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Whats on your turntable tonight?
Slaw: you are about to get jealous. I still have my original press of Grievous Angel. I have a couple more presses. Near mint. I have almost the entire Gram Parsons catalogue. I saw Gram Parsons with Emmylou Harris and the Fallen Angels at Upstair... 
Why high-end cable manufacturers don't post measurements?
The Wizard of Oz will get back to you on that one.  
Do Audiophile Cables Matter? Here's PROOF!
"limomangus Lafayette's before Radio Shack.I used to go there when I was a kid early 60s.I work for HLDalis Whole sale dist.,They had everything, cables,tubes,Audio Equipment ,great place to work at for $40 a week...LOL"I'm hearing you loud and a... 
Do Audiophile Cables Matter? Here's PROOF!
I send all my cables to an ancient temple in Tibet. The cables stay with monks for 3 weeks. The monks meditate and pray with the cables. This makes a HUGE difference in sound quality and it also offers me a more deeply emotional - dare I say exist... 
Whats on your turntable tonight?
This has gotta be a candidate for the Guinness book of Records world’s longest thread.OK:1 - Karlheinz Stockhausen - Stimmung (Deutsche Grammophon)2 - Philip Glass - Music in Similar Motion / Music in Fifths (Chatham Square)3 - Brian Eno - Ambient... 
Cartridge Opinions - Sorry
atmasphere :"The big deal you’re going to find is that if the tonearm properly tracks the cartridge, then the choice of cartridge is far less important than people make it out. By ’properly track’ I mean that no matter what is in the grooves, the ... 
Is imaging reality?
Luca and studio are two different intentionalities.  
New Turntable Direction
I’ve been using a VPI HW for 35 years. MK II at first, then upgraded to MK IV. With an MMT arm and a Koetsu. Best to avoid letting those marketers get into your brain and scratch your itch. If it ain’t broke... my two sense.  
Is Wife Acceptance Factor (WAF) sexist?
Render unto wives the things that are the wive’s, and to husbands the things that are the husband’s. My audio is in my office. Full stop.  
Whats on your turntable tonight?
Archie Shepp - A Sea of FacesOliver Nelson - Blues and the Abstract TruthMax Roach - We Insist!The Swan Silvertones - Let Us All Go Back to the Old LandmarkSkip James - The Complete 1931 Sessions  
Are cables really worth their high price because of their geometry?
Here we go again.  
How to select a good Speaker Cable
For two decades, 18 gauge lamp wire did just fine.  
What do/did you do for a living?
Looking forward to reading these stories. As for me, I started out when I was 14 years of age with a Garard table, Stanton and Pickering cartridges, Dynakits and Lafayette speakers. After college I was working at a calligraphy studio and getting p... 
VAS (Steven Leung) cartridge repair/retipping service?
I have been sending my Koetsus to Van den Hul for decades.I lived in NYC for 45 years, and have been living in the Hudson Valley for 3, and though I am now minutes from Soundsmith, he is not cheap, in fact he is far more expensive than sending it ... 
Should people who can't solder, build or test their speakers be considered audiophiles?
Do you listen to your music with your fingers? Good ears only need apply.