bpoletti
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| Recommended phono stage to go with McIntosh In my opinion.... JC3+ is OK. Decent phono stage. Herron Audio VTPH-2a better, better than anything else I’ve heard (and that’s a pretty long list) It is a bit of a stretch of budget, but it would be the LAST phono stage one should EVER need. In e... | |
| How much isopropanol is effective but safe for viny? invictus005 - you dispute chemistry and facts? Really? And who is the crazy one? | |
| How much isopropanol is effective but safe for viny? Yes, the plasticizers are needed to preserve the vinyl. Sorry for the confusion. | |
| How much isopropanol is effective but safe for viny? @slaw My post makes perfect sense. Isopropanol should NOT be used on records. Period. It does not clean off the substances that need to be removed from the grooves of vinyl records and removes the plasticizers that need to remain on the records. | |
| How much isopropanol is effective but safe for viny? I have just spoken with Duane Goldman (The Disc Doctor) who called on a different topic. Duane has spent his life studying record cleaning as a chemist. Duane mixes record cleaner used by the Library of Congress and other archiving organizatio... | |
| Valve phono stage @lewm Take a very close look at phono cart signal generators. Doesn’t matter if the cart is MI, MM or MC. They are NOT balanced, they are single-ended with a + and - pole. One strand of wire that runs from the hot side of the connector to the grou... | |
| Contact lens cleaner for cleaning stylus cartridge ? In considering the OP’s question, doesn’t contact lens cleaner contain a bit of lubricant? Wouldn’t that potentially form a film on the cantilever and stylus that could pick up more contaminants? | |
| Contact lens cleaner for cleaning stylus cartridge ? My suggestion and opinion....Check with the cartridge manufacturer to find out their recommendations for cleaning their stylus. Most use some kind of adhesive to attach the stylus to the cantilever. The last thing you want to do is to use or do AN... | |
| Using Maple Butcher Block Under a Turntable @noromance What mat? | |
| Using Maple Butcher Block Under a Turntable @stringreen Great thought and common sense overlooked! The table currently sits on a robust set of shelves on which also rests some electronics and hold around 1,000 records. Maybe not the best place to place a turntable. My listening area in a... | |
| Valve phono stage @lewm Have you ever had any dealings with Keith Herron? Ever owned Herron Audio equipment? Just curious. | |
| Valve phono stage The issue is balanced outputs. There are some spectacular performing phono stages that are single ended. My personal experienced opinion is that the Herron Audio VTPH-2a cannot be bettered at any price, but it has only single-ended outputs. It ... | |
| Repair Linn turntable vs buying a different one Linn is a complete waste of money. | |
| Any real sonic improvement using 2 or 3 belts on VPI tables? My understanding is that different levels of the Classic pulley have slightly different diameters. | |
| Repair Linn turntable vs buying a different one For $7k, one can get a VPI Prime Signature. There is NOTHING that can be done to a Linn table to get it anywhere close to a Prime Signature. |