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NOS Tubes - Agony or Ecstasy -Part II - The Search
If you want to go deep into NOS territory you have to study and learn as to avoid nasty surprises.Buying NOS and tube rolling without a cause is the best way to throw money but even today relatively easy to resell.Something that we always forget i... 
How Do You Store Your Record Collection? Recommendations Please!
In upright position with min pressure between them on a bookcase, 33cm height shelves, that can hold up to 1,8k lps. G 
How does paypal work with audiogon
Most likely you are a new seller, normally it takes 21 days for money to be forwarded to your account. The same as anywhere else. Read the agreement that you OKd. G 
Shanling SCD-T200 not reading discs
Cleaning the laser could help. If then nothing changes is time for a laser replacement.G 
Question about The Doors Soft Parade Remasters
Unless you have the original and just want another edition you can find on ebay in nm condition at low price the early elektra pressing.Chances that this will sound better are higher.G 
RIP Lou
An other Great one, his cassette is a very fond memory of my first steps in music listening.G 
Technics moving all turntable production to Malaysia
The made in Japan tag is not only a printing tag, it shares the pride of the manufacturer. Something is fading out without it. Still smaller scale sales products will continue to carry that tag but become even more expensive. In the case of Techni... 
Which to upgrade first: Turntable or Phono Preamp
I would keep the Basic and cartridge then move to a better phono stage for the detail, like a Whest or Graham Slee or any of the ones mentioned above. Depends on your lp collection and how far you intend to go. If my lp collection was big i would ... 
Stereo system vs Steinway
Steinway wins, i would agree with @inna that a recording device would be nice.Humidity up to 60% is acceptable.A humidifier-ionizer can work, some of them have low noise.G 
Classical Top Five
Make it six with Tchaikovsky and Vivaldi.G 
WILSON AUDIO.....BIG NAME, BIG PRICE........ARE THEY THAT GOOD?
You needed two threads for this?Stereo.G 
Band of an instrumental piece played in march 1971 on a FM station from Muncie, IN?
You can try Illusion (1971) by Renaissance.G 
A person I would like to thank/mention in the history of the high end,
John Dunlavy, Tom Fletcher, Bill Johnson, Peter Walker, Akio Morita, Hisayoshi Nakatsuka, Van Den Hul, Yoshiaki Sugano, Hiroyasu Kondo, Saul Marantz,  Alastair Robertson-Aikman.......G 
All record weights the same ?
No they are not the same, shape is important (rounded the better), material is important (not ringing), weight is important (enough to hold firmly record down and not causing excess stress on some bearings). You may find that a threaded clamp woul... 
What frustrates you the most about seller’s for sale ads?
All these sellers selling tubes as NOS. In fact the majority is used. At least you are covered by paypal.G