Whats on your turntable tonight?

@boxer12 

👍🏼 Fantastic regarding your tonearm. 

Thanks Brian!

Robert Fripp / God save the king 

@boxer12 Man, that sounds like a great piece of equipment.  We’re you able to make the change yourself?  Great to hear about the resulting improvements.  Well done.   

Van Morrison 

Poetic Champions Compose

Grey’s Anatomy asks me “who’s this”. 
 

I answered “guess” 
 

“I dunno” she answers, “some big black guy”

“Hmmm no,  more like a hobbit sized Irishman …”

Deniece Williams-I’m So Proud Side 2

Ratt-Out Of The Cellar Side 1

Tony Bennett-The Art Of Excellence Side 2 SQ Audiophile

John Cougar Mellencamp-Uh-Huh Side 1 SQ Audiophile

Pat Benatar-Tropico Side 1

Night Ranger-Midnight Madness Side 1

Ricky Van Shelton-Wild-Eyed-Dream Side 2 SQ Audiophile

Linda Ronstadt-Mad Love Side 1 SQ Audiophile

It was not planned but it turned out to be a 1980’s playback night. All the recordings were above average in SQ with Night Ranger being the weakest. Ratt was a surprise just missing Audiophile status mainly due to the VG+ condition. A near mint copy should qualify. The SQ champ was Uh-Huh a digital recording but it avoided the vocals having a sharp edge to them. Bennett/Van Shelton had that slight digital edge on vocals. Ronstadt was recorded with the JVC 3M system(Doug Sax) but it had a somewhat "hazy" recessed vocal presentation. Not what you expect on a Linda Ronstadt recording.