daveyf
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| Upgrade Krell KSA 250 to what? Nice to read the story..and the conclusion. I had my Rowland model 8 serviced and modded by Jeff a few years back. Easily worth the $$, as it now sounds even better than when new. Some of these amps from the golden years, like my model 8 and the O... | |
| Humminguru record cleaner @vitussl101 Apparently it is you who does not know how a ’Guru’ works, or for that matter how the cleaning process works in general with US. With the ’Guru’, the issue is that ( and this is like most US machines, including the KL that I used to o... | |
| Humminguru record cleaner @moonwatcher if you look at the price difference between the Guru and the Degritter, it is, at least imho, impossible to assign said difference to the build quality and the higher power of the DG. Instead, what is going on…is that the usual suspe... | |
| Humminguru record cleaner The ’Guru’ is an excellent machine, However, it does benefit greatly from having a surfactant added to the water ( as do all US machines). Without a surfactant and DS, I found the machine to clean ok, but there was still a certain amount of hash, ... | |
| Brag About Your Vinyl Collection Funny, when I bought my copy new in ’73, then as a young lad, the hype was that this album was going to be ultra rare as they were only pressing a very small number. I bought the album, played it a couple of times, thought the music was pretty sub... | |
| Brag About Your Vinyl Collection @dogberry tell us more about the Faust tapes. I have heard it was ultra rare, but seems to pop up from time to time. | |
| Nordost repair IMO, Nordost make excellent sounding cables. However, I do think there are competing cables from a few lesser known manufacturers that compete; and these cables can be far less expensive. For example, my Nordost Tyr ic’s are excellent, but some ic... | |
| What happens when the stylus tip wears out on a $12,000 cartridge? @pindac You make an interesting point about old vinyl and the condition that we can maybe expect. However, with the many new releases/reissues that are coming out and have been released, I see little reason these days to accept a noisy pressing o... | |
| What happens when the stylus tip wears out on a $12,000 cartridge? @mulveling I have not seen any hard data, however, I have personally witnessed an LP that had been damaged by just one pass of a worn out stylus ( A friend had inadvertently played a new album on his worn out stylus and then I played it back afte... | |
| Replacement Sonus Faber grille strings? I received my re-string kit today from Fine Sounds. Impressive service. I noticed that they are still Sumiko and also the McIntosh group. I received four packs of the strings, presumably two packs per speaker grill?? I also ordered the strings for... | |
| What happens when the stylus tip wears out on a $12,000 cartridge? One of the problems with a worn stylus is the fact that it is now damaging your records. This can be something that is initially not that noticeable, until such time as you replace the cartridge or stylus and hear the groove damage! Probably a go... | |
| Nordost repair I asked the Nordost rep a while back if they could mod my Tyr phono cable. I wanted to go from RCA’s at the tonearm end to a DIN connector. Was told no go. | |
| Borreson X2 I have not heard the X2, but I have heard the X3. The X3 is a tremendous value and hits way above its price point. Presumably the X2 is the little brother to the X3, and should give much of what the X3 does, but with less bass power. The X2 should... | |
| Replacement Sonus Faber grille strings? @krell303 Thanks for the info. I also spoke to Fine Sounds and sure enough the speaker grill strings are available. I also asked for the stand strings, which I am now going to be getting from Italy. Not sure of the procedure to mount the strings... | |
| Ultimate Turntable search...OMA K5 or ? @whart To your point about good dealers and bad dealers, there are surprisingly a lot more bad dealers than one would expect. I have had a couple of recent experiences with bad dealers. One was so rude to me that i walked out of their establishme... |