bob540
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| How bad is this? I have a recurring problem with my system: The right channel plays hardly at all now. I switched the cables between the pre-amp and amp, and the problem remains on the right speaker. That would seem to indicate there is a problem with the conne... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? @j_damon: I listened to “Sticky Fingers” earlier today.@slaw: unfortunately, my ex-girlfriend took the hair dryer (which is fine since I don’t have much hair, but I don’t have it to heat the album to try to remove paint spots. I judiciously use... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? j_damon: I have that Alan Parsons Project on CD and like it! | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? @tomic601: The album just says Grateful Dead. Probably from the mid-1960’s. Jerry “Captain Trips” Garcia is clean-shaven and trim. Album cover is gold, with photo in red and yellow of sun surface eruption. Figurine in Center that resembles Th... | |
| My list of seller red flags I don’t know about buying on Audiogon, but a lot of sellers on other sites assume that people will offer them less than the asking price, just because . . . so they price the item higher than they will accept so they have negotiating room to come ... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? So far, so good. There have only been a couple of old albums that didn’t sound good even after cleaning.I knew Gregg Rolle was with Santana but wasn’t aware that Neil Schon was also. I have a couple of old Santana albums — haven’t dug that far i... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? I just saw your question about my Kenwood TT. It’s a KD-64f. Linear-tracking. After sitting unused for years, it wouldn’t work. I watched a couple of YouTube videos and felt emboldened to open it up. Along with the usual dust, there was corro... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? @spirit, I just cleaned up my Journey album, “Look Into the Future”, from 1976. Haven’t listened to it in years — will play it again tonight or tomorrow.I listened to my elder sister’s John Mayall, Eric Clapton and Blues Breakers, from 1966. Mon... | |
| Are 500 hours too many for a used hi-end cartridge? @chakster, I didn’t know I could fit a better stylus on the Red. How is that listed? Do I simply search for a replacement stylus for that cartridge and choose from among those listed? I would think a big issue with how these old records were pl... | |
| Are 500 hours too many for a used hi-end cartridge? Pertaining to my situation of being a “tight budget audiophile” (if there is such a thing): If one has an inexpensive turntable with the stock tonearm — in my case a Denon DP-300F with an Ortofon 2M Red cartridge — does it make sense to put a mo... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? @reubent, Thanks for the welcome! My new turntable . . embarrassed to say after seeing the equipment you guys use. I don’t anticipate playing vinyl much, so when my 30+ year old Kenwood died, I was looking for a replacement in the $300-$500 rang... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? My old turntable died and I have been waiting a week for it’s replacement to arrive. It came today! I have been cleaning and listening to old albums:* Woodstock, 3 album set* Jefferson Starship, Red Octopus* Ohio Players, Honey* Pink Floyd, Wish... | |
| 10 Audio Cable Myths and Facts My thinking regarding cables (power or otherwise) is this: If the manufacturer of quality audio equipment includes a certain cable or recommends a cable as an additional purchase, I would think that such cable works well with their device. I don... | |
| Direct Drive vs. Idler Drive vs. Belt drive Found this video tour of the Thrax factory in Bulgaria that manufactures the Dohmann Helix turntable (the TT of the rich!). Quite impressive and thought you might find interesting:https://youtu.be/5QYu6qRg_PA | |
| Vault 2i, etc. Thanks for the information. Gives me a lot to plan for. |