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Walker Audio Prelude LP Cleaning Solution
I don't wish for a bashing so I will make my comments brief. For years I have been using consumer hand-held steaming devices to pre and post clean LPs. My ideas have been posted in several audio mags and one euro design group visted with me last y... 
New Maplenoll Ariadne owner needing advice
Oilmanmojo: Am I correct to believe that you purchased Greg Davis's Maplenoll that was offered on audiogon & Ebay to include a letter from Lloyd Walker outlining potential improvements to the table? If so , that letter along with Piedpiper's e... 
Schroeder arms: order of merit?
Lapaix: May I relate my experience the Schroeder Reference? For over 30 + years I have been a Tube and LP guy. Over that period of time I have auditioned/listened to so many combinations of tonearms/turntables that I feel somewhat jaded. On a Bell... 
Analog Upgrade Suggestions Welcome
Mark: In another tread a respondee was critical of the schroder TA. The arm requires exact setup while time consuming is not difficult. Any setup error and much of the magic could be lost. 
LP collection management...what do you guys do?
Tvad: der is correct-www.base40.com - I use the professional version cheers charlie 
LP collection management...what do you guys do?
MD: I regret the fact that my thread appeared so off the mark. That was not my intent. Perhaps that is a defect of having a music collection that has reached the point where I do not always recall exactly what I own or when that was last played. C... 
LP collection management...what do you guys do?
Check out www.40base.com. Nothing is as easy and requires as little effort to manage LPs or CDs, provided you own a PC that works and is not infected with every crap virus or logger. charlie 
Why Linear Tracking never took off?
Kha: Yes ,I do believe that Schroder T/A's are a work of art to sight and sound. The import my remarks is that with a little kutspha one can take a Maplenoll air bearing T/A to higher level of play. Of course other linear arms exist that out perfo... 
Why Linear Tracking never took off?
AC: I own a Maplenoll Reference that was purchased in the early 1990's. This air bearing table and tonearm can be significantly upgraded to a point whereby it can complete with almost any combo.Air contol is the key as is a slew of simple tweeks. ... 
Analog Upgrade Suggestions Welcome
Mark: This weekend I listened to a Schroder Reference Tonearm. In my lifetime I believe that I have listened to tens of dozens tonearm combos-Nothing I have ever experienced sounded as natural , completely free of mechanical artifacts. The Schrode... 
Record-playing Rituals?
David: Recordings should be cleaned before playback. For years I used all the standard stuff;carbon brushes,wet cleanings,vacuum machines,etc. with mixed degrees of sucess.I experimented with most cleaning tweeks in print but none of them resulted... 
LP collection management...what do you guys do?
Try CD Trustee located at www.base40.com. The professional series has one of the most creative ways to manage CDs and LPS.