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| Contact cleaners/What's good? Just a bit of info. Rubbing alcohol is isopropyl alcohol with other "stuff" added (anything from mineral oil, to eucalytus extract, to artificial color, etc). Denatured alcohol is ethanol with chemical additives to discourage folks from drinking i... | |
| Turntable innertubes: air, water, oil Reprince - With a viscosity of 45 cps, it isnt cyclomethicone (which is closer to 5 csk). You should be fine. Out of curiosity..how big a bottle do you get for $ 3.50. The "industrial price of the PDMS (what you bough) is about $ 2/lb. Cyclomethic... | |
| Turntable innertubes: air, water, oil Reprince - Which silicone were you using? I'd tay away from cyclomethicone as it is a) volatile and b) a very good solvent. Best to go for a medium low viscosity polydimethylsiloxane (25 to 100 centipoise). Not sure where/how you buy at retail, bu... | |
| Cables for Sons Faber GUARNERI Good ones. Brand/model depends on your budget. Some folks on Audioasylum rave about the pricey Audio Note cables. I have used AQ Argent and they were good, AQ Clear SE was better. Still searching for AQ Dragon, since silver cables (when used w/ va... | |
| Open Call To Arms Depends what you like. Latin American music is quite varied, and the range expands if you open it to world music in general. For example, I love Mexican mariachi's, and the best recordings I've found of this genre are by none other than Linda Rons... | |
| Your Best Hobbies (other than Audio) Eldragon - You are not supposed to drive an Alfa in the rain...they are just not designed for that. Why do you think the windshield wipers never work (at least on mine)? A true Alfista would have relocated to Arizona :-) | |
| Buidling a Classical Library - MUST HAVES! I second the recommendation for CSO recording's from the 50's and early sixties on RCA Living Stereo, and many of the Mercury Living Presence recordings. Tough to get more specific w/out knowing your musical taste. I also share your frustration wi... | |
| Are you Guys Rich or What!? I think less than 10 people have heard my system thus far (including family). It's in its own room in the basement, not on diplay in the living room..and there is only one decent chair in the room. Most folks have no clue what is costs, and I don'... | |
| Are you Guys Rich or What!? I think building up to a wworld class system over time is the way to go. I'm more or less in my fourth system since my graduate school years (11 yrs ago). I started out with a reasonable mid fi sstem (Denon/JBL), them upgrade the speakers, then th... | |
| What time do you wear? Danvetc-Vanity? Perhaps. The truth, however, is that a lot of people who see you with one won't know the difference between a Patek and a Timex. When you get to the more subdued fine watches like a Patek Calatrava, a Breguet or a Vacheron Constant... | |
| Sellers Obligation To Respond Macm - Right on! Equally frustrating is when you (as a seller) make a reasonable counter-offer and then hear nothing else from the prospective buyer. The point about reading and understanding ads as posted is critical. I've had folks make me offer... | |
| What time do you wear? Depends on the occassion. For everyday wear, a Breitling Chrono or an Omega Constellation (both automatic, of course). For more special occassion a gold Concord Mariner, and for VERY elegant occassion, an ultrathin, vintage gold manual wind-up Ome... | |
| Best Holiday CDs? I own a couple of Mormon Tabernacle LP's w/ Ormandy, but have always been disappointed at the sound. My preferred large scale choral music so far is in the Solti Mahler 8th, but would love to dicover others. Any recommendations? | |
| Your Best Hobbies (other than Audio) Though not nearly as accomplished as Eldragon, I also took up painting (about 5 years ago). Don't do much more than a couple of canvases per year, and basically give my paintings away to friends or strangers who express an aprreciation (usually ha... | |
| Wanted: Exceptional preamp w/remote What's your budget? Given that you mentioned CAT, I wouls think BAT and SF would be in you price range. The BAT VK30, %, and 50 all have remotes, and te last two were/are Stereophile Class A reco. components just like the CAT. In case you are inte... |