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| Removing stylus from Shure V15 Type III This harder to explain than to do. Use thumb and forefinger of one hand to squeeze the stylus on the two stylus guard hinges, use thumb and forefinger of other hand to hold the cartridge body. Now pull them apart, no need to be gentle. The styl... | |
| Looking at Phono Preamps Whoever thinks the Stellar colors the sound needs a recalibration. It is one of the most neutral phono stages on the market at any price. If you buy from PS Audio they offer a return policy too. That is ridiculous nonsense whoever told you that... | |
| How often to you clean vinyl and the needle? I looked for any signs of residue after using my Onzow using my Wild-Heerbrugg microscope. For those who may not know this is a very high quality microscope, one that McIntosh required their dealers to buy and have available for turntable service... | |
| Spiritual/soul jazz from early 70s and later. Yusef Lateef was truly great and suggesting him reminds me to add Ahmed Abdul-Malik to this list. I also second the nomination of Liz Wright for highest commendations. This is turning into a damn fine compendium. | |
| Spiritual/soul jazz from early 70s and later. Yusef Lateef was truly great and suggesting him reminds me to add Ahmed Abdul-Malik to this list. I also second the nomination of Liz Wright for highest commendations. This is turning into a damn fine compendium. | |
| A Question: What makes for Good Vinyl? I think the problem is the high level of compression being employed on most modern recordings. It is not that a digital master is inherently incapable of being the basis for a good vinyl record. It all gets down to how the recording, digital or ... | |
| Spiritual/soul jazz from early 70s and later. I have to second Cannonball, anything he did really. I particularly like Operation Bread Basket, hard to find, but the spirit he projects and that his live audience responded to captures the essence of soul jazz circa 1970. In a completely diffe... | |
| A not sarcastic question for the power conditioner/upgraded power cord folks Here is how I address your question. Every power cord is the same: Audio Sensibility Statement. The one to my PS Audio P20 and the ones to every component that plugs into it are all the same. I order lengths as needed. I do not vary or try ot... | |
| Looking at Phono Preamps I don't know what you want to spend, but the PS Audio Stellar is a good bet. Very versatile. New they run $3k, used $1.5-$2K. Once in a while PS Audio run a sale too. | |
| Vinyl guy seeking recommendation for a top level cd player "Sir Charles Mackerras conducting the Prague Chamber Orchestra performing the Mozart Symphonies. Excellent in both performance and sound engineering!" I have that set too, and could not agree more. Wonderful. I also should report that yesterda... | |
| A Question: What makes for Good Vinyl? Here are a few from a mostly jazz perspective. Roy Dunann - Contemporary Records. In my opinion the best who ever lived. He is the guy who figured out how to properly mic and record in stereo. Al Schmitt - Another great engineer. He did a lot... | |
| How often to you clean vinyl and the needle? "I wonder how many of us who rarely clean their styli ever look at the stylus under high magnification after long term use. If you did you’d be motivated to clean the stylus every few sides. I routinely use Magic Eraser but to be really thorough I... | |
| How often to you clean vinyl and the needle? Every record new or used goes thru my RCM, VPI HW17, before first play, Then every record is treated with LAST. Then every record gets a quick brush before each play on each side every time. If any record gets noisy it goes thru the RCM again. ... | |
| A Question: What makes for Good Vinyl? Ignore him, there's one in every crowd. | |
| A Question: What makes for Good Vinyl? I can give you some thoughts, hopefully others will contribute more. The key to the sound of a record is how it is mastered. If you check your Rush records chances are that at least some of them will disclose in the fine print on the back who th... |