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FWIW, side 3 (Fireworks Music) is a HORRIBLE recording. I bought this new in 1975. I have not played it since 1983. I am trying it tonight to challenge the TT2/JubileeMC. Side 3 is pock marked with divots. It shocked me, but the TT2/JubileeMC sailed through the mess like a champ. The recording is lousy. I won’t reach for this again. The best music, imo, is on side 4, and side 4 is a decent recording as well.
 
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Snarky Puppy member Mark Lettieri released his latest solo effort Can I Tell You Something. Melodic, rhythmic, jazz tinged, jazz/rock instrumental crossover? Not a hero guitar solo fest. Good stuff, check it out on bandcamp.

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..... but the last two rounds of canon fire overloaded the phono stage.
Not necessarily true. The last cannon fire is overloaded on the digital version as well. Most likely this occurred at the mic preamp- no phono stage required. Still, a truly superb system buster recording. The Children's Choir in particular, is recorded beautifully
 
Not necessarily true. The last cannon fire is overloaded on the digital version as well. Most likely this occurred at the mic preamp- no phono stage required. Still, a truly superb system buster recording. The Children's Choir in particular, is recorded beautifully
Looking at it further, it may be the Burmester protection mode kicking in.

The arm and cartridge don’t even wobble. But on a couple of the canon shots the audio cuts out for an instant. Not on all of them. Maybe four of the sixteen. My interest here is in the tracking, and the TT2/JubileeMC did not miss a beat.

Edit: I don’t know why it cut out briefly on a few of the 16 canon shots. It was not the TT2/JubileeMC. It sailed through without any signs of mechanical screw up.

I’m feeding the signal from the cartridge to an ARC Ref Phono 3SE via Clearaudio’s rca harness. Then Transparent Ref XLR to the aux1 of the Burmester 088. Then AQ Thunderbird Zero XLR to the Burmester 911 mk3. Then Transparent XL speaker cables to Wilson Sasha DAWs. No fuses blew. No relays tripped. Everything works perfectly after the fact. So some component thought it was overloaded and self protected instantaneously. But which one? None of the owner’s manuals acknowledge self protection, except against overheating (911mk3).

Edit 2: Are you suggesting that the pressing has these audio cut outs as artifacts of the original recording?
 
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James Taylor Quartet - Hung Up On You
This popped up on Qobuz new releases last week, I could only find one copy for sale on all of Discogs. Quirky album, reminds me of the swinging 60's British invasion.

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Gareth Liddiard – Strange Tourist - reissue of Gareth's 2010 solo album. absolutely brilliant and the pressing is good also. highly recommended

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Gareth Liddiard – Strange Tourist - reissue of Gareth's 2010 solo album. absolutely brilliant and the pressing is good also. highly recommended

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Wow - talk about contrast!! I’m impressed of all the genres you do listen to, but this one was not my cup of tea. I was however very impressed by the sound quality.. Well done Shane @XV-1 ;) !

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