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Article: "Spin Me Round: Why Vinyl is Better Than Digital"
sometimes I think that what sounds more real may be in the opinion of the beholder.... 
Analog Lp
Music Matters jazz records certainly do not sound digital and offer an alternative for buying the originals that cost upwards of 1000.00+ each. 
What is it in MM that can give me goose-bumps? 🤔
lohanimal said....."IMHO - I only have a Pickering Xsv4000 - but it has a certain body and grunt that my mc’s don’t have. It is very satisfying and creates a body that is very enjoyable. U may simply prefer that type of sound as ur MC cartridges a... 
Technics 1200 G a Forever Turntable?
The 1200G is just really hard to beat. Many like the colored sound of a belt drive as I do from time to time. I still have my belt drive I listen to on occasion but I do 99 percent of my listening to the 1200G. It just has the drive that you would... 
How do you avoid buying new LPs that sound just like CDs?
AAA 
Acoustic Sounds Series
i like their doors reissues.  very well done. 
Technics SL-1200GR setup question
 I have the G and it does not have the problem you state. 
Mono vinyl, how do you know if really single channel mono or if stereo recorded to mono
"I have not yet owned any MONO record that better than Stereo."I hate to say it but some of the earlier rock and jazz recordings of teh 50s and 60s sound the best in mono.  Its not even close. 
Audiophile turntables of the 60's and 70's
dual 1019 
McIntosh vs Accuphase?
Accuphase is mostly all solid state.  If you like the dry sound of solid state, go with the accuphase.   
Phonostage recommendations under $3K
The Pass Labs XONO is a nice phonostage.  Fremer has a write up about it on the web. 
Cartridge forgiving of "non-audiophile" recordings and pressings
denon 103 
Ar ethe current LP's available for $25 or so as goos as the old ones.
Most of the time, the original press will sound better because the master tapes were fresh and the record is the permanent snapshot of that recording event.  More so than the original Master tapes because they deteriorate with time.  If one takes ... 
What's the deal with Vintage Tube Service?
I never had a problem.  The key tubes in my setup came from him.  they sound great. 
Blue Note Tone Poet Series
the Tone Poets are excellent.  Very close if not identical in sound quality to the great Music Matters series.