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Carman Lundy, Notes From The Wine Cellar was released on August 21, 2026. "One of the rare jazz singers whose artistic identity rests as much on her gifts as a composer, lyricist and arranger as on her extraordinary voice, she has quietly created one of contemporary jazz’s richest bodies of original work." You can read the rest of the review here...

What is your opinion on the TX-10? I’m hoping to find good units that are the same rack size as the PM-420. Any thoughts?

The Ezra Collective, Here Because of Hope was released on Sep. 18, 2026. "With a spirit of joy, freedom and possibility at it’s heart, Ezra Collective prove once again that music is medicine with their album ‘Here Because of Hope’." You can read the rest of the review here...

Greg Chako, Hard Bop For The Record was released on Sep. 4, 2023. "Inspired by the hard bop tradition and featuring ten original compositions, Hard Bop – For the Record is one of Greg’s most personal and compositionally ambitious projects to date." You can read the rest of the review here...

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Deep Purple The Battle Rages On

So I finally got those Amazing speakers silver edition to the repair shop, so at this time I have to rate them "no score" one woofer needs reconning the others new foam surround and one ribbon there is no sound coming from the uppermost part of the ribbon can see where the magnet has shifted. I have a pair of ALIII that been sitting in my storage shed for the past 10-15 years may use one of the ribbon to repair the amazing speakers, or I may try and get the bad ribbon repaired, if/when they are up and running I will post pictures and get back to the community.

I will also go along with @Sk1Bum for the C-4000t because of the addition of the Digital Time Lens function.

I would go with this preamp, Its a Carver C-4000, it looks smart and classic old school. It is available here, last one in the list, https://soundsclassic.com/preamps.html Next one after that would possibly be either a c-1, c-11 or c-16 Tuners as suggested by @Sk1Bum

Pre amp: Carver 4000t, C-1, C-11 The 4000t is big, double height of the C-1 or C-11. All can be modified to play evenly with pre's that cost thousands more. The C-1 can have a champagne or anthracite faceplate, and the C-11 has a black faceplate. There are other differences in the C-1/C-11, but one of the techs would have to chime in to explain them. I think gain has been reduced a bit in the C-11. Tuner: TX-11a, TX-11b Both tuners are excellent, with the obvious difference the 11a has the anthracite faceplate, and the 11b has a black faceplate. The 11b has some improvements over the 11a, but again one of the techs will have to explain them.

It’s nothing that I want. I just wanted to see the connections. It is a unit I would not buy. Thanks for your close inspection. I appreciate your input. In the end I just want to have a solid stereo carver setup. What would you suggest for a separate Carver tuner and Carver preamplifier if I were to go that route?

take a very close look and I mean a very close look at the RCA connection points for the tape input and output and for the pre outs for the front. For me they look broken as the outer shell is missing.

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These are pictures from eBay. The person selling it listed it as a CT-23 for sale. Thanks for the heads up on that. I zoomed in and see that the model number on the back

The Everly Brothers Problems (1958)

Mitch Miller March (From The River Kwai) 1958

The Playmates Beep Beep (1958)

Jimmie Rodgers Kisses Sweeter Than Wine (1958)

Are the pictures that you posted are they of the unit you are thinking of purchasing?

They are different because what is shown is a CT-26v. What I show is a picture that represents the model you mentioned in your post, a CT-23.

Not sure why my pics are different than yours

For me this is another gem. The band is called "Red Clay Ramblers", I'd call them Blue Grass. This comes from an album titled "Twisted Laurel". The album has been paired on a single CD with their other album titled "Merchants Lunch".

My daily dose. The Rippingtons, Moonlighting (album)

April Smith and The Great Picture Show - You might remember this tune from a 2012 Lowes Commercial. AllMusic calls it Pop/Rock and to me it has a burlesque and vaudeville feel. The whole album "Songs For A Sinking Ship" is wonderful! april smith colors youtube - Google Search