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Whats on your turntable tonight?
@slaw ! Cool, it feels like I ordered Tapestry a year ago for Trish, one of her absolute favorites….. have to pick it up w RCM, same local shop….audio and record crack dealer…  
Whats on your turntable tonight?
@tgilb  Thanks so much for detailed and well thought out evaluation of the Colvin / Earle collaboration. I like to think i have invested in decent analog LP, digital and high speed tape gear to discern relative strengths and weaknesses, but i appr... 
Naim?
Markus - right on ! In the spring have ya over for a listen, I am in Seattle then. jim  
What speakers for Naim Unity Atom
Vandersteen 1Ci new in your choice of end cap veneer with stands are $1,400. they are 90 db and the 8” bass driver plays fairly low for HT use. I have run them well with the Atom, see my vintage room photos.  A pair of ADS floor standers local mi... 
Whats on your turntable tonight?
ya James !  
Whats on your turntable tonight?
a surfeit of surfactant…….  
Bigger and Better: Integrated Amplifiers
no ethos for Pathos….  
Off the Grid Listening-HELP!
From ten years of running big AGM , diesel genset and inverter on a 47’ loa boat, i was profoundly disappointed with AGM performance and longevity Lifeline cost me a bunch of $$$$, Eventually i went back to lead acid low tech reliable with some no... 
Break in time for Tung-Sol 6550 Tubes
I run the NJ Nos Tung Sol 6550 in my REF5se, it was flat out better from hour one, but the 6 is a different beast. i run my 5se on HRS isolation, that made a similar improvement. Run it and see. Please let us know what you discover. I have close t... 
Whats on your turntable tonight?
perhaps the SOTA is girlfriend..ha    
Whats on your turntable tonight?
Steve - My copy has some noise on side 2 Bill - thanks for the Audio Desk surfactant tip. More options is good. The relatively small Degritter tank will i believe lead to easy experiments….. Arrival and playing soon; Aiofe O’Donovan - Age of Ap... 
Whats on your turntable tonight?
My plan is to do an initial Enzyme step with my wet vac Nitty Gritty then the  Next 2 steps same as Daniel. The excellent sonic test of sending 16 discs to Perfect Vinyl Forever pushed me into pulling trigger on US cleaning…. And of course a lot o... 
Whats on your turntable tonight?
@puffball08 aka Daniel in Orange county has been cutting trail w Degritter process. He has evolved a three step method w spinclean step, then a Turgitol cycle in degritter followed by a water only cycle. He has also been in direct contact w Degrit... 
Whats on your turntable tonight?
Steve - Let me know what you think of Colvin / Earle  - I have that on ripped CD into  server only..but i could be influenced into LP… Daniel - Water is next ! spoke to dealer again yesterday to attempt confirmation back to Degritter tgat extra t... 
Whats on your turntable tonight?
Sigmund Floyd - Dark Side, followed by Animals  Daniel - Turgitol arrived today, one step closer…to the edge