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Whats on your turntable tonight?
Ryuichi Sakamoto's piano solo soundtrack album to "Merry Christmas, Mister Lawrence". 
Detailed sound? Real?
I find that using 'live performance' or 'live music' as a benchmark is foolish. There are lots of venues where chamber music sounds atrocious, because of the acoustics, the woman in the taffeta dress three seats away who can't sit still, and the g... 
Which is best step up for Fidelity Research Fr-7
I would search in the fora for commentary on matching cartridge impedance to a SUT. There is a lot to learn in the archives. There have even been a few threads recently.Fidelity Research made transformers to match their carts. The XG-5 had a "low"... 
Number of records you have
Syntax, Can I send you my address? :^) 
Number of records you have
on the order of 35 feet - probably 20 feet of jazz, 10 feet of classical, 5 feet of other stuff. 
Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC?
Phaser,You'll like the Garrott P77. I think it is one of the better MMs I have. 
Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC?
Lharasim,You are presenting everyone with a dilemna.What about selling one of the "few more"? :^)Not having a P-76, I cannot venture real-world experience but I based on my experience with other light-ish low VTF MM carts and these two arms (the M... 
Uesugi UTY-7 phono stage
Kohey, many months later how do you like the Uesugi? Anyone else have experience with this? 
What's your favorite Turntable tweak?
Raul, perhaps he still has the MusicHall MMF 7 he mentions on another thread, which appears to have been added after the last post on his system thread a few years ago. 
Whats on your turntable tonight?
Today it is Verdi's la Forza Del Destino... I am listening to a 1980 Japanese pressing by King Records off the original 1955 London/Decca recording with Renata Tebaldi in the role of Donna Leonora, and Mario del Monaco (one of my favorite Italian ... 
Whats on your turntable tonight?
I have it on ceedee. It is well-recorded and well-performed. And my copy is signed by YYM and DZ... :^)Now back to your regularly-scheduled vinyl sessions... 
Whats on your turntable tonight?
Rushton,I can recommend the Hebraic Rhapsody for Cello and Orchestra on the New York Album (an album put out when Yo-Yo Ma toured with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra). I don't know if it is out on vinyl. I would love to find a copy if it was... ... 
Whats on your turntable tonight?
After four nights of packing and repacking boxes to send off and not getting any listening in, I have a day of respite and it has been a good day so far...Tchaikovsky Sextet 'Souvenir de Florence', Melodiya (Russian label)Mozart Complete Masonic M... 
STUPIDLY high resolution pure silver interconnects
Thanks for posting your results. 
How many versions do you have?
Same as Kal...Several versions of Erik Satie's Gymnopedies/etc...7-10 versions of Bach's unaccompanied cello suites, among my favorite being one played by Edgar Meyer on the double bass.3-4 versions of Holst's Planets (my "go to version" being Meh...