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Been on a bit of a bizarre journey between getting my new cart and Darlingtons situated (kind of a less than ideal back and forth there but a different story). Yesterday I was playing a record and the second song in the sound goes out - come to see that I blew a tube, great… I had an older set...

How often are most of you changing out the tank filter? I feel like I saw after 50 cycles it’s recommended but seem to be missing that now. I did have my first record that was too thick/heavy that just wouldn’t consistently spin through the clean or dry cycle so that was interesting. Beyond...

My new Darlington pair came in yesterday for the MP-7/SU-7 and got it setup quickly before a show last night. Right out of the box with the new Songbird cart and it's already like hearing new things for the first time - super expansive and soundstage is just unlike something I've had at home...

Maiden voyage for the new Sumiko Songbird LOMC

100+ page thread and adding to the choir that this thing is the real deal. I was expecting it to take a few weeks ordering direct HG but turned up on my doorstep today. I’ve gone through a few new and problematic records so far and it’s pretty amazing to hear the improvement on a couple of...

Last purchase/upgrade for the while, adding the Humminguru to the repertoire over here. Time to see what the fuss is all about and live out my mad scientist/chemist dreams!

Let’s see if I’m doing this right… “I did a thing” Ended up deciding to take a MC journey with the LO Sumiko Songbird and deciding to pair in with the Darlington MP-7/SU-7. I was kinda between going all out and decided to reel it back, a little. Overall excited to explore some new components...

That it does and part of my original intent since it would also save me some dough but I think I’d like to pivot a bit from the Lounge. While I don’t have any negatives per se I’m interested in some other options.

I have my StudioDeck so I’m likely in the boat where the cart exceeds it, which I’m not that concerned with at the moment. The phonostage is the inherent “problem” going after this cart since I have a Lounge LCR Gold which won’t fly with the LOMC, unless I go with a SUT. I’ve wanted to make...

Does anyone have direct experience with the Sumiko Starling that they can share? I came up on a deal where I'm seriously tempted to give this a whirl, albeit it's probably going to send me down a wormhole where I'll need to upgrade my phono stage to go the LOMC route - which will wind up be my...

Collection size to date: 3,277 Purchased: 51 Free Additions: 1 Purged: 0 Net Gain/Loss: +52 Last Updated: 3/1/23 Went hard this past weekend and another ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Collection size to date: 3,215 Purchased: 40 Free Additions: 12 Purged: 6 Net Gain/Loss: +46 Last Updated: 1/31/23 Oops ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

A reminder to myself to keep track of this since it’ll help me stay partially “responsible” Collection size to date: 3,163 Purchased: 0 Free Additions: 0 Purged: 0 Net Gain/Loss: +/- Last Updated: 1/1/23

Right right, I was looking for the ortofon code to see if I can stack it for the extra 15% off

Do you know what the coupon code was? A couple of the jazz dispensary titles I wouldn’t mind picking up from here to see if that still works.

Right on, I also have my MP-200 and it still has some life in it. Pretty cool to hear this based on having some very similar setups.

This is the type of influence I needed where I’m thinking about making the same jump from my Lounge as well. The MP-7/SU-7 combo is what I’ve had my eye on to make this jump into MC world. I think this is probably where I’m headed unless I track down a deal on a Sutherland Insight or 20/20.

I’m back on my search to jump into a new phonostage and near certain I’m landing on a Hana SL as my dive into MC cart world. I’m coming from my upgraded Lounge Gold and I’d like to stay below $3k on the new phonostage and am looking at this as being a bit of an endgame piece for me. I really...

That makes a whole lot of sense to me. Ultimately I’m still very happy with my Lounge Gold and have had nothing but good dealings with them in my upgrades. The fact that they’re only about a half hour drive from me is big too. While it is fun to chase and research some other gear I don’t feel...

I could use some pointers from this camp. I’d like to take my plunge into the MC world sometime in the future and have been looking at the Hana SL and know I’d need a SUT based on what I currently have. I do have my Lounge LCR (upgraded to Gold) and have no real qualms with it so I was...