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ZYX Premium Cartridges
Huh?? 
ZYX Premium Cartridges
Don ....what makes you think I wear hearing aids??  I don't...  I play violin for a living. 
ZYX Premium Cartridges
My experiences with Zyx cartridges reaveal to me a softness...a kind of unpretentious hiding quality.  ...a lay back, quality...a don't ruffle my feathers kind of sound.  They tend to be excellent cartridges when you live with that sound for awhil... 
ZYX 'Real Stereo' and Miyajima 'Cross Ring' Cartridges
What does that mean?? 
Are Dust Covers a MUST
Don't use a dust cover...too big and klutzy to fool with every time I want to play a record.  I use a microfiber duster to remove the offenders and am good to go. 
Direct Metal Mastering ( DMM ) LPs. What is this?
Momentary Lapse is absolutely boring music....also he's clearly Anti-semitic.    
VPI Tables and Dr. Feikert Software: Any Experience
The Foz  and its accompanying disc are  important tools to get the VPI arm as close to perfection as you can.  Sure you can get it "close" with the mirror if you use a silvered mirror with no top glass that can be retrieved from an old broken SLR ... 
Powercords $1000 that beat VH Audio cords
In my experience, the connection end (plugs) are the most important part of the power cord...the wire itself is not that influential.  Use top of the line Oyeida, or Furutech plugs and smile. 
I'm considering used Vandersteen Quatro
John at Audio Connection, and Richard at Vandersteen.  Both ...the very best.   
turntables
Very much agree with Darkstar1 
If you could have only one Christmas album/CD, which one?
Johnny Mathis 
a little dinner music
Why don't you just plug into Spotify...surely you will find the right music for yourself 
old classic phono cartridges
I sold an ADC MkII..  Someone is always looking for things like that if the price is right. 
Skewed cantilever - Opinions?
I would never accept that....I'd send it back. 
Please show me how to listen to hi-rez audio embedded in films
I use my blu-ray with HDMI output into my Denon  5.1 home theater gizmo....but don't sweat it...not a big deal improvement