drbond
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| Anyone Still Using Zerodust @mulveling What is the precise process by which you use the Magic Eraser? Do you just drop the stylus onto the surface of the sponge, and then lift? | |
| Ultrasonic record cleaners @antinn Thanks for the word of caution about Photo Flo. Do you know if the solvent in Photo Flo could adversely affect the LP at all? | |
| Anyone Still Using Zerodust I don’t see much mention of anyone using Stylast stylus cleanser, with its very soft brush. . . | |
| Ultrasonic record cleaners @lewm What is that much alcohol (25%) supposed to do in the ultrasonic bath? | |
| Ultrasonic record cleaners Thanks for everyone sharing their knowledge and experience in this thread. As a consequence, I have modified my ultrasonic cleaning process in several ways: 1. I extended the de-gassing cycle to the time it takes to warm up the water bath to 35 C... | |
| how were copies of vinyl made in "third-party" countries From my experience I can tell you that every LP I’ve listened to from the former eastern bloc (USSR, Czech, etc.) is awful. The only reason I bought them was to listen to a performance by historically important musicians, who were among the best ... | |
| Ultrasonic record cleaners While I’ve heard great things about the expensive US cleaners, I couldn’t justify the 3k price, given I only had a few hundred LP's, so I bought the VEVOR for $200, and it seems to do an excellent job. I don’t know how it would compare to other cl... | |
| Cables to settle brightness I haven't read the other comments, but if you have a problem with brightness, I wouldn't look to cables for the fix. Firstly, look at room treatments: sound absorbers, etc. Secondly, find out which component of yours is causing the brightness, ... | |
| Preamps can color sound considerably. Surprising? In my experience, a passive pre-amplifier does not color the sound (much) at all. All active pre-amplifiers, even running my same Ypsilon pre-amplifier in active mode (vs. passive mode) color the sound to a greater degree. | |
| Phono Stage Upgrade From what I read, and from what people with experience have directly related to me, there are a few very good options, and neither would necessarily be wrong, but just different: Ypsilon and EM/IA phono stages could be considered two of the best ... | |
| Tube preamp recommendations for Pass X260.8 monos If you want transparency and neutrality, nothing that I’m aware of would beat an Ypsilon PST 100 Mk2, run in passive mode. | |
| New Rega P10 setup @marktheshark I used a P8 for a few years. I learned that anything and everything affects the SQ. You can have it on an isolated platform, and it sounds one way; place isolation pucks under it and it sounds differently; place rubber feet under i... | |
| First record cleaner I would think that most would recommend an ultrasonic record cleaner. The shiny, best ones are a few thousand dollars, but you can get a VEVOR ultrasonic cleaner for records for only $200, and it seems to work quite well… | |
| Direct Drive @terry9 I may have misunderstood you, but you mentioned that "there is no such thing as instantaneous speed measurement in the real world": AnalogMagik software does measure instantaneous speed. I think Fremer may use it, or possibly have some... | |
| Weak Link in chain as I upgrade from mid-fi? Here’s what you don’t want to hear: unfortunately, the more you spend, the better the sound. At every step along the way, there’s going to be a mismatch, where one part of your system exposes weaknesses of another part of your system. There’s no w... |