uru975

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volume vs presence
I agree with Elizabeth but instead of recommending the amp change mine would have been more sensitive speakers, same idea just different sides of the same equasion 
Switching to analog...AND building a pre-amp?
I have Sonograph SG-3 turntable also by conrad-johnson they come up on audiogon from time to time and regularly sell from 300-500. Check out audio note, they make amp kits and may well make some for pre-amp as well. Art Dudley, in Listener made on... 
Tape out of receiver for phono to amp?
Have you tried aux inputs? 
Power Conditioner recommendation
sound applications 
Best Samuel Barber Violin Concerto
Here's one vote for Isaac Stern with the New York Philharmonic conducted by Leonard Bernstein. First performance recorded in stereo. Absolutely glorious. Maybe a little forward in presentation but the playing is on a grand scale. 
Tube Integragrated w/ Phono
Depending on your definition of good, yes.Had a Conrad-Johnson PV-11 with phono that was quite good, had to go to separates to better it. Made the mistake of selling it and have looked back on that one more than once. Others may have other opinion... 
Music or Lyrics?
There are also some examples of really good songs/music that have really bad lyrics that detract from the experience. It is not necessarily the voices, though that can also be part of the effect, but the just incongrousness of some of the lyrics t... 
What Color is your system
Clean, with detail, some bloom(all tubes) more interested in highs than bass but with Legacy Focus 20/20's there is plenty of that. The colors and shades of the rainbow are as varied and as numerous as the numbers from 1 to infinity. Each cable, e... 
Made in Canada conundrum
Perhaps the simplest solution is to encourage our politicians on both sides of the border to plump for the FREE exchange of goods, services, and people across the borders. No customs fes no taxes. Letting the economic benefits of such activity mak... 
Repair my C-J PV11 or try to replace?
I made the mistake of selling my C-J PV-11 don't do it, I would gladly get one for my second system, so if you have any other thoughts...;) 
What makes a record collection "great"?
two thingsfirst, if you think it is a great collection it issecond if it has what you want in it 
Outlets
Another vote for Porter Ports 
Keep my tubes??
You've been with out tubes for about a year and a half which says that you can live without them. Before making a final decision ask yourself "What if anything am I missing?" If you can't answer it you do not need tubes. So there is no longer a ne... 
You can't have too many apostrophe's
I grew up reading the Chronicle out of San Francisco which was notorious for bad spelling and grammar, the result of which is, whatever is trying to be said gets through and the manner in which it is said is either overlooked or ignored. Apostroph... 
do fancy fuses help?
It can't hurt