dgarretson
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| Konfounding Kinks I notice that the Kinks back catalog has recently been trickling out on "audiophile vinyl." I don't know how good these reissues sound in comparison to the original issues, most of which were well recorded. One of the best LPs sonically is an impo... | |
| Steam cleaning records 2 If it's not working after 5-10 minutes of warm-up, then assuming you used the supplied beaker to measure the correct 8oz of water, did not overfill the resevoir(if overfilled it will blow out a column of water), and screwed down the top tightly, t... | |
| Verus Vs Rim Drive It's nice that someone actually compared these two rim drive systems. In theory the Verus should be the more speed-stable of the two, owing to the lack of compliant rubber belts in the drive-train. What do you think of the Trans-Fi Terminator line... | |
| Konfounding Kinks I followed them live in concert through Arthur & Muswell Hillbillies to the theatrical nadir of Soap Opera & Schoolboys(ouch!)... resurfacing with Ray's fine Storyteller tour in the mid 90s and more recent tours with a well-chosen internat... | |
| Steam cleaning records 2 FWIW, the Shark hand-held with similar 8 oz. reservior provides uninterrupted steam for at least one minute-- after which I stopped trying. About 8-10 seconds does it with a RCM. I can see how without an RCM it would take longer. | |
| Outstanding brands? In Pedrillo's defense, to make an analogy, while certainly not pretty, his TT is of the kind that wins men's admiration in the locker room and makes women smile. | |
| OPamps still inferior to discrete circuits? I have not tried Burson discrete op amps, but IME the sonic performance of monolithic op amps is very much dependent upon the quality of the power source. Typically the same build-to-cost considerations that lead manufacturers to use inexpensive o... | |
| Russian 1587 tubes Larry, I had been planning to try Ken Rad and am considering purchase from ebay below. Is this type of tube what you recommend?http://cgi.ebay.com/VT-231-6SN7-GT-KEN-RAD-BLACK-PLATES-NOS-6SN7GT-CL-GLAS_W0QQitemZ110334288862QQcmdZViewItemQQptZVinta... | |
| Steam cleaning records 2 I just bought a $40 1000W Shark hand-held from Target on-line. It works great, does not run out of steam, and appears to be well-built. | |
| Russian 1587 tubes I assume you mean 1578 and not 1587. Yes, these surpass all NOS Raytheon, Sylvania, RCA, and new production types that I have tried. Authoritative, neutral across FR, detailed, smooth. | |
| Steam Cleaning - RCM or not? I just started steam cleaning records with a hand-held Shark-- a great little $40 1000W steamer from Target on-line-- and a VPI 16.5 RCM. I can't imagine using steam without a RCM to ensure even application of steam and vacuum dry afterwards. | |
| How can you not have multichannel system Onhwy61 takes a nice approach in rationalizing the cost of building out mch around the nucleas of a high-end 2ch set-up, and in balancing the estimated cost of this upgrade against the limited availability of mch SACDs.Alternatively, it would be p... | |
| How can you not have multichannel system Agree with Tvad, and with few exceptions even the audiophile press seems disinterested. I can see how a mid-line Blu-Ray or SACD mch system might get broad traction across the HT segment, but that's about it."If done right, sacd multichannel music... | |
| How can you not have multichannel system I'm with MrT on this one. At the point where further upgrades to my 2ch system produce vanishing improvements to timbre, then I'd consider adding mch. But I never seem to arrive at that point. Admittedly, the qualities of timbral accuracy and spat... | |
| Best Albums of 2008 on Vinyl Spencer, to your question about "demonstration-quality" sonics, I'll add the Emmylou Harris double-LP "All I Intended to Be"(Nonesuch). To my ear she has the best female voice in all of popular music. The 180g vinyl sounds fantastic except for sli... |