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| $7K to spend on new turntable + arm If you don't mind buying used you can get a Basis 2500 with a Vector 4 arm for less than 7k. That table and arm combo is hard to beat. The vector 4 arm is a out performer in it's class and really lets you hear the music including well defined bass... | |
| Best copy of Wish You Were Here The Tom Port Hot Stampler sounds Rich, full body, vibrant with great clarity and presence. The energy and power are superb although one side clearly sounds better than the other. It is a Columbia USA domestic copy. The funny thing is that in the p... | |
| Best copy of Wish You Were Here I have about 12 pressings of "wish you were hear" including about 8 domestic USA copies, a CBS 1/2 speed, a domestic USA Half speed and a German pressing.The Japan CBS 1/2 vinyl is dead quite and very clear sounding but is lifeless and lacks the e... | |
| Walker Prelude Step 4 rinse-Somewhat mixed results Hi Rushton,Four records had a negative effect (25%) using Step Four. All 16 lp's in my test were first cleaned with Prelude Step 3. I would listen to a track on side one of the record then quickly remove it and rinse it with Prelude Step 4 and rep... | |
| Walker Vortex Vacuum Wand for VPI I forgot to mention previously that older records from the 60's and 70's that I purchased used seemed to benefit the most from the Walker Vortex cleaning. There is definitely record to record variance in terms of improved sound quality with the Vo... | |
| Walker Vortex Vacuum Wand for VPI Yes Spencer I am going to try step 4 soon. Most have had a positive responce to step four. Tom Port indicated that some records sounded better with step four and some did not so he is not using it but I will try for myself in a few weeks to evalua... | |
| Walker Vortex Vacuum Wand for VPI I recently purchased the Walker Vortex tube and thus far I am very, very impressed with the improved sound quality. Set up of the Vortex was a hassle as it took me over 1 hour to get it to operate correctly but after I figured it out and started c... | |
| Promotional copy - any different in sound quality? I have a large collection of White Label Promos (WLP)that I have purchased over the years. My view on the sound quality of these promos has changed with the passage of time.Up until recently I felt the WLP were superior sonically but as my system ... | |
| An. Prod. reissues: 45RPMs vs 33RPM test pressing. In the case of the Acoustic Sounds Fantasy 45rpm "Test Pressings" they are the same sonically as the regular 45rpm records. According to Chad Kassem they were pressed prior to the first number "001".In my view they sould not be called "Test Pressi... | |
| Walker Audio Prelude Record Cleaning Question - Thanks for your compairson Rushton between the two waters. I just recently ran out of the Walker Ultra Pure water from my first kit so I was courious if anyone else tried a A/B compairson.I have not tried the step Four high Resoultion rinse yet. I... | |
| Tube fuses on Jadis JA200 amps Strange your fuses go out so quickly. I had a Jadis defy 7 amp for 3 years with no fuse problems using Sev 6550 tubes. My current Cat JL2 amp which I have owned for 5 years requires tube replacement about every 3 years using Sev 6550.I would suspe... | |
| Brothers in Arms 1/2 Speed Mastered I purchased the two lp 180 gram reissue of Brothers in arms you refered to in your question. I have mixed feelings about this reissue. I compaired it to my 1985 Quiex II promo pressing and while the new reissue does have better bass, sounds very c... | |
| Setting Azimuth Adjust my listening.Make small sdjustments and listen to the change. That is what I did on my Basis vector tonearm with excellent results.Getting the Azimuth dialed in is very improtant. The improvement on my arm was amazing.Johnny | |
| Lead free Merlins Hi Bobby, Glad to hear of the positive results of your new lead free model. I was looking to trade up to the MX model in the next six months or so but will probably settle for a used leaded MX I can pick up locally hear in So. California for now. ... | |
| Lead free Merlins I currently own the Merlins VSM-M speakers and have for the past 5 years. My experience with lead-free solders is very positive. Over the last 8 months or so I have removed and replaced my previous Cardas leaded solder with Johnson Mfg IA-423 lead... |