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Deep Cleaning Records With Steam?
Best wishes to you also. ;-}The internet has made this "community thing" possible again --- but now the community is the WORLD!!!I've been rather heavily involved in this hobby for nearly 35 years. There's always more to learn (and unlearn) and ev... 
Deep Cleaning Records With Steam?
I've had my Perfection stemaer for about 5 days and have cleaned about a dozen records with it in conjuction with my usual cleaning regimen on a VPI 17. This includes L'Art du SOn fluid, AI Enzyme cleaner, Disc Doctor brushes, and now the Perfecti... 
Unintended lyrics
Don't Let Your Son Go Down on Me...ELTON JOHN 
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What goes beneath your Nottingham?
My Spacedeck sits on a 4" cherry butcher block and that is atop 5 squash balls in woodblocks with "cups" cut out to hold them in place. All this in on top of an Atlantic equipment rack with it's own anti-resonant mods added. 
Bananna plugs
IMO the less you put between yourself and the music the better. NO connector is better than ANY connector. 
The Ten Rules of high-end audio
Very good stuff,,, I agree with most it and this CAN be used as a quide for newbies or thise who've lost their way.Thanks for putting this out there. 
dedicated electrical line
As stated above, dedicated lines - I have one for front end componentes and one for amps - will do more to improve your system than any "add on" electrical isolation components and are far cheaper than most of that stuff. Best to talk to an electr... 
The Best Turntable for $1300 or less
IMNSHO a used VPI Scout/JMW9 in the $1K range is IMPOSSIBLE to beat. I've owned VERY expensive TT setups and the basic Scout compares quite well. Improvements past this point are incremental and expensive. It works quite well for me. Put it on a g... 
vinyl storage?????
Home Depot closet organizer units - slightly modified. Store about 700 LPs in each at a cost of maybe $80. Best against a wall and if you don't mind a white melamine finish. I have 6 of these and they work great for me. 
LCD Screen Size
Shopped like crazy and was about to buy Panasonic online.Saw the 50" Vizio at Sam's for $1998 but blew it off having never seen the brand before - and I snobbily thought that it can't be good being THAT inexpensive. Finally did a bit of NET resear... 
I have $1200 for a CDP Which one and why?
Spend it on a computer with a fat HD (or 2) and a Slim Devices SqueezeBox 3. CDP's are OBSOLETE.Doak 
Computer to Intergraded amp hookup
Go here for the wireless solution:http://www.slimdevices.comDoak 
Because The Beds No Place To Sleep
Yeah, and the bed is also no place to watch TV/movies 
Resale value of BAT gears
Moral of the story is: Buy well and BUY USED!