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Best sounding headphones you have owned?
The Hifiman HE1000v2s are the best sounding phones I have ever used/owned and they were not the most expensive ones either, once you put them on you just listen to music. They are fairly easy to drive, drove mine with a Dennis Had Inspire tube hea... 
Will Vincent ST-70 Tube Amp
Will sold his rebuilt ST70 Dynaco amps on this site till he got frustrated with some of the posters here and switched his sales to US Audio Mart. WTS, I did a lot of research on his amps and some of the competitors that do, IMO a quality build as ... 
Going back to headphone ?
Good to see you back. Enjoy the music  
Tina turner Dead at 83
What a great loss to the music industry and music in general. Loved her in all her different stages but those early years with Ike were so very special to my ears and what I love about music to this day. She will be missed. Enjoy the music  
Dynavector XV-1S
Steve @ VAS is a great option, currently run a XV1s with his retip on the original cantilever with close to 700 hours in and it sounds wonderful. Also if you can stand the wait time, Soundsmith would be my first option for a rebuild and I would pr... 
Anyone Here Familiar With Zydeco?
Being from south Louisiana, I was brought up on Zydeco and Beua Jacque (pronounced Bo Joc) is a treat but if you really want to test your system there is no better than Major Handys releases on the Blue Heaven label, one is a direct to disc that i... 
VPI JMW 9 wire problem
I am hoping you disconnected the plug before dressing the wires to obtain the desired antiskate.  
VPI noise problem
@stringreenĀ , glad to see this has come full circle for you and you are back to enjoying the music.  
Songs with excellent advice?
@kb54, I have three posters with that message, Have one hanging in my living room and the other two I gifted to my children that hang in their living rooms. Enjoy the music  
The Master of Space and Time
From his contributions on the Joe Cocker/Mad Dogs an Englishmen tour and album to his production skills on some Freddie King albums, you don't have to look far to see what a great force he was in the music industry. Enjoy the music  
Sound level listening
68 to 72 db for the most part in a 20X24X10 room. Enjoy the music  
Wadia 8 transport CD drawer will not open or close on its own
@jafantĀ , I will update as I have received the new belts, but it will be in a short while, the CD set up will have to stay as is till I get my TT set up from the move and do not want to touch the transport till then. Enjoy the music  
Lucinda Williams' Stories From A Rock n Roll Heart.
@hilde45, her voice always sounded a bit harsh and that's one of the things I love about her. Concrete and Barbed wire.  
Lucinda Williams' Stories From A Rock n Roll Heart.
Finally got to see Lucinda live right before the pandemic, at the White Oak Music Hall in Houston. It was absolutely great, also the lineup included Steve Earle and Dwight Yoakam, not a bad day at all. Enjoy the music  
What if Jeff Beck was a drummer?
@tablejockey, he probably would have been an incredible drummer but I am glad he stuck to the guitar. Enjoy the music