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DRUMSGREG: Thanks very much for the info, I'll have to check those out! I'm sure it's been rewarding for you to play the drums for so long. Keep it up! ALBERT: If you can lower yourself to my level in vinyl...just thought I'd let you know how much better I like my Benz LO4 than my Glider. It's not a $10,000 cartridge like yours, but my analog rig will be as good or better than yours SOMEDAY WHEN I CAN AFFORD IT. My interconnect might be better than yours now, but I'm sure that Aesthetix Io of yours is very awesome. Does yours have the stepped attenuators, and do you drive the power amps directly with it (that's how I'd do it for sure)? Do you have the Jacintha "Here's to Ben" LP? Very smooth, but also compressed/mixed sounding. MY FAVORITE ACOUSTIC GUITAR RECORDING IS Analog Production's reissue of "Bola Sete: Tour de Force". IT WOULD DEFINITELY CONVINCE ANYBODY OF THE SUPERIORITY OF VINYL TO CD...don't know about SACD or DVD-A...not that it'll be in those formats in this decade!

Carl, I have heard the LO4, it is an excellent cartridge. The last cartridge I used before my Koetsu Rosewood Signature Platinum was the Benz Ruby, from the same family of designs as your LO4. My choice in audio cable is Purist Dominus RLS. My Aesthetix IO is the version with no volume controls, and I run it into a Viva single ended preamp. I have two outboard power supplies on my IO (custom built by Jim White at Aesthetix) and I have a Callisto ordered from Aesthetix with two outboard power supplies as well. I plan to couple the two together in balanced, with the IO at full out, and run single ended out of the Callisto to the amps. We will see how it works out. No Jacintha yet, but I plan to buy it. I have been spending too much money lately on E-Bay for LP's and with Mosiac Records.

I've been spending too much money on EVERYTHING lately, and I'm about broke. I thought you had the Onyx Platinum...my mistake. Anyhow, I recently bought a used pair of MIT Shotgun EVO RCA (Robert Harley's preferred cable), and I got a great price on it! I haven't heard your Dominus RLS, but I do believe this MIT would give it a run for it's money...at the very least. I'm using it between phono stage and linestage. HAPPY LISTENING, and also buy all the new 45 rpm's from Classic Records...I WAS QUAKING IN MY SEAT from one of Mike Fremer's favorites, Balalaika Favorites on 45 rpm. THE BASS IS LIKE "OTHERWORLDLY" IN ITS DEEP EXTENSION...reminded me of my 48 kHz DAT recordings of nature with my condensor microphone. And Balalaika Favorites ISN'T EVEN A RECORDING THAT FEATURES DEEP BASS!!! Surely these reissues will fetch more $$ than original 33 rpms, at least beginning a few years from now...maybe.

This is a very enjoyable discussion topic. My taste in music is Classical, Jazz, Blues, musicals and some pop. "Sony meets Hawk" on RCA 2712 Classis reissue is a knockout! I suggest that if you can find these used records in very good or better condition give them a try. Glazunov :"Music for Saxaphone", Melodia C10-06997-8 beautiful classical melodies recorded well. Scarlatti 23 Sonatas Connoisseur CS 2044 beautiful piano melodies. Holst "Six Medeival Lyrics" Argo ZRG 5495 is the best saml choir record I have heard. Side 1 is a men's choir and side 2 is women's chior. Camelot orginal B-way cast Columbia KOS 2031 if you have heard an orginal clean copy of this then you are missing out on great voices and tunes recorded well. Do you know of other use sonic bargins? Other reissues that are wonderful and that I have been listening to a lot are Borodin "String Quartet No. 2 Decca SXL6036; Liszt "Todtentanz" RCA 2545 (Classic's 45rpm re-issue);Charbier Mercury SR 90212 (Classical 45 RPM).

I have the Sonny Meets Hawk reissue, but haven't cleaned it yet. The CD is killer, so the vinyl will be even better. I have most of the 45 rpm reissues, and will be getting the rest. I recently bought the Decca "Schubert-Krips: The Great" 2045, and it's THE BEST DECCA I'VE EVER HEARD. It's a reissue, but I'm not sure from which reissue label. STRING TONE IS EXEMPLORY for a Decca. And also, as you probably already know, Dave Brubeck's "Time Out" might be the best jazz piano recording in existence. The 33 rpm reissue from Classic is killer, and I'll be getting the 45 rpm of it also.