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what's your latest music "score"
Turkish composer/performer Mercan Dede's new work entitled "Su" on the Escondida label and Choying Drolma and Steve Tibbetts' new work "Selwa" which is comprised of Tibetan chants paired with Tibbetts' guitar, on the Six degrees label.Both very ot... 
Tubes with Magnepan Atma-Sphere
The Wolcott P220 monos do a wonderful job of controlling the bigger Magnepan & Soundlab panels. at 220 watts, driven by 8 EL34 based tubes, they have ample power and do not lack at all in the bass department. The most recent vintage of the Wol... 
Cart for VPI Scout? Blackbird, Ruby2H, Shelter 901
It's a medium compliance, low output cart. While i am not running mine through a p75, I am running it through a phono stage that has switchable gain and loading. in my situation, I like the gain set to high and the load at right around 1000 ohms. ... 
Whats on your turntable tonight?
Ken,You are so right! when I first acquired this, the first few plays were good, but I wasn't sure what all the fuss was about. The more I listen, to his technique and the emotion he puts into a work, regardless of who he is playing with, the more... 
Whats on your turntable tonight?
Arturo Delmoni "Songs My Mother Taught Me" (North Star DS0004) Arturo Delmoni, violin and Meg Bachman Vas, piano. A collection of short works by the likes of Kreisler, Smetana, Dvorak, Mendelssohn, etc. Simply recorded with two microphones at Holy... 
Sound Dynamics RTS-3 replacement tweeters?
I believe the Sound Dynamics people morphed into Athena Technologies, selling a line of speakers under that name.http://www.athenaspeakers.com 
What music would you like at your funeral?
"The Suit" James Taylor/Jerry Douglas"Help on the Way>Slipknot>Franklin's Tower" Grateful Dead"Suite No. 1 for Unaccompanied Cello" J.S. Bach 
Cartridge for a VPI JMW10 arm
TPsonic,I also have a Shelter 501 and Denon 103. No denying they are great. That said, both the Denon and the Shelter suffer somewhat on the JMW line of tonearms due to an incompatiblity of their compliance and the unipivot design of the JMW. They... 
Cartridge for a VPI JMW10 arm
How about another Dynavector? Maybe the 17D MKII. I replaced the 20X on my Scoutmaster with one and am very pleased with the results. Like you, I also use the Supratek Chenin and listen to a lot of jazz and classical.I also had the opportunity to ... 
Cart for VPI Scout? Blackbird, Ruby2H, Shelter 901
If you have the ability to purchase a Shelter 901 at or near the price of the Blackbird, do that. Are you sure it's the 901 and not the 501? The 501 and the Blackbird retail for under 900.00. The 901 is quite a bit more new.FWIW - You might want t... 
Preamp Deal of the Century
Mc5baby,That is good news! Glad to hear that you are good to go. Make sure you get out and expose your skin to sunlight every so often. I've had my Chenin for 5 months and the honeymoon is still going strong. I've just now started rolling tubes, s... 
Preamp Deal of the Century
Ray,Welcome to the funhouse! Please keep your head and arms inside the car at all times. Enjoy the ride dude! You are in for some kind of fun. Try to leave your listening room long enough to take on nutrition (if you can }. Save the tube rolling t... 
Preamp Deal of the Century
Raytheprinter,has your unit arrived yet?Mc5baby,How's that volume control? Have you moved it? is it any looser for you? 
Mr Clean Eraser for Stylus Cleaning
To use: Cut a small square (1-2") of the white Mr. Clean.Some folks push a toothpick into the edge of it to act as a handle, some folks attach the square to a quarter.Place the Magic Eraser on your platter, bring the tone arm over and lower the st... 
Preamp Deal of the Century
I had to throw this post in: The "Building TTs Cheap at Home Despot" thread has 1757 posts, this one has 1757 posts, now THIS ONE has 1758....