donshoemaker
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| cantelever not straight, advise please. One of the neat little tools I picked up a couple of years ago was a "Digital Blue" computer microscope that sold for around $50. at Toys R Us. I don't think they carry it anymore,but you can still buy them online. It is good enough to see the ove... | |
| Speakers with high WAF? Elac actually has some picture speakers that sound surprisingly good. Ridiculously expensive for what they are. | |
| Sealed MOFI's on eBay The overseas market is at least partially what is driving the price up.I have had The Beatles White Album on my ebay watch list for about a year now waiting to catch a "sleeper" that "accidently" sells for around $50. If someone lists that they ar... | |
| worse entertainer or performer of all time?? Amen to the Phil Collins,Lokie! Sad day in history when Peter gabriel left Genesis! Good drummer,but Su-su-sudio and the thing with Philip Bailey made me sick-sick- sickio! Let us also not forget Yanni............ | |
| What am I missing using a 20 year old CD player?? I think the biggest difference is in the recording technology.Being a die hard analog guy,the thing I have noticed is how much better the recordings sound compared to those harsh and strident cds and lps from the late 80s.Just listen to some of th... | |
| Suggestions for stretching turntable belts? Hi,thanks to all for your advice.Swamp,the issue is not the pitch/speed,it is that it disrupts the floating motion of the suspension as it pulls the platter closer to the motor.On a fixed suspension table this would probably not be an issue.I woul... | |
| Two-Year-Olds and Turntables... It's simple.Play a record for the child. Then a CD of the same recording. She will gain an immediate respect for the turntable and leave it alone. | |
| Anyone use a hockey puck as a record weight? You guys should really not be making fun of this!I once made a platter out of a BMW M3 disc brake rotor. I then expanded on the idea to make a DJ version where I left the brake caliper on.Went from 33-1/3 to a dead stop in millseconds! Worked best... | |
| GRASS IS GREENER ON THE OTHER SIDE I sold the 1000Ms at a store in the early 80's.One of the nicest sounding midranges I have ever heard,especially with female vocals. Try Joan Armatrading's "Show some Emotion" on vinyl,I used to use this to demo the speakers.Just don't blow the mi... | |
| Most helpful audio companies Jason Bloom of Apogee Acoustics (sadly now defunct)Sheila Weisfield of VPIKirk and Donna of SotaBang and Olufsen (once you finally get through to the right person)Paul McGowan of PS Audio (for his spirited and well written newsletters)And believe ... | |
| Speaker life expectancy: How long can you buy used Altec Valencia B's.Basically Yoice of the Theatres in a more domesticated enclosure.Early 60's,making them almost 45 years old! Accordian paper surround on woofers,metal diaphragms on horns.Oil bath capacitors.Great with low power set triode amps,... | |
| SOTA Nova I currently have a Cosmos I and a Star III. Have owned the Nova and I think the ability to adjust the vacuum level manually is a big plus.The auto sensing circuit in the Nova and Cosmos sometimes needs to be adjusted and it is a little more diffic... | |
| Can you imagine a world without vinyl? I am going to filter block ebay-I can't keep spending $25-$30.each on the new releases I want.Will the record companies PLEEEASE get their s**t together and realize we music buyers want this stuff? Stop forcing us to buy it as imports? Who knows,m... | |
| Are you at this point?? Just get into vinyl. I notice it is missing from your system. There are so many differences you can make with even small changes. Maybe you are not a putterer,but that is about all I look at or buy these days. Arms,cartridges,phono sections,etc.At... | |
| Wife/girlfriend or audio: if you had to chose? Audio(6).My girlfriend has an unnatural resonance/peak in her voice that results in extreme coloration and non euphonic distortion.I measured her THD at about 60 percent! I can only listen to her for about 5 minutes, music for hours. |