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| 500 albums in a basement flood--worth saving? Sorry I missed the record cleaning machine mention. Agreed long time. I hate record meaning machines tbh - it’s annoying but you can actually do better with a very soft toothbrush, Dawn soap and a dish drying rack. Sleeves being ruined is a big bu... | |
| 500 albums in a basement flood--worth saving? Yes. Save them. My friends shop flooded and we lost about 50k records on the bottom of the shelves, but maybe a 1/3 of them were salvaged before mold took over. 500 though, is not too much hassle to clean up, couple hours work? Those records have ... | |
| ... Should I be concerned? I had a similar issue when changing to far more powerful amps recently. I could barely get volume knob to 9 o'clock without nearly breaking a window. Opened up my preamp and to check the gain setting dip-switches (options for 0, 6, 9, 12 an 18db) ... | |
| Dedicated line: 10 gauge solid core or 8 gauge stranded @galpi i did basically the same. 10 gauge line (cryo’d Romex) to a quad receptacle, synergistic line filter box for for front end and direct from wall for monoblocks. No noise no complaints. Yet. | |
| Dedicated line: 10 gauge solid core or 8 gauge stranded You can run 10awg on a 20amp breaker doesn’t have to be 30amp. | |
| Any advantage to Bluesound Node 2i Versus Streaming from PC I’m wondering the exact same thing!I store about 4TB on external drive which I play through iTunes on Airplay. I have an extra airport that is connected to my DAC via an Audioquest Forest mini Toslink to Toslink cable.I read the things like Spotif... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Robin Trower - Caravan to Midnight | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? JJ Cale - ShadesJJ is an all time fave but this one is particularly mellow in the 2nd half. | |
| TT Hum No I don't hear it on the recordings really, it's far too faint for that, or I haven't tried any music quiet enough to notice. I'm talking solely about when there is no music playing (so maybe it just doesn't matter) ad it's loudest while resting.... | |
| TT Hum @chakster Yeah I have done/checked every one of those basic tests and have narrowed it down. It's not a ground issue - my phono cable grounded to either phonostage or preamp is all good. Its a very quiet hum (not buzz) and it really only happens w... | |
| MP150 or MP200 @chakster I got that info personally from DJ Harvey via Francois K (who was in the booth every week)... and here is Larry himself talking about Grace carts:“I’m going to get two more turntables so that as the night goes on, I can upgrade the sound... | |
| MP150 or MP200 I’ve also been using the MP150 for some time and holding for a bit saving up for a new one. My arm is Jelco 750 and phonostage is RCM Sensor 2... was thinking of upgrading to MP500 but would greatly appreciate any recommendations around $1k. Sound... | |
| What have you been working on in 2020? Building the Pass Amp Camp Amp with my 10 year old boy! | |
| Is Wife Acceptance Factor (WAF) sexist? @russbutton that is a beautiful room, hats off. | |
| Is Wife Acceptance Factor (WAF) sexist? You may get your wish mate, Trump just announced the possible banning of Tik Tok (not that I use that, but I have a 10 year old). Reminds me of when I went to play in Shanghai and realized Facebook was banned. |