dougdeacon
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| Aquafina for record cleaning Dan asked why Fremer's word on water quality is definitive and you quote the price of his turntable? That's awesome, dude... By analogy, someone who owns a Porsche and writes magazine articles must drive like Schumacher. | |
| Aquafina for record cleaning Maybe some of his records aren't all that priceless! Like Dan and Stltrains, we rinse with water that's much purer than Aquafina. That water meter would probably measure 0 ppm. I spilled bit on the counter yesterday. In a few minutes it dissolved ... | |
| Does my phono stage have sufficient gain? Brent, I missed the fact that you've had your SF gear upgraded. Very sorry. Of course I withdraw everything I said about it since I haven't heard yours. Higher quality caps and power supply improvements would, IME with other preamps, make a dramat... | |
| Does my phono stage have sufficient gain? ZYX did not use the industry standard test record when they measured that .24mv output spec. A LO ZYX's output using the industry standard record is ~1.41x higher, so ~.34mv.Redoing the calculation above for .~34mv yields ~5.7 volts before the pow... | |
| Does improper alignment cause permament damage ? Nolitan,Good info. What you're hearing is called "inner groove distortion (IGD). It's a very common problem, particularly on strong, high pitched notes or massed violins. Unfortunately, knowing the name does not tell us the cause. IGD has many pos... | |
| New Cartridge- Broke the Stylus Agree with Rauliruegas, Elizabeth and Stringreen. They covered it. | |
| Does improper alignment cause permament damage ? As Elizabeth says, it depends. 1. Does this distortion happen in synch with dynamic peaks in the music or is it more random? 2. Can you describe how it sounds? | |
| Are scratch LPs part of the game ? You guys only change underwear and socks once a day? No wonder your LP's are trashed! | |
| Are scratch LPs part of the game ? Agree with Davt, Has2be and Hifihvn. My cleaning/handling regimen is similar to Has2be's. Every LP gets cleaned before the first play, whether new or used. Every cleaned LP gets a new MoFi inner sleeve and an outer sleeve too. Then it's a matter o... | |
| TT Weights VPI center clamp Mark,I compared a small rubber O-ring vs. the supplied (hard) Delrin washer between the platter and the LP (beneath the LP) when clamping on my first Teres table. To be honest, I barely heard any difference. Might have been my imagination, since I... | |
| Tip,s to get the best out of Schroder arm. From my experience setting up several Schroeders and observing Frank set up more:2 screws holding cartridge to mounting plate:Very snug but, to quote Frank, "There's just one twist between really tight and REALLY loose!"1 screw holding mounting pl... | |
| Needle Cleaning Needles are for piercing. For tracing use a stylus. ;-)Magic Eraser + dry brush after every side. | |
| My New Manely Steelhead Sounds like the Manley's 65db setting was close to overloading your next gain stage. Gain/impedance matching between amplification stages is vital, as you just demonstrated. Too much can be as bad as too little.The Steelhead's a fine phono stage, ... | |
| Tip,s to get the best out of Schroder arm. Which screw? | |
| Need a cartridge and phono preamp reccomendation Check the link in answer #1 from my first response to see if your new phono will have enough gain for a DL-160. |