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Eminent Technology ET-2 Tonearm Owners
Ketchup,I thank Chris for putting me on to this. Adding some more weight onto the bolt so the weights can therefore be moved in closer to the spindle. ( It doesn't take much, I used the smallest brass weight provided with the tonearm and tightened... 
Eminent Technology ET-2 Tonearm Owners
I recently took advantage of the .5 upgrade I had Bruce perform years ago by adding a compressor, and like Chris am running 19 psi. The results were eye-opening. I also made a DIY cable and am using my own routing scheme that has taken all of the ... 
Recordings with BASS
Jennifer Warnes "The Hunter" 
Female Jazz Singers...new person/new releases...
Jacintha, Holly Cole, and maybe not quite what you're looking for but check out Cat Power "Juke Box". 
What did you get for Christmas?
A little more inner peace. 
Top 10 Snafus to avoid when building a good rig
Putting room demisions and acoustic treatments as first priority. Then getting you ac wired compentently and appropriately to your systems needs. Thse are the building blocks of a bad, good, or great system. Just do it, you will not regret it. Aft... 
Best of the new jazz 45rpm reissues
I second the Diana Krall "LIP" 
Recordings with BASS
One a little more hard to find is Peter Gabriel "Soft Dog" on the 45rpm Charisma 12" pressing. 
Best Rock Album in 2011
Feist "Metals" 
Rock n Roll w/Strings
Nirvana "Unplugged in NY", Charlie Daniels Band..... 
Tonearm board makers?
Doing my own out of stainless steel, purpleheart, and two different damping materials. 
Which companies deserve a star for Christmas
Cable Co., Soundstage Direct, Morrow Audio, Dedicated Audio, 
Album Of The Year 2011
Feist "Metals" is pretty darn good. 
non-magnetic mechanical stylus force gauge
In my experience, the Shure is not nearly accurate enough, the Canrong units that have exploded on the market and have mutiple manufacturerers badges on them are unreliable. I bought the Mapleshade which measures at record height and has been extr... 
Recordings with BASS
"Raising Sand" @ "Icky Thump" on vinyl. Neither are perfect but if your system can make sense of it, you're doing something right.