arcticdeth
Responses from arcticdeth
| All record weights the same ? @dekay yes, must be 6.3 oz. 180 or so grams as recommended by @millercarbon. She is a 30+ year old SL-1200 mkii. Should be just fine, if not, I’ll continue to use my half roll of soldering wire on the spool. Thank you everyone. | |
| Speaker Suggestions/Opinions Axiom audio has very nice speakers! Always wanted a pair of those m-80’s, but the smooth highs of another Canadian brand pulled me in! | |
| Question for those with “Golden ears”, and a frustration! (The Loudness Wars) Picked up a few of scorpions CDs from Japan few years ago.the shrill highs are so up front and in your face, I sold them and dug out my old Mercury and bmg releases of them on cd. They are so bad, I think of the sound even now, I press my jaw tog... | |
| All record weights the same ? Picked up a 6.3 gr weight. Looks ok. 13$. It’s all I need, most of my warped or slightly warped records were flattened in my oven between 2 pieces of glass. Works great. Thank you @millrcarbon. | |
| Recommendations for reliable service of Audio Research or tube gear near Wisconsin? The shop I mentioned is in Rockford, Il. Not sure if your close or far, but I made the drive one weekend, and came back in 2 weeks. We are about 3 hours away. Worth the drive, plus much safer than shipping, I will never ship electronics again. ... | |
| Recommendations for reliable service of Audio Research or tube gear near Wisconsin? https://soundsclassic.com Small, mom & pop place, tell them what you want, and it’s done. It’s small, congested, seems like a dirty little hole in the wall. They do great honest work.they h ave done my amplifier, and my neighbors old Sa... | |
| Worst Concerts You Have Attended ?? Worked at the Tinley park world theatre first year it opened. Grateful Dead was ok.my friend and I bought some pb&j sandwiches from those damn hippies, little did we know, they were not normal sandwiches. We put o n our African shirts with... | |
| Modified vintage CJ preamp vs. new one KeEp the upgraded CJ Pre. Use her for many years to come. Enjoy he music. Ou would make a sidestep and be out of unite a lot of money. Save $, new cables. The PV pres’ were great Keep your upgraded preamp! Probably not even broken yet, t... | |
| Need preamp suggestion 2K look for an Onkyo p-308. Still a great , great preamp. Have it recapped, and upgraded.good for another 25 years. Keep checking AG, for nice stuff. Conrad Johnson et3se is amazing! | |
| WILSON AUDIO.....BIG NAME, BIG PRICE........ARE THEY THAT GOOD? Very good speakers. To rich for me. If you have the coin, FIRST,..I would call and talk about service, repair, reckoning, maybe crossover upgrades, speaker replacement, etc etc. if I’m investing that much on a used pair, keep,your butt covered ... | |
| Dunlavy resurrection? Visually and audibly wicked speakers. If this comes to a start, please take care of the customers.the customers are why a company is in business. Offer a good solid warranty and make service priority, then the customers will be lined up to purcha... | |
| Need preamp suggestion Rogers Sanders “The Preamp” | |
| A person I would like to thank/mention in the history of the high end, Rob Carver. | |
| Best and Worst customer service? So far, McCormack and Audioquest and Energy have been great! I’m sad Klipsch destroyed Energy and all their amazing speakers. Yet they keep making jamo, and no energy products. They completely shut down Energy, probably because Energy was a sup... | |
| All record weights the same ? Is 6oz heavy enough to hold down a slightly warped vinyl. Been using half a roll of solder wire as weight. Will try the 6.3 oz one and see how it does.....thanks |