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Who are your three favorite female singers?
Mavis Staples, Ella Fitzgerald, Joni Mitchell 
Whats on your turntable tonight?
Count Basie - "Warm Breeze" - Pablo. Killer Count recording. 
Rogue Audio Sphinx V3
I recently purchased the Rogue Sphinx V3. One week now andcompletely satisfied. It keeps getting better.Very musical. It does reveal the faults in "lesser" recordings. More so than other integrated"s I tried; and more in alignment with separates.B... 
Whats playing on your system today?
Bill Evans - "Waltz for Debby" 
Whats playing on your system today?
Joe Williams - "Nothing but the Blues" 
MM phono preamplifier
Look at the offerings from Hagerman Audio Labs. Great value.  
Vintage ARxb turntable. Refurb or replace
Look at the suspension rebuild parts available at Vinyl Nirvana. I rebuilt the suspension  of my AR "the Turntable" (1984 mfg. date) three years ago. Not difficult or expensive and the results were amazing. You can also replace the motor if desire... 
Where do you buy your CDs these days?
Amazon & Smithsonian. Used on eBay. Used Oldies in the past but service and quality can be sketchy so no more. Locally Goodwill and a few reseller's work if you can examine the product before buying.Nice not to be tied to your ISP or streaming... 
Need copper speaker cable recommendations $300 ish
Mogami 3103 o4 3104 at Redco. https://www.redco.com/search.php?mode=search&page=1&keep_https=yeshttp:// You can get your connectors there as well if you need to solder. I believe Redco does the 3103 in a "custom cable" if you are not handy... 
Jazz vocalists which may not be as real as we think/imagine
Seems like the OP's post is more of a personal attack on Dianna Krall and her recordings rather than concerns about using her recordings as a test reference.OP - if you don't like her music then don't use it when testing. EVERY recording has some ... 
Good entry level cables
Mogami 3103 or 3104. - 12 AWG.  Buy in bulk at Redco. http://https//www.redco.com/ Your contractor can do the runs and you can do the terminations as neded. 
is this the greatest live band of all time?
The Who. Auditorium Theater, July 4, 1970. "Live at Leeds" - intermission - then "Tommy" - all of it.Keith Moon waving his hotel towel so the ladies knew where to find him.John Entwistle standing stoically stage right while making himself heard.Pe... 
Sound, neutrality and the pursuit of everything
The terms "neutral" and "transparent" are abstract in the context of sound reproduction. Unless you talk about a gear selector or a physical material, like glass, for the latter; these terms are open to personal interpretation - as they should. Go... 
AND A
Late - but my Easter favorite is Scheherazade (Rimsky-Korsakov).Happy Keester! 
Using Maple Butcher Block Under a Turntable
@tooblue, thanks for the information. I happen to have a 1 1/2 " thick slab of maple from my sisters kitchen remodel; countertop. Should fit the bill for an experiment. Not sure if I'll hear a huge change as my TT is a 1985 AR with a SME III tonea...