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My hearing deficits are becoming clear...
Get used to it....it only gets worse 
Need help
Grado makes nice stuff.... 
McCORMACK DNA-1
Steve built my first really high end preamp...Spatial Coherence 
Any Fatboy Unipivot Users?
I have a VPI unipivot with the 2nd pivot mod (very inexpensive).  Provides the stability that cleans the sound and makes locking in azimuth, easy and predictable. 
A deeper more holographic soundstage.
What's a Schumann Resonator? 
Top Ten Tube PreAmp of all time?
Anyone hear the top Ayre stuff?? 
Should I use Speaker Spike / Isolation Base or Something?
I put Herbes under my speakers which absolutely ruined the sound of my Vandersteen 5A's. ....just wondering...if the speakers are designed at having the sound arrive at the appropriate time, springs which allow movement, will blur the sonic pictur... 
Should I use Speaker Spike / Isolation Base or Something?
ClearThinker....The speakers ARE on spikes.....I described the flooring....Travertine tile cemented to the foundation of the house. 
Technics 1200G VS VPI Prime Signature
Everyone should be happy with their possessions .  I've been using a VPI arm for many years and haven't had problems in that many years.  It may "feel" weird for the first couple of times you use it, but then ...like a new mattress one adjusts.  O... 
Technics 1200 G a Forever Turntable?
Nothing is forever.... 
Should I use Speaker Spike / Isolation Base or Something?
I tried all kinds of things....nothing was better than the spikes I have...many a definite reduced performance.  I'm lucking in that my speakers on their spikes, are on ceramic tile, that are cemented to the foundation of the house. 
JADIS DEFY7, can not get it to sing
Stereo 5 took the words that I was going to write 
Is cartridge Demagnetizing Necessary?
not only is it not necessary, it should not be done at all, unless the manufacturer says to do it.  There are wires in the cartridge that may be thinner than the human hair....easily burnt.  Say goodby to your cartridge. 
Does Anyone Think CD is Better Than Vinyl/Analog?
The recording depends on the producer...the guy who mixes the final, etc.  Sometimes CD is better, sometimes vinyl 
Article: "Spin Me Round: Why Vinyl is Better Than Digital"
I like vinyl for the process.....that's why I shave with a brush and double edge razor