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The Music at AXPONA 2022
I'm sure Diana Krall went to Berklee College of Music solely to learn how to make records for Audio Show Demo's...  
Whats on your turntable tonight?
Cage - Sonatas and Interludes for Piano (1946-1948) Dead Can Dance - Labyrinth  Quiet Sun - Mainstream  Michael Mantler - The Hapless Child Yello - 40 King Crimson - Lizard Miles Davis - Sketches of Spain Can - Ege Bamyasi    
OCD audio guy naming shady Audiogon dealers by name
+1 b-limo WOW... just wow. Lots of "knickers in a knot" over some pretty innocuous content. CTFD people... if you don't agree, don't watch. Everyone is entitled to an opinion (without personal attacks)... or a beard... or a Volvo...or a Mac fo... 
Dust cover up or down?
+1 elliottbnewcombjr +1 herbriechert +1 sandthemall     
Turn off or leave on?
My system is tube phono pre-amp, pre-amp and power amp (TT, dac, cd and streamer are SS), definitely, always completely OFF, unless listening. I use a 1 hour warm up prior to a session (average 6 out of 7 days / week).  
Best Rock Drummers
Bill Bruford...  
Audiophiles on Audiogon.
The leader of my country says I am "a member of the Fringes of Society" and that I "hold unacceptable views". @jackhifiguy has re-enforced that position... It must be True... Jack is Justin Trudeau! Who knew?  
Whats on your turntable tonight?
Michel Legrand - Legrand Jazz David Sylvian + others -Rain Tree Crow Jimi Hendrix - Are You Experienced Bela Bartok - Music for String Instruments, Percussion  and Celesta Leonard Bernstein     
Whats on your turntable tonight?
@spiritofradio Thanks...  Cleaned a bunch of "oldies" on the ultrasonic the other day and listened to some at random... made for a Great session!  
Whats on your turntable tonight?
Tchaikovsky - Piano concert n 1 Byron Janis LSO Bud Shank - The Talents of Bud Shank Fritz Reiner - The Reiner Sound CSO Rachmaninov Isle of the Dead Rush - A Farewell to Kings Black Sabbath- Black Sabbath  Klaatu  - endangered species  Ennio Morr... 
180g … It’s All Hype !
+1 Analog Productions +1 MOFI +1 Good Record Cleaner (especially ultrasonic!) +1 Original Pressings (usually) Keep buying vinyl while you can because in the future the distopian AI's will demand that..."You will own nothing and be Happy"  
Thermal Distortion your loudspeaker most likely suffers from it. But do you care?
OMG, I from suffer TD and had no idea!  
2nd systems- who’s got one?
Main 2 ch System: in dedicated, purpose built room 2nd: HT/2ch in den 3rd: 2 ch home office  And yes, there has been a "trickle down" or repurposing element in effect...  
Whats on your turntable tonight?
Nectar - A Tab in the Ocean Porcupine Tree - Up the Downstair Lamb - What Sound George Crumb - Lux Aeterna for Five Masked Musicians George Crumb - Four Nocturnes George Crumb - Dream Sequence    
Do larger planar speakers produce more accurate sound?
My experience has been, there is generally less interaction between The Room (side wall and vertical especially) and The Speaker, with regard to Plannar vs Cone. Plannars having fewer reflection interactions, Cones having more. There is however, ...