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Best Albums of 2008 on Vinyl
Neil Diamond - "Home Before Dark", produced by Rick Rubin 
Cheap phono cable vs decent interconnect cable?
When it does not the job good enough (hum, signal flow...), then the "saved" money is not saved. In my opinion, the phono cable is the most important cable in the whole System. Next is the quality from the connectors (the difference can be huge, t... 
SME V, Tri-Planar or Phantom B-44 ?
The Triplanar is not first rate with cartridges, which transform a lot of energy into the Arm. The Lyra Skala is one of theses cartridges. The best performance was with the heavy DaVinci (by far) 
Cables for Jeff Rowland / mbl system
Inside your 9t's are Cardas cables. My friends owns Model 8 and a complete Cardas cabling, is has a real good Performance with his ML's. 
SME V, Tri-Planar or Phantom B-44 ?
I tried to find it.I think, it is this ThreadGraham-Triplanar 
SME V, Tri-Planar or Phantom B-44 ?
My personal ranking after a few years of using and listening.The ranking is based on a combination from maximum Performance with different cartridges (weight, compliance ...) mounted in each ArmBest is above1.FR-64s, FR-66s2.Graham Phantom, DaVinc... 
SME V, Tri-Planar or Phantom B-44 ?
Graham Phantom is the best 
Kuzma Stabi Ref/Stogi Ref vs TW Acustic Raven One
One of my audiophile buddies owns a Raven AC with Triplanar, Airline and a Kuzma Reference with Airline. 90% of his time he listens to the Kuzma. He says, the difference is huge. 
Raven vs. Verdier La Platine
One of my audiophile friends made a comparison in his home, he owns a PV with SME 3012 and got a Raven AC with Schroeder Reference for loan.The Schroeder was fitted with a very expensive cartridge (XV-1s), his was a cheap one, I modified 103R.He t... 
Well-Tempered Golf Ball?
anyone have any constructive ideas about this tableI think, it too new for listening, but the Designer is a clever man. His former WT's are musically still ahead of most other Turntables out there like Ravens, Linns, Clearaudio, Transrotor , etc.... 
Well-Tempered Golf Ball?
When I use a 4 piece Golf Ball, I will have more backspin on the reproduced notes? 
Tired of Problems with Tube Equipment
Tube electronics is great, but it has to be done right when it should work reliable. Not all can do this. 
Two part question about modern and good looking
of the so called modern tables seem to have a design that is very similar to many of the vintage tables. Is the arm design better now, then say a dynavector 501?I am afraid, there is no simple "yes" or "no"From my experience most of today is base... 
subwoofer cables
Audioquest Sub-3 
Fremer/SSM w/Rim Drive
I guess he wants to tell us that a connection from motor vibration directly to the bearing is much better for sound than eliminating them via belt.