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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. 
"Super Rectifier"
Little over 3 years ago I called Upscale Audio for his opinion on a rectifier tube replacement for my Allnic H1500 phonostage, after the guy said he didn't give opinions and how much he hated Allnic but continued on giving opinions about everythin... 
Kirmuss audios ultrasonic record cleaner
@islandmandan, $200.00 versus $800.00 sounds good and will follow your lead of checking it out on DIY, with that said and the fact that you have an ultrasonic cleaner , could you give your opinion of the Kirmuss as far as anything you see that mig... 
Talk but not walk?
Reminds me of the 3 men renting a $30.00 room, each payed $10.00, clerk gave bellhop $5.00 to return, he kept $2.00 and gave each man $1.00 making their outlay $9.00 each. 9X3=$27.00+$2.00 that the bellhop kept =$29.00. Sometimes things just don’t... 
AT OC9/II vs AT OC9/III
@bpoletti , but it was to mine. Would you consider selling me the Lyra? 
AT OC9/II vs AT OC9/III
What exactly were your mixed results with the Lyra? The reason I ask is because I have owned the OC9ll and was not impressed at all while the Clavis was definitely a keeper, both carts were on a VPI 9 memorial arm when I made this judgement, I kno... 
What component to hang on to?
Keep the table. 
Whats on your turntable tonight?
Van Morrison/Duets, Humble Pie/Smokin, Doug Sahm/Live from Austin, Duke Ellington/Piano in the Background, Joe Jackson/Summer In The City. WOW been awhile. 
Schiit Gungnir Multibit modification — the noise is gone.
@twoleftears , my Gumby is 3 weeks old and it clicks on pause, really threw me off but have read some threads that say it is transport dependant, my transport is a Cambridge. 
Biasing signal tubes on a tube power amp/Quicksilver M120
@A_shah, yes I was informed by the builder that the signal tubes do need to be ballanced.  
Moving from MM to MC
@chakster, like I said so many variables, which you have listed just a few.