dougdeacon
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| Mofi Cleaners Mofi Super Record Wash's immediate predecessor, RRL Super Vinyl Wash, certainly had surfactants - and they're the devil to remove.Those old RRL solutions did make for very quiet surfaces, but at the cost of reduced dynamics, soft bass and smothere... | |
| Upgrade for users of 1/2" mylar belt Dan,Dust buildup seems to vary with the weather. In the winter when our New England air is so dry, static builds up more and more brushing is needed. Less so in summer.I did test static reduction in a simple and somewhat extreme way. Paul warned m... | |
| Belt stretch Rccc,Thanks for taking all the responses so civilly. I hope you don't feel too "mugged". What I have yet to see is anyone demonstrating a hearing sensitivity of X to speed fluctuation and correlating that speed difference to a belt drive system.I ... | |
| Belt stretch Rccc,What makes your limits (or mine) the ultimate arbiter of the possible? There may be one being who could claim that, but you're not Him/Her.Let's test your hypotheses with a few questions, taken straight from the musical casebooks:Do you have ... | |
| Mofi Cleaners Good move on ordering the new enzyme solution. It easily outperforms their older products IME. So do the enzyme based solutions from AIVS and Walker.DO NOT use your old brushes. The old MoFi solutions contained surfactants that left an audible fil... | |
| Upgrade for users of 1/2" mylar belt Dave,That seems like a great idea! Good out of the box thinking.Do you feel a convex surface is really necessary, assuming that guide lips have been added at the outer edges to keep the tape from wandering?I've never tried, maybe Thom or Chris Bra... | |
| Looking for ACCURATE SPEED turntable/tonearm combo Ketchup,As Dgarretson said, transient-induced speed variations are unlikely to be visible with a strobe. Our strobe wouldn't pick up most of them, though it's more resolving than the KAB (Paul built it in a CAD program). We're talking about time s... | |
| Tweaks that convince others you're truly nuts... Fun thread, Rushton.We've had visits from a local 'phile and former TAS reviewer. Among the tweaks he's brought along to try were the Shakti Hallographs. Cookies dipped in chocolate indeed!We all heard the differences they made, but in our room/sy... | |
| Upgrade for users of 1/2" mylar belt Frank,I use 1" wide splicing tape. I do not use a splicing block. I get better results by matching and cutting on a small sheet of glass sitting on a clean, flat surface. YMMV of course.Tools include a steel straightedge, an Xacto knife (a #11 bla... | |
| ZYX too light for my Shroeder arm. Help Brnlaw,Unfortunately, the silver base cannot be added by the owner. It is permanently installed by Nakatsuka-san during assembly of the cartridge. DougP.S. For fun, I've tried using external headshell weights with a ZYX. Bad idea. The sound, while... | |
| ZYX too light for my Shroeder arm. Help Hi Petug,1. You didn't mention which ZYX you have, but if it doesn't have the optional SB or GB weight then you've got the wrong cartridge for that tonearm. An unweighted ZYX will never perform well on a Schroeder Model Two. 2. Schroeder offers a... | |
| Are Digitally mastered LPs any better than CDs? Good summary by Johnnyb53. Sampling rates when cutting/pressing vinyl are unlimited and bandwidth is far greater than RBCD. Another point, there's no need for the brickwall filter at 22kHz, which is a part of every RBCD and player. That filter cau... | |
| Looking for ACCURATE SPEED turntable/tonearm combo I'll echo what Mard51 and Johnnyb53 posted. Buying on a budget means choosing between compromises. If speed accuracy/stability is primary then no inexpensive (< $4K) belt drive will provide what you seek. The brand doesn't matter. They're all a... | |
| Which Record Cleaning Machine? The string based machines (Loricraft, used Keith Monks or Odyssey) are superior in both build quality and cleaning functionality to any VPI. I've cleaned 35 LP's non-stop in a single session on my Loricraft. I was worn out but it would have kept r... | |
| What's wrong with my ProJect 9.1? Mikeyc8, try these...1. Check your VTF (ignore the dial on your tonearm, if any, use a decent VTF scale). Excessively high VTF will cause a cartridge to sound as you described.2. Reduce or even eliminate antiskate. Excessive antiskate sounds almos... |