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Danny Kirwan has passed away
I will be listening to Blues Jam at Chess this late evening and remembering great times had while enjoying his music as a youth, both he and I as we are close in age. 
Help with a new Tube headphone amp blowing fuses
@raindance , I am so glad you reached out for a conclusion on my Yamamoto headphone amp, I was pondering reaching out to you on a pair of VTL MB125 mono amps that I have had for 20 years and are in need of repair. Amps had been in play all those y... 
Help with a new Tube headphone amp blowing fuses
@raindance , I am happy to say that the answer is yes, Yamamoto responded with their FedEx account info, unit was shipped back to them, transformer replaced and the HA-03 has been working great since and it is marvellous. Yamamoto was very apologe... 
A question of Azimuth setting up turntable
I don't get how you could have a different reading at the top verses bottom of cart as long as both readings are taken while the cart is lowered in the groove. 
Removing spikes... Now my speakers sing
Wilson Audio Sophias/Wilson spikes/Herbies Gliders, brass/wood floors over concrete are best for me. 
headphones-amp combination
I have been putting together a second system based around headphones for a few years now settling on the Yamamoto HA-02 and HA-03 tube amps rated at .35 & 1.4 watts each, really like the Audeze  LCD 2f but a little heavy to be portable, love m... 
Kirmuss audios ultrasonic record cleaner
@benjie , would you please just walk me thru your clean rinse cycle with your VPI, I have one also and was wondering if I should keep it even once I buy an ultrasonic machine. 
If You Like Funk: Check Out Vulfpeck
This is the exact opposite of funk, so let me go ahead and apologize to James Brown and even the likes of Peter Wolf. 
Audible Illusions M3B question
I just mentioned this in a post a week or so ago, have had 3 Audible Illusion Modules preamps going back 26 years, Modulas, Modulas 3A and a Modulas 3B. Sent in my 10 year old 3A for some repairs and was offered the trade in for the 3B that was ju... 
What Matters and What is Nonsense
@wlutke , amen. 
Art Dudley Calls B.S. but without naming names - PLEASE DO!
@lgoler , let me commend you for your response to @mrdecibel  and now let me commend @mrdecibel  for his apology to you, for some reason that was setting up to be ugly and the both of you made it a positive, I tip my hat to you both. 
Audible Illusions Upgrade Opportunity
I really could not equate a $ value to performance ratio but up to 4 years ago I had been running the AI  Modules 3A for 9 years traded it in on a Modulas 3B both with the JC boards and the improvement was significant and to tell the truth was jus... 
AT OC9/II vs AT OC9/III
Bill FWIW, soundsmith adjusted the suspension on my original Clavis  and did level 2 rebuilds of two different Helikon SL carts proved to be better, by my taste, than the originals. I will get back to you after I have broken in the new AT ART9 car... 
Whats on your turntable tonight?
Bob Dylan/Time Out Of Mind, Duke Ellington/Piano In The Back Ground, Ronnie Spector/English Heartbeat. 
Kirmuss audios ultrasonic record cleaner
@uberwaltz, if you should happen to spring for one of these please post your opinion after you have used it a bit. I am going to hold back just a little while.