dmk_calgary
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| Record cleaning and realistic expectations @chasjs - read the same article. excellent. but yeah, long and incredibly detailed. | |
| Record cleaning and realistic expectations @jasonbourne71 : Tap water is bad for records! It is loaded with minerals! Use only steam distilled water! I buy mine at my nearby supermarket - $1.39 a gallon. About dogs - they shed not only hair but dandruff. It’s there even if not easily visib... | |
| Need A High Compliance Cartridge I just purchased a London Decca Super Gold. No idea what the compliance is and no idea what your budget is, but the sound is incredible. Cost is around $3k - if its anywhere near your budget I would highly suggest checking it out. The design is to... | |
| List Of Small Company Tube Amps many + for Decware - yes, the waiting list is WAY long post-covid. I got an amp pre-covid and it was about 6 weeks from order to ship. I have been a customer for about 20 years. Can't say enough good things about Steve and his company. | |
| Record cleaning and realistic expectations I always thought mold was green, but in any case, I think an ultrasonic machine might help. I have a CleanerVinyl Ultrasonic RCM. About 10 years now, I think. I have about 1500 records and ALL have been through the RCM at least once. A handful hav... | |
| MoFi v/s UHQR ++++1 bdp24 - totally agree that you HAVE to look at who did the mastering. For re-mastered versions of whatever on whatever label, I always look. My personal fav is Stan Ricker. - he did Gino Vanelli; Miles Davis and many, many others - Discogs h... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Beethoven Symphony 6 - new pressing from DGG - The Original Source - WOW Paul Desmond.- Easy Living Jim Hall - Its nice to be with you Bill Evans - Conception Ed Bickert - Bye Bye Baby; Third Floor Richard Boss Brass - Live at the El Macombo;... | |
| Audio Cables: All the Same? This is an anecdotal story re: wire, not cable, but close enough IMHO. My 'aha' moment re: wire was when I was upgrading an old Dynaco PAS 3 preamp. I had replaced all caps, resistors, power supply, volume pot and it was working fine. I had some l... | |
| The Psychology Of Collecting +1 rcm I have a part-time job for the summer helping to clear out and sell old farts - like me - stuff. That stuff is hummels - I had NO idea what they were in June lol - old soda dispensers from the 1950s that weight hundreds of pounds, Pez cand... | |
| Recommend me a tube integrated amplifier +1 on Decware. Steve Deckert, the owner/designer makes himself available to customers on the phone - live - on M/W/Fri. I have been buying their amps and pre-amps for about 20 years. Great stuff and great support. | |
| Do you belong more to souce first or to speakers first school of thought ? source for sure. GIGO. Though we seem to be in the minority here. | |
| ultrasound record cleaning machine damaged my records hmmm that's weird. I have about 1200 albums and have cleaned them all at least once with my US RCM. No issues. I wonder how water could damage records. Vinyl has a melting point of about 100C, about the same as boiling pt of water. So I did an exp... | |
| Phono pre amp recommendations? - upgrading from ICON AUDIO PS1 MK II check out Decware - they make great tube amps and pre-amps in Illinois. All pt-to-pt hand soldered wiring. I have had a couple of their amps and their phono preamp. | |
| Decware Sarah 300B Amp? can't say enough good things about Decware and Steve. Great company and great products. I do not own a Sarah, but purchased one of the first SV84 amps with the grey steel box - great sound - back when they were first released. I went through one o... | |
| Records not stored vertically for decades really good SD would be Analogue Productions - they just released - well you can order them - Aja and Gaucho and maybe one other have shipped - all 45 rpm, all remastered by Bernie. I have the Mofi of Aja and the AP version is much better - dynami... |