clearthinker
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| Speaker Recommendation Help Please. The key issue is speaker placement required only 1 foot from the front wall. Many speakers can't produce good sound in such location however you tweak the room. So look for speakers specifically designed to work well so close. Few if any of the... | |
| 2nd systems- who’s got one? My second system is at the opposite end of the room from my first system. It contains the items I used full-time in the day bur are so iconic I cannot get rid of them: Simon Yorke Zarathustra (16 built); Zeta arm (said to have belonged to Ken Kes... | |
| recommended oil for well tempered spindle cup And how often should you change the oil? I do it on my Simon Yorke S10 about every two years. After that time there is a bit less left in there. It must evaporate a bit and will therefore thicken, perhaps slowing the table fractionally or intro... | |
| Best cable for record cleaner, ever Ho ho ho! But there is s serious issue here. Some people truly believe changing the power cord on their LP turntable can improve the sound. Indeed, most of the manufacturers of expensive swanky gimmick-ridden turntables supply them with an expe... | |
| Power Cables and Wall Sockets Thanks @ghdprentice Like many others I am inclined to put even quite large perceived sound differences down to subjective hearing and listening issues, mood swings and expectation bias when they are engendered by changes of passive components li... | |
| New Audio Technica I have had an ART1000 a couple of years now. It alternates with four other hi-end carts, vdH and Ortofon. ART1000 is a great cart. has a clarity and precision that for me at least equals those others. On material like string quartets it's bet... | |
| Power Cables and Wall Sockets @imaninatural "Without knowing for certain, it seems to me that power cables can only be as good as the in-home wiring coming to the wall socket. " That's the logical conclusion. @ghdprentice Like many others you say the last six feet of ... | |
| The best way to start adding A=analog to my system @sns "But then, there is the nostalgic factor and the nice cover and gatefold art. Also, having actual physical media gives one a feeling of ownership, real intrinsic value." That's the heart talking! I thought so! Yes, I'm lucky I don't ... | |
| The best way to start adding A=analog to my system @sns An idea. Since you consider digital sound beats analogue, why do you remain heavily invested in analogue? You say you would sell up if you didn't have ~3k albums. But selling up is logical for you. Record to digital all the LPs you don'... | |
| I want to move from Rega Planar 6 help me to pick a new turntable Hi again @adrobitko "Because they will have to open the box and then it is not a new cart anymore. If I decide to buy I can return it but they will take 15% restocking fee. Unless something wrong with it. But azimuth they don’t consider as somet... | |
| I want to move from Rega Planar 6 help me to pick a new turntable @adrobitko You are right. Azimuth is more important than VTA. So it's important to avoid buying a cart on which it is off. Check and measure before accepting. Much cheaper than buying a new table. Such carts should not be sold although I... | |
| Speakers for string Quartets Certainly electrostatics. | |
| God doesn't need to know what time it is. @keithsax Yes Rolexes do seem to keep good time if properly regulated. When you say 'spot on time' what do you mean? I have a Submariner that gains about 1.6s a day. I reckon that's pretty good. @bdp24 Each to his own, please. I ha... | |
| God doesn't need to know what time it is. I don't know which model Daytona Clapton has. Some rare ones are very valuable. But it won't be worth anything like $1.6m. Paul Newman's 60's Daytona fetched $17.8m. Newman is not 10 times more famous than Clapton but his car racing exploits i... | |
| Fedex and Ups Damage thread Yes @doyle they're nearly there. Crate in wood. All manufacturers' packaging of heavy hardware and nicely finished speakers should be wooden crates. The packaging for my 220lb Martin-Logan CLX Anniverseries was cardboard. Disintegrated on the ... |