dogberry
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| Rumbly feedback I have used tonearm pods and each was mounted on three spikes to minimise transmission of vibration. Though when you mention it happens with the Wand but not the Brinkmann, it makes me wonder if it isn't simply the fault of the pod/pedestal, but s... | |
| Soundsmith Sussurro MkII or Dyna DRT-XV-1s I like the Sussurro MkII ES, and would consider a Hyperion if and when the time comes. It's not as pleasing to me as the London Reference, but more so than the LP-S. The XV-1s I have no experience with. | |
| Integrity Hi-Fi tru-glider tonearm @lewm True, a 13" Viv is available, but so are 7" and 9". @drvinyl01 If the length has no consequences on playback, why do you think both VivLabs and Integrity Hi-Fi off various lengths? | |
| "Cleaning" Vinyl Makes It Worse Not Better! Nonetheless, @mylogic , it makes an excellent brush for dusting off the platter! | |
| Can I play my stereo records on a mono rig? Just don't use a mono cartridge without vertical compliance (eg Miyajima models). You'll be fine with the Ortofon. I have a Benz Ruby 3 converted to mono, and it sounds good enough that I sometimes wonder if I should use it all the time, but then... | |
| Integrity Hi-Fi tru-glider tonearm Curious to see an underhung arm that only comes in longer lengths than conventional offset arms. | |
| "Cleaning" Vinyl Makes It Worse Not Better! A clean record is a different issue as to how one protects the turntable against dust accumulation. I go to considerable lengths to clean my disks, but neither of my turntables has a lid. However, I have rather a lot of shaving brushes(!) and I ha... | |
| Fidelity Research FRT-4 and Entre ET-100 step-up transformer SUT comparison Raul is on the record(!) as saying he disapproves of us being subjective and choosing what we like. | |
| Progress at londondecca.com They should only do that if the imported goods are to stay in the country. I may have been lucky, but I always write in my customs declaration "For repair and return to Canada" and instruct the repairer to write "Returning to Canada after repair."... | |
| A $349 record brush Seems I'm cheaping out with a $25 brush with 10ยต tips! Mind you, that's used during wet cleaning. Once done, nothing except air from a blower brush and a diamond touches the grooves. | |
| Progress at londondecca.com Customs can, technically, charge tax and the value of the repair/service conducted abroad. I once sent a pair of Olympus OM-2n cameras to the best tech there is in the USA (John Hermanson), and got charged on their return, not for the value of the... | |
| Progress at londondecca.com I have to send others to the USA, so it makes no difference to me. As to why repairs are in the UK, either it is because the majority of Decca owners are there, or maybe Neil could have been trained by John Wright, and could easily take over his e... | |
| "Cleaning" Vinyl Makes It Worse Not Better! Streaming. There's always one. | |
| Analog invites you to turn up the volume When it came in printed format, I used to read UHF Magazine (originally Hi-Fi Sound), a Montreal-based journal. The editor had a bee in his bonnet about the idea that if you constantly felt the need to turn up the volume there was something less t... | |
| What is the first thing you do when you unwrap a new vinyl record? You won't regret it, though many of us use a vacuum machine of some sort before the U/S. But anything is better than nothing when it comes to cleaning records. |