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| Rushton's DIY approach to ultrasonic record cleaning published by Positive Feedback Spencer, I think you'll find that once you arrive at the correct chemistry, the LP comes out of the bath dry except for the immersed portion. A quick swipe with the Vinyl stack microfiber cloth clears 95% of moisture from that section, after whic... | |
| Clarity Cap CMR Impressions Hello Darren,I have personally compared CMR to MR in a modified Pass Labs XP-25 phono stage and modified Merlin VSM speakers. The main technical difference between CMR and MR is the use of a copper litz lattice end cap in place of tin-zinc end sp... | |
| The Best Live album The recently issued 3x 180gm LP box of David Bowie A Reality Tour 2003/4. A few posters have been skeptical of SQ(without hearing the LPs), as several sides stretch vinyl’s limit to 24-27 minutes. But SQ seems fine, and the band is HOT. I saw him ... | |
| Entry Level Interconnect Reccomendations @ocinnI agree with Erik_Squires about the high quality of DIY Connex/DH Labs bulk IC cabling. I’ve migrated from some very high-priced commercial cables(PAD, Audioquest, Synergistics, Goertz, Fono Acustica) to all-Connex BL-Ag DIY silver ICs for a... | |
| What drugs do you use to enhance your listening experience? A snort of beryllium dust with a chaser of DeOxit. | |
| Pass Labs amps questions @jl35 Indeed. They showed both series for awhile on the web site, but no more. | |
| Pass Labs amps questions @PeterayerDid you give serious break-in time to the XA-160.8s on trial? I haven’t compared mine to .5s, but after a rather long break-in and some substitutions of PCs and platforms, I find the XA-160.8s excellent in all respects: extended and line... | |
| Rushton's DIY approach to ultrasonic record cleaning published by Positive Feedback Hello Terry & Rushton, I have used both the Chinese and Elmasonic models and find the Elmasonic a step up in effectiveness. At temps above 48-49C I have warped records. Some LPs return to shape as they cool and others require flattening. The d... | |
| Mose Allison I've been hit or miss collecting his records but have always thought of him(like Faulkner) as uniquely at a nexus of genres. Jazz, blues, and pop. Pete Townsend considered Mose a strong influence. | |
| Record weights The Starsound Platter Ground is $200. | |
| Record weights If you want to go lite, try a Starsound Platter Ground(200gm). It's not so much a record weight as (in theory) a means to redirect spurious vibrational energy out of the LP. I also have a Stillpoints LPI(around 1.5lbs) that works well. I plan t... | |
| Where is the significant point of diminishing returns on hi-end turntable? I'm with Raul on this one. If you have been racing I assume you are familiar with gifted builders and machine shops and the hands-on set-ups that win races. If there is one area of hi-fi that is analogous to that sport it is TOTL vinyl replay. ... | |
| 2016: a new year for music.... Hello Astro58go, Comparisons are difficult for me, as the only audiophile versions I own are Doug Sax's 180gm Wish You Were Here and older MoFi DSOTM. The new Meddle sounds better than my original copy from the early '70s. The first six in the n... | |
| Dylan wins Nobel Prize in Literature If civilization survives to Y4K and historians remember the 20th century, they will likely underscore the significance of the counter-culture and its music that reified social and political currents during the first war lost by the USA. Dylan will... | |
| Dylan wins Nobel Prize in Literature Dylan has of late been taught at Harvard by a classics professor who puts him in the tradition of Virgil and Catullus. Sounds good to me.http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/15/arts/music/bob-dylan-101-a-harvard-professor-has-the-coolest-class-on-campu... |