Whats on your turntable tonight?

@boxer12,

I took a look at your link. Not the greatest pics but obviously a time consuming project. I’m glad to get to know you better! I was kind of wondering...why the ClearAudio with such a TT achievement?

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Robin Trower "Bridge of Sighs" OP/EU

All night listening?

Ali Farka Touré and Ry Cooder - Talking Timbuktu

"All night listening"?

Yes Sir. I actually do it quite often.

Starless & Bible Black
Squarepusher / Go Plastic
Tom Waits / Alice

slaw,
Likewise, thanks, & that is a fair question. I actually own a half dozen or more MC's & have spent the majority of my audiophile life listening to them. (I still have a concept MC & Dynavector Karet set-up in headshells that I listen to occasionally) That said, nothing against MC's just lately I've been playing around with MM's & have to tell you, there are some gems out there. A couple older ones are the empire 4000 diii & the Grado signature. The empire rivals any of the MC's I've owned. It's to early to tell with the virtuoso, but if it continues to improve like it has tonight, it will become a mainstay.   

@boxer12,

I’m not at all adverse to mm carts. In fact, I have an Acutex 420STR, I had re-tipped with a Shibata stylus a couple of years ago that mates perfectly to my ET-2.5 tonearm. This stylus is much quieter and more detailed. This will be the combo I’ll use on my tt project. I have a really nice compressor/filter system set-up for this application. Well, to be totally honest, I had an original Clearaudio Virtuoso Wood cart , I guess 8 years ago? Probably more...………

The Back Keys  "Turn Blue"