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Whats on your turntable tonight?
Johnny Winter - First Winter ( BDS 7513 ) 
Whats on your turntable tonight?
I am actually a big fan of Brinkmann direct drive, the SOTA is a dalliance up North...I am actually not very fluent in the idler wheel revolution, have heard them a bit but don’t discount that they have virtues 
Whats on your turntable tonight?
Uber, adjusted for quantity of cartridges, you are at 4 rabbit holes and a hamster wheel - at least..the discs headed your way are mono... 
Whats on your turntable tonight?
Play grading the stack of ELP... no keepers :-(((now playing a visually mint Edgar Winter - Entrance BN 26503 
Stereophile complains it's readers are too informed.
Regression to the mean flavor people like... = $12 Pinotno thanks.... 
Whats on your turntable tonight?
Seriously, Don B is sort of an analog freak - how are his TT setup skills ????  
Whats on your turntable tonight?
Having said all that rubbish, I have three rabbits myself and a 4th on extended loan. It may be or maybe not in Jennifer Lewis hat.... remains to be seen, not heard.... 
Whats on your turntable tonight?
You do realize Uber ( at last count ) was down 4 TT “ rabbit holes.... best to keep in mind which rabbit to give chase....whining that  it’s not on Tidal....pretty soon he is going to buy a box of tweeters... 
purchasing US made speakers
Actually there are a bunch of whiners who B about the hyper expensive high end when in fact incredible sound is available for relatively low $$$$$pretty much across the board:try this : VPI table or Arm, sub in a Well Tempered, Grado or SoundSmith... 
Speaker upgrade
Great choices, add a third Vandersteen 7 Mk 2 which work hyper well w Ayre gear, Richard V and Charlie were fast friends and RV used MX-R at home while developing his own amplifier. Use your subs and built in subs to create a swarm and away you go... 
Honest question about cartridge vs. turntable performance.
Funny when ole James Kirk can’t remember his own advice - look into Soundsmith..... 
Honest question about cartridge vs. turntable performance.
Rega is a good choice but there are others see Brinkmann, Kuzma, AMG, etc for integrated packages, including tailored HRS isolation bases. 
Honest question about cartridge vs. turntable performance.
Competence in bearings and isolation is easy compared to changing one kind of energy into another....don’t shortchange the cartridge, and buy a rebuildable cartridge and it will be worth more than zero... Captain Kirk flunked math.... 
Looking for new speakers
Jim T understand driver breakup had two components, one completely unrelated to drive level, so the drivers you already own are really good :-)  
Looking for new speakers
Actually no, Jim T was a genius - sounds like you have some aged filter caps or a bad driver - reach out to people who own Thiels today on the Thiel thread curated by @jafant Tom who worked for many years at Thiel is a frequent poster and you can ...