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Whats on your turntable tonight?
@jamesclarke that Jan Garbarek Group ks perfect..perfect for the mood..fog rolling in off the coast...thanksalways learning new stuff from you guys... 
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 @benjie Yes , studios will often use a RtR to fatten up and compress a trackwe do it with electric guitar, Fender Rhodes quite a bit.you can hear this across the whole multi track mix on The Teskey Brothers- Half Mike Harvestthe CD has all of the... 
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My goal is a faithful recreation of the original eventhence my heavy investment in microphones, preamps, linear PSU for phantom power, direct into a much better than stock RtR and A2D converters, a fantastic DAC, etci sponsor via patronage a recor... 
MBL 101 (~1990) - amp suggestions.
IF you look closely at the refrigerator sized AMS-100 you might get faith in the AMS-50but agree the Threshold are quite good as would be anything Nelson builds today 
Whats on your turntable tonight?
 @reubent  Record Store Day 2019CSNY - 4 Way StreetBob Dylan - Blood on the Tracks - Test PressingFleetwood Mac s/t outtakes Humble Pie - Bootleg Vol 1Albert King - Born Under a Bad Sign - monoPink Floyd - SaucerfulStones - bothTedeschi Trucks - H... 
Whats on your turntable tonight?
 @bdp24 turned me on to this...Desert Rose BandRunningPages of Lifeboth mint still in shrink for $12 bucks delivered, ha..James Earl is up next... 
Basis bearing lube - Debut and Ovation
Or try Randy at Optimal Enchantment in Santa Monica, CA, USA pacific time zoneone of largest Basis dealers in worldgreat guy 
Basis bearing lube - Debut and Ovation
The factory is very responsive to phone calls, email and can provide instructions and proper oil as they have done for my tablelet me know via PM if you need emailBut it is on Basis websitejim 
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Actually you don’t need to waste $ on every cap, try bypassingbut if you insist my two Revox use Wima with Coherent in bypassof course your entire signal chain will benefit from this... your DAC,  phono preamp, etcall the way out to and including ... 
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Love being lectured by someone who does not even own a deckis there an ignore button on Audiogon ?any of the zealots complete the homework assignment of listening to your RtR electronics sans tape to discern which part you like or would that strai... 
Considering Vandersteen 3a Signatures
Nice system btw all the ingredients for greathave you rolled better small signal tubes into The Rogue ???? Andy at Vintage tube could help, especially if you mentioned more detailed treble/midAndy is a zen master 
Considering Vandersteen 3a Signatures
But before buying, get Jim Smiths excellent book an getting better soundspend some time in the near field, does that fix the detail you crave ?if so, invest in room treatmentconsider a bit more toe in for detailkill those first reflections with ab... 
Considering Vandersteen 3a Signatures
the 3a-Sig tweeter ( and for that matter mid ) are the same as the venerable 5anobody I know thinks the 5a is “sibilant “... but hey, listening would be good. I suppose I could be just a fan boy having owned both...i know guys getting great sound ... 
Whats on your turntable tonight?
@reubent given my small collection relative to most here, probaby 20 discs total... DEAD, 4-Way street, Tedeschi Trucks, etc...I need to slowly go back thru all 8 pages and put together a list....having said that I have a hot date that day with  w... 
Whats on your turntable tonight?
Hiatt - Stolen Moments...minty fresh from Germany.....God i love honest  sellers  on  Discogs....