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Monguito "Ahora Si Que Estoy Plantao" (Caiman Records) 1986 .... a with most great Salsa recordings the coro kicks in @ the perfect moment .... impossible not to mention Mario Hernandez .... solid gold from the vanishing golden times of Salsa ..... highly recommended platter  which should be shouted from the rooftops ....

I am an engineer by schooling but some of the white papers seem more like marketing depending on the manufacturer. And I turned my back on engineering immediately after university so it would all go over my head anyway. Fortunately, I have friends in the HiFi industry that help me with stuff like this. They reached out to their industry contacts when I suggested I might add a dedicated arm & mono cart. The Ortofon feedback was the most helpful. Rather than simply recommend their most expensive cart or even just a rote list of their offerings by price tier, they asked "what type of music do you listen to and how old / new are your records?" They explained that they had dedicated carts for pre-58 LPs, introductory mono carts for newer vinyl collections, and suggested the Cadenza mono might be the best choice for me given the mix of my LP collection --  vintage and modern Jazz, Rock and a bit of Classical. All with the caveat to only use the Cadenza with mono records regardless of vintage.  

It's in the July 1 issue, print.

Sonny Rollins, Freedom Weaver (Resonance)

10 days in, symptoms subsided and back to normal or as close to as I'll ever be. A slight cough but I have undderlying respiratory issues so that's to be expected. Some fatigue but again that's ever present in non-Covid times.