dwette
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| What was your first record? My first album was actually three all at once. Got them as a 12th birthday present (August, 1970): 1. Grateful Dead, Workingman's Dead 2. Soundtrack from Woodstock 3. Jimi Hendrix, Band of Gypsies | |
| MoFi lawsuit @bigtwin whether or not I'm happy with my MoFi titles is irrelevant. MoFi was blatantly dishonest and misrepresented the product. I agree they should be punished. Maybe that will change the industry for the better, such that other labels who won'... | |
| MoFi lawsuit I have about 60 MoFi that fall under the settlement, which should be worth a couple/few hundred in credit to me. However, the paperwork for all those was too overwhelming for the return on effort, so I did nothing. They really should have forced M... | |
| Clearaudio universal tonearm re-wire. @mijostyn I have not toured in Europe. It’s on my bucket list. Maybe I’ll do a Trek Tour. I have heard good things about that. SRAM and Shimano electronic drivetrains work great for me. No one around here uses Campy on new bikes, and I think it’s... | |
| Clearaudio universal tonearm re-wire. @mijostyn I am getting a Moots Vamoots RCS, SRAM Red AXS 46/33 x 10-33, Zip 353 NSW wheels. I'll run 32mm tires tubeless. I ride gravel, a '18 Salsa Warbird Carbon with a Lauf fork, Shimano GRX Di2 38T x 10-42, and Easton gravel wheels tubeless w... | |
| Clearaudio universal tonearm re-wire. @mijostyn I’m 65 and still cycle about 5600 miles year. I don’t plan to slow down, although the last months have been on hold after a motorist in May decided their iPhone was more important than my safety. I’m just getting back to riding after sev... | |
| Clearaudio universal tonearm re-wire. @mijostyn I know you like to tinker and figure out how to take things apart and fix them. I think that’s awesome, but I'm really not much of a DIY person myself, although I know my way around my bicycles well enough. I really have no desire to try... | |
| Clearaudio universal tonearm re-wire. @mijostyn There is no compelling reason to rewire my tonearms while they are presently intact. That’s just a waste of money and time. They are fine for now. If the leads break I’ll cross that bridge when I come to it, in which case I’ll probably j... | |
| Woody Shaw- Blackstone Legacy I got my copy this weekend and is it great. FYI: even though the web site and hype sticker say it was mastered/cut by Kevin Gray, that's wrong. It's done by Bernie Grundman. The two discs have his very recognizable "BG" scribbled in the run outs. | |
| Clearaudio universal tonearm re-wire. @mulveling Thanks for weighing in on this. I agree with you. OMG: I had a Clarify and then a Magnify. Those magnetic bearings arms are just evil. Add a pair of subs to the mix and listen to the feedback go completely crazy. Musical Surroundings do... | |
| Clearaudio universal tonearm re-wire. @mijostyn I can confirm that looking at a Clearaudio Universal tonearm does not result in broken head shell wires. I have hours of experience doing just that and it never happened. The truth of the matter is that the fragility of the head shell w... | |
| What Cartridge Manufacturers Will Retip Their Moving Coil Cartridges For A Fee? I have two Lyra Atlas Lambda (SL + Mono) and a DV XV-1s. I am happy for them to get a rebuild. I don't see a need to get a whole new cartridge out of it. A rebuild the way Lyra and DV do it is pretty much the same thing anyway. It costs an arm and... | |
| Clearaudio universal tonearm re-wire. @hiendmmoe @mijostyn is happy to offer his expertise, but he didn’t answer my question about his real-world experience with this arm. His advice is very good if not painfully obvious to most of us doing our own setup. I wonder if he’s touched or... | |
| What Cartridge Manufacturers Will Retip Their Moving Coil Cartridges For A Fee? Lyra rebuild Etna and Altas cartridges. Dynavector rebuild the XV-1s and XV-1t cartridges. They go back to Japan. It's more than a retip. You get all new internals, including dampers/suspension. Only the body and magnets are reused. For both brand... | |
| Clearaudio universal tonearm re-wire. @mijostyn All good advice that I follow anyway. However, I know that my dealer does all those things too, and has broken wires. Once, Musical Surroundings sent me a warranty replacement Universal and when it arrived two of the head shell wires we... |