it, I remembered buying that cd years ago when my main vehicle had a cd player in it. I’d buy cds I was interested in from the record clubs. If I liked them, I’d buy the lp, then the other ones I’d sell to the use... 
Sentimental song.
"Thanksgiving"  Mary Gauthier 
Whats playing on your system today?
Thanks for the recommendation reubent! 
A battle between two turntable generations. Which one is the winner?
On-the fly is a nice option, but not a reason for overlooking buying a TT.After all, if you are seriously thinking about a TT, you should know that this form of music reproduction is not "plug n’ play".It requires a level of, first.... passion. Th... 
Support table or shelf for turntable
cd318,My current view is a TT’s support system that can handle all of the earth’s forces and then, the room demands, the natural opposing forces within the room, the acoustic feedback is more important than the TT design. Frankly, how the room aco... 
Whats playing on your system today?
Rosanne Cash  "The River & The Thread"David Gilmour  "Live in Gdansk"Chris Hillman  "Bidin' My Time"Jim James  "Regions of Light and Sound of God" 
A battle between two turntable generations. Which one is the winner?
The lower mass of the Trans-Fi vs. the ET does, I’m sure, make a big difference in one’s application.(BTW, I’m good with supporting the local record store but the difference between $13.00 vs. $23.00, no contest. Using this method, you could buy m...