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February 25, 2022

Record Weights: The Skinny on Why They’re Heavy

Starting at $35, a record weight requires minimal outlay for what, ostensibly, could be seen as a path to tangible sonic improvement, regardless of how perceptible those benefits could be.

March 9, 2022

Heavy Rotation: Live at Massey Hall 1971 – Neil Young

Featuring only Neil Young, several guitars and a grand piano on the stage, sad, lonely, bleak and poignant would all be suitable descriptors for the set list which make up Live At Massey Hall. Only eight out of the 18 songs performed during the evening’s second set had been previously recorded.

June 12, 2022

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June 26, 2022

The B-Side: Turntable Mats – A Tweakers Delight

Less esoteric, and certainly less portly than the record weight, or stabilizer, the record mat nevertheless – in my experience – has greater impact on how the cartridge is translating the information it tears from the groove at 20-inches a second.