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Another great dies
Streaming TSOW now, not sure I even knew about the remake..., thanks, will give them both a whirl 
Hotel Room Confessions - Best Sound at a Show?
Randy is a zen master and gets great sound adjacent to a yoga studio at his store in Santa Monica. I am a happy customer of his, and a select few other dealers w similar hearing, setup skills, and the attention to detail required to get that last ... 
Whats on your turntable tonight?
@slaw well then you just have to try Jesse - Oh, My Girl Devil in the woods records DIW #86, expensive in mint but imo worth it, my fave of hers.Barsuk also had the double : Like, Love, Lust & The Open halls of the soul recently for something ... 
Adding another ARC AMP to Tympani - D-400 or 2x 100.2 (SS) ..or 2x D-150 (tube) ??
@bdp24 here had I believe your panel config and might weigh in 
Vandersteen's new affordable mono blocks at the CES 18
@bdp24  Eric the DMM Buddy is sublime, I will post up complete thoughts later this weekend over in the Music section, you know where I hang out 99% of the time.... 
Whats on your turntable tonight?
Happy Friday / weekend all!enjoy the music 
Whats on your turntable tonight?
John Hiatt - Slow Turning ( 2018 reissue B0027601-01 ) sounds good, pressing quality a B- 
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Valerie Carter - Wild Child 
Whats on your turntable tonight?
Spiritofradio I wondered myself, Discogs shows one for The Jenny’s - Fifteen released 2017 Red House Records RHR - LP 305Discogs has 4 for sale all outside USA, new copies are $22 USD from RedHouse / Compass records store , i have a copy on the wa... 
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Spiritofradio OMG I love Ruth, have caught her as part of the Jenny’s now at about 4 good smallish halls w good sound and man.... she and they are the real deal 
Ayre QB9 Twenty Upgrade
I would consider ayre, Lampizator and a used Aesthetix Pandora as very musical DAC w well executed filters and analog outputs... of course there are others. Ayre upgrades , customer support, long long term commitment to product are stellar. Which ... 
Anybody in Touch w Andy at Vintage Tube0
Great news, blue hair tubes from Florida!!!!! 
Whats on your turntable tonight?
Gram Parsons - GPi don’t get the fuss, will revisit in dark... candle, wine... thinking about Emmylou...( R1 573841 ) with Staughton tip on but the pressing quality is just OK 
VTL preamps tonality (and vs. PrimaLuna)?
The DAC you have imo outstanding, I would try to work with local dealer to see IF preamp really improves things...  
Whats on your turntable tonight?
@uber play grade is VG- but interesting, w 80 db peaks , which is way louder than I can normally get away with, the LiL Naim sails thru with no over current as I expected w Treo an easy 6 ohm load, there is however some significant energy below 63...