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TONEARM DAMPING : DAMPED OR NOT ? ? USELESS ? ? WELCOMED ? ?
@bukanona tyray, in my opinion antistatic effect is very small and it’s more advertising gimmick. I am a little bit confused why none of MC cartridges uses brush. Maybe there is some interference. For high compliant ones it should be very OK... No... 
TONEARM DAMPING : DAMPED OR NOT ? ? USELESS ? ? WELCOMED ? ?
@bukanona Company which built their reputation on tracking is Shure with V15 series If you’ll check Shure Ultra 500 which is the best in the line you’ll find that it has brush at the front. It’s not intended as anti-static brush, it’s part of susp... 
Amplifier upgrade advice under $2000
@b_limo, I just looked up your preamp and that’s a cool little piece. Probably a better pre than I originally thought. You ain’t kiddin. I think mijostyn here on Agon uses Dirac for subwoofer and other audio correction and the OP’s mention of his ... 
Your favorite 'concept' album
+1 @ mysterioso1 John Coltrane’s " A Love Supreme" - NiceAnything Joni Mitchell 
Your favorite 'concept' album
There's a Riot Goin' On - Sly and The Family Stone 1971 America Eats Its Young - Funkadelic 1972 How did I forget these? Please forgive me y'all for having flashbacks of riots. 
Your favorite 'concept' album
Pet Sounds - The Beach Boys 1965 Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band - The Beatles 1967Tommy - The Who 1969 What’s Going On - Marvin Gaye 1971 *a work of art - a masterpiece with cultural, political and full of life consequential that reverberat... 
Negotiate good price
Lol! I actually meant his other post at 10-26-2020 8:51pm!And yep I do get the Borat comparison. 
Negotiate good price
@tubebuffer,I’ve been taught to always try to give anyone the benefit of the doubt. But after seeing your comment of: I’m always cruising these pages looking for next best tweak for my box. I have to agree with what everyone has to say here. How ... 
1st Album you Ever Owned?
I was 12. 1969 Diana Ross Presents The Jackson 5.The jackson 5 was also my first concert too! I can’t remember if my Mom and Dad’s stereo console was a magnavox or what?But between my Dad’s and Mom’s R&B, X-mass, Classical and Jazz and my ol... 
Who are your three favorite female singers?
 
Who are your three favorite female singers?
+1 LULU - To Sir With love A hauntingly good song. 
Who are your three favorite female singers?
@fleschlerI do understand Brazil Folklore music and Brazilian Folk and two different types of music...And she has an American heritage to boot!The only American singer of her day that I may even try attempt any contemporaneous similarities is mayb... 
Who are your three favorite female singers?
@16f4,If you really want to know who was the heart of Brazilian music it was Elizete Cardoso. In 1958 her album Canção do Amor Demais was the album that first introduced Bossa Nova not only to Brazil itself, but to the world. The music was compose... 
Who are your three favorite female singers?
+1@richmos,Dang Etta James! Forgot another one! 
Who are your three favorite female singers?
+1 @sgordon1,Yes! I bought my first Rosa Passos cd in Salvador de Bahia, Brazil. I love her!I probably have more than a thousand flac albums in Portuguese in my flac burning days when I was learning to speak Portuguese. But that’s another thread...