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| Deep Cleaning Records With Steam? Threaders: Record Steam Cleaning has been my passion for 15 years. My record steaming ideas have been published in Listener , Stereophile and Positive Feedback. Michael Fremer was referred to me by Art Dudley ; our email exchanges resulted in his ... | |
| Finding Pure Water for Record Cleaning - very long Thank You for you research and observations. For many years I have been steam cleaning LPs , usually in conjuction with a RCM. Until reading your article my water(s) of choice were Prestone & Peak Super-Pure that I purchased At Pep Boys Auto f... | |
| New Maplenoll Ariadne owner needing advice Gf gumby:Good to have you on board. Admired your work from afar. Do you have any pic's of your work on the lower plate of the air bearing ? Please be a tad more detailed re: "clean up of the casting helped ". Thanks | |
| New Maplenoll Ariadne owner needing advice Oilman: I received 2 arm wands from ET. One appears to be a "prototype" silver in color the other a more typical looking arm wand ; they are 6" in length. More to say about them later when I have had some time with friends to explore there potenta... | |
| Maple or Granite Dan_ed: I found that slightly moving the stillpoints/risers just a tad left/right/forward /backward changed the sonics ever so slightly . As for other threaders views , stillpoints vs whatever , read www.stillpoints.com , for a tech explaination. ... | |
| Maple or Granite Over the years, I have expriemented with various layerings; granite , maple, MDF , marble & thin lead ,etc. The most significant challenge for me dealt with the discovery that certian reflections / vibration returned from the platforms affecti... | |
| New Maplenoll Ariadne owner needing advice 2nd Note: A quick-fix to finding a pointed fine threaded bolt : Go to Home Depot , find a metal toggle bolt package , many contain pointed fine threaded bolts as part of the toggle bolt assembly. Buy a toggle bolt package ,remove the pointed fine ... | |
| New Maplenoll Ariadne owner needing advice Note: A pointed fine threaded bolt (minus the head) works equally as well. A short piece of tubing slid over/down the top of the bolt can replace the locking nut. The sum total weights less than the factory locking nut/paddle that may or may not b... | |
| New Maplenoll Ariadne owner needing advice I have found that one can change the sound using the oil trough by slightly lowering the oil fill line and replacing the oil paddle with a pointed screw . The pointed screw glides thru the oil bath with less effort; the highs seem to improve. I re... | |
| New Maplenoll Ariadne owner needing advice Oilman: Anything that is forwarded by ET that can be considered an improvement shall be openly shaired. | |
| considering a Maplenoll Threaders : Following years of owning a Maplenoll and collecting information on the 'Noll line, I feel compelled to offer a warning to newbies who have seen several NOS Maplenolls offered for sale on the Web.From the pictures and descriptions I ha... | |
| New Maplenoll Ariadne owner needing advice Oilman : I spoke to Mr. Thigman who declined for business/cost reasons to participate ;however, he is forwarding some arm wands that may or may not fit w/o modification.Mr. Thigman did advise that I his knowledge base is confined to his air bearin... | |
| New Maplenoll Ariadne owner needing advice Oilman: A suggestion . Eminent Technology is currently selling a carbon fiber wand for the ET 2.5 Tone-Arm for $400. Perhaps , Bruce Thigman would consider making a modification of his tone-arm to fit the maplenoll ? Bruce's knowledge-base is sign... | |
| New Maplenoll Ariadne owner needing advice Oilman : For soldering , take a piece of 400 wet sand paper gently brush off the laquer on the ends of your wire. Check wire for continuity. Use a Radio Shack soldering holder (maybe available online) make a tight mechanical connection touch the p... | |
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