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| Relative Importance of Analog Components No doubt I ought not say it, but I would rather you analysed (UK English) or analyzed (American English) the thread. If you want to analize anything, please do it in your own time and in privacy with consenting adults. But to address the meaning ... | |
| What is the best way to clean Vinyl? A question: Can playing dirty records ruin the needle/stylus? Or is it safe? Yes, it is safe, but it does cause more wear on the stylus. When a manufacturer tells you you might get 250 (Nagaoka doesn’t tell the truth) to 1000 hours, they are ta... | |
| McIntosh MT5 vs Rega 8 or 10 I suspect the best value would be the Planar 8, which many prefer to the Planar 10. I have a strong disinclination to go near anything McIntosh, which may be entirely wrong-headed, but their idea of industrial design appears to be rooted in the d... | |
| What is the best way to clean Vinyl? You have two choices with a $500 limit. If you don't mind the effort, a SpinClean and a long read of Neil Antin's pamphlet* will be one way. The second is a vacuum machine that might need to be used to fit in the limit. It will get you 80% of the ... | |
| Flux HiFI Electronic Stylus Cleaner Don't forget to consider the amplitude of the cleaner's vibrations. My Hudson, be it vibrating at my estimated 100Hz or your reported 222Hz, has vibrations that wiggle the stylus and cantilever considerably. Way more than a record groove could. T... | |
| Good (great?) cartridges with user replaceable styli Nagaoka cartridges are well worthwhile, and styli are user-replaceable. I have an MP-500 that is good enough that I bought a second TT and a couple of spare styli along with two extra tonearm pods and tonearms. It is used alongside a London Refere... | |
| Flux HiFI Electronic Stylus Cleaner My initial experience with the S-Duo: Firstly, the scale. The instruction booklet does not mention that there is a clear plastic protector over the scale pad, and it is actually hard to see. Until you remove it you will be convinced the scale do... | |
| Relative Importance of Analog Components 😁 We're all different and I'm pretty tolerant of neurodiversity, which tends to come into play on audio forums. But even I, broad-minded as I am, don't want to look in the basements belonging to any of you. I don't even like looking in my own. | |
| Flux HiFI Electronic Stylus Cleaner I think the Flux is the same as the Hudson, and while it vibrates, it certainly doesn't do so at U/S frequencies (>20kHz). I'm currently experimenting on older cartridges with the Humminguru S-Duo, which combines a stylus VTF gauge with a prop... | |
| Relative Importance of Analog Components Ah. I shall, briefly, fantasise about our two most prolix members having their own subforum, in which they can drown each other in words. Unfortunately, this won't help clarify my question much. I'm content with my view, but I'm fascinated that o... | |
| Mono Cartridge Question Decision time today, as still no reply from londondecca.com. I e-mailed my enabler* and he is ordering me a Cadenza Mono and a Cadenza Bronze. I spent some time with the microscope today and it's plain the Kontrapunkt C has to go to the spa for a ... | |
| Why aren't all modern vinyl releases 45s? Why aren't all modern cars replicas of the Mazda Miata? A valid question, though I've learnt to save what remains of my hearing with earplugs when the roof is down. I bought an NA in 1991 and have put nearly 50k km on her during the 31 short su... | |
| Relative Importance of Analog Components Thank you to all for the thoughts so far. What I was getting at (or trying to do so) was which of the four components has the most effect on final sound, which comes next and so on. It's obvious that if there is a bottleneck in sound quality ('the... | |
| Mono Cartridge Question I have to say that one reason why I am drawn to the Cadenza Mono is my experience with the Kontrapunkt C (from Ortofon's 250th anniversary of JSB series), which has now become the Cadenza Bronze. I know the AT33 Mono would be a lot cheaper, but th... | |
| Mono Cartridge Question I'm discovering more mono LPs all the time. I was lucky enough to inherit from a deceased surgical colleague a remarkably eclectic collection of several hundred LPs. No end of bizarre stuff, you know, nose flutes, Irish dance and suchlike. But hal... |