noromance

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Whats playing on your system today?
What a great recording for anyone starting off with jazz. Beats the pants off @the Pawnshop for showing off your rig. Cheap on Discogs.Buddy Tate, Al Grey ‎– Just Jazz 
Audio as a weapon
It is up to us to use good hifi systems to fight back against our oppressors. We have become a militarized police state. Bring on the dBs. Society will recognize audiophiles at last.Remember this?https://youtu.be/xywQQXrYi5s 
Cartridge or Pre Amp
Experiment with rolling the tubes in the Tube Box for a start. 
Turntable recommendations around $2500
Deciphering reviews? The trick is to hone in on adjectives. If a reviewer says something, you need to translate it by enhancing what they play down.E.g.Beguiling = warm and lacking detail.Slightly rolled off highs = dull and dark.Bass was a little... 
Pre amps cost vs. value ... what I discovered last month.
Thanks Brian. Interesting. I’ll never forget hearing a top flight stack of Naim amps annihilated by a low rent Croft Micro 3 tube phone preamp back in '87. Ditto for Aragon, Classe, Cyrus, Audiolab and others. I asked Ken Kessler, the reviewer, ho... 
Please Define: High vs low output moving coil
The concept is that if there are fewer windings on the (moving) coil attached to the cantilever, then it is lighter and more sensitive. The price being lower output. As well as HOMCs, there are also low output MCs and very low output MCs. 
Platter wobble - too much?
Now consider the Jelco 850 tonearm... from George. 
What do folks think of SOTA Moonbeam III
Fremer’s review is worth a read.http://www.analogplanet.com/content/sota-moonbeam-turntable-nice-price-and-smooth-performer-thats-easily-up... 
Phono stage as preamp
If there is a volume control, there must be a buffer otherwise the output impedance would vary with output level. So its not really a phono stage you're using but a phono preamp. 
Old 1980's British Loudspeaker Logo
This is bugging me because I think I have seen it but can't recall. Leak? Lowther? 
Removing spikes... Now my speakers sing
Liz is high on music again. 
THE SHOW 2018
Sounds good. Thanks for reporting. 
Audio Research VS110 Middle transformer gets very hot the 2 sides not so is this normal
If no red plating tubes, most likely nothing to worry about. 
Solid core Versus Stranded Speaker cables
@pistha No. It is from PartsconneXion.com. Neotech UP-OCC PTFE.  
No sound from Mack !!!
Sounds like the C26 may be faulty.