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Are you operating in the correct SPL window for high-fidelity listening?
Fletcher-Munson didn't have neighbours.  
Yamaha HX-10000 phonostage, any views?
Also 'Dark' is relative to what one is comparing it to/ running it with.  
Yamaha HX-10000 phonostage, any views?
Yamaha C1 and C2 (and C2x) are complete preamplifiers. Yamaha hardly released any separate phono stages.   The Exclusive C-7 would have been a bargain buy at 1600 UK pounds. Lew the names of three who had/have HX-10000 I can recall are 808 Stat... 
Yamaha HX-10000 phonostage, any views?
There are more than one GT 2000 owners at AudioKarma who own the HX phono stage. Go to the GT 2000 Social Group thread. Ask the same question in the thread. Get the information from someone who owns the unit rather than someone who has never laid ... 
Vintage Japanese DD Consult and Suggestions Please
Acoustical properties of Panzerholz   https://www.lessloss.com/the-virtues-of-panzerholz-ezp-80.html  
Vintage Japanese DD Consult and Suggestions Please
Pioneer Exclusive P3/P3a and GT 2000 series nothing alike as Dover said. P3/P3a is an exceptional design.   GT 2000 optional accessory suspension:   https://www.hifido.co.jp/sold/23-39953-15768-00.html  
Vintage Japanese DD Consult and Suggestions Please
I suspect that some of the improvement I and others have found using versions of the outboard power supply for the GT 2000 is that transformer vibration is now removed from the plinth of the turntable. Conjecture on my part but feasible. The GT 2... 
A review on the Plinius Audio reference dual mono M-10 preamplifier
I read the review. What I found curious was that in the first paragraph the reviewer goes to great length to recount the brand names of the high end pre-amps he has had 'extensive experience' with. Then in the body of the review 2 of the examples ... 
Vintage Japanese DD Consult and Suggestions Please
Well done. That is a great choice.  
Do most people prefer tight bass or non tight bass?
I like my Bass battered with fries on the side.  
Help! Pre amp turning on by itself.
Stop having sex in front of the preamp. It can't help but get turned on.  
Alice Cooper vs. Al Di Meola?
What next: Al Pacino?  
What are your opinions of DSP's for speakers
I'd love to audition the new Accuphase DF-75 digital crossover. Just to see what a pedigree High End digital active crossover could do.  
Kiseki Blackheart Is Such A Lovely Cartridge
The Kiseki cartridges had deservedly good reviews back in the day. They were rare back then. Goldbug Brier was another lesser-known well reviewed cartridge of the time.  
Koetsu cartridges. They must be something special.
Given that Koetsu was a family business and its only emplyees were Sugano San the elder and his son who are both now deceased, but nobody else: Anyone who manufactured cartridges for Koetsu must be manufacturing them from beyond the grave.