dougdeacon
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| Expressimo RB 250 mistracking issue Problems like the one described by Maktheknife happen with some frequency on certain Rega arms. I've seen several posts like his over the years.The fact that yours is mistracking on only the most challenging LP's may simply indicate that the wire ... | |
| Any idea what this goo is on my record? The best treatment I've found for removing old mold release chemistries (if that's what it is) is not steaming but enzyme-based record cleaning fluids. Buggtussel Vinyl-Zyme is pretty good. AIVS Enzymatic is better. Others like Walker Prelude, whi... | |
| Loricraft thread type Last year we went to 4 local fabric shops trying to find the Gudebrod thread or the equivalent. No luck, it's not retailed in our neck of the woods. Most thread that's thin enough is cotton, not a good choice.We eventually googled it and found an ... | |
| Isolation and Monster Power conditioner We use an Exact Power EP-15A to maintain level voltage, much as Jsmoller does. Isolation devices beneath that make a clearly audible difference (improvement) in our system. I suspect this is because the EP contains a large transformer. Every devic... | |
| Schroeder Model 2 for Technics + Ortofon 2M Black Dsa,I can't guess how well your cart will mate up with a Model 2, and frankly neither can anyone who hasn't actually heard them paired together. The numbers do not tell that story, they can only warn of a gross mismatch, which this probably wouldn... | |
| How critical is the exact placement of the tonearm Swampwalker pointed out the importance of Eyeball-to-Stylus distance, which is critical but often, umm, overlooked! Like him, I wear progressive lenses. Unlike him, I am quite nearsighted. Being able to see even the smallest styli from an E2S of 5... | |
| More on VPI Anti-Skate Stringreen,Great thread. Hope the new home is all you hoped. Your results map closely to our experiences using a TriPlanar/UNIverse and Cello's Graham 2.2/UNIverse. As SirSpeedy first reported and we heard, the Graham unipivots also benefit from v... | |
| Applying Gruv-Glide w/ Rega P3-24 In theory you'll shorten the life of your drive belt in tiny and incremental amounts, but aside from that I wouldn't worry about damage to the Rega - as long as you use light pressure. I'd be more worried about applying gunk to your records. Shoul... | |
| Turntable speed measurements for speed accuracy? What is widely done and extremely misleading, is to report the accuracy of the chip used. This information is provided by the manufacturer of the chip and really has no correlation with the turntable's actual speed accuracy.Agreed. There's some co... | |
| low tracking force cartridge recommendations? Check out this thread for some thoughtful MM cartridge recommendations by one of Audiogon's most experienced members. | |
| What knot for string to drive platter? A fly fisherman's blood knot works better than a square knot. A blood knot won't slip and it makes a long, smooth join, so there's less "bump" when it goes 'round the motor pulley.Search the info on the Teres site. There's a "how to tie" buried th... | |
| Loricraft Record Cleaning I also understand that as of this month all units will have a bidirectional motor built in. Is this used just for the scrubbing phase, or does it come into play during the drying phase as well? Neither! ;-)Loricraft added a bidirectional motor to ... | |
| Loricraft Record Cleaning I suppose one could always just advance the thread a tiny bit manually as the arm sweeps across the LP.Not really. The suction keeps the thread pinned between record surface and vacuum nipple, so if you untwist the spool to generate a little slack... | |
| Loricraft Record Cleaning Hi Jazdoc,Glad that helped, another tip my scientist/engineer partner learned from his dad, a master machinist. Please don't get all these tweaks confused. Vaseline + TriPlanar = Trouble! The %$*@@! dealer who used my TP as a demo forgot to empty ... | |
| Loricraft Record Cleaning Even simpler than a clamp: just put a light coating of Vaseline on the fitting before sliding the hose on. That will stop all vacuum leaks. |