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| Some thoughts on dust covers @wyoboy Using a feather duster on occasion isn't a PITA at all. It literally takes less than a minute every once in a while. Managing a big acrylic dustcover most certainly is a PITA. I previously had a Clearaudio Ovation with a single 9" arm, a... | |
| Some thoughts on dust covers @wyoboy I don't need a dustcover, nor do I even want a dustcover. Whether it's $120 or $350 it won't make a difference for anything anyway, IMO. But as I mentioned earlier it's also impractical for me. There is really no way I can site one on my... | |
| What are you using to clean LP album covers? I don’t bother. If it’s a new record I wrap it in a Sleeve City 5mil outer as soon as I remove the factory shrink wrap. If it’s used I just leave it as is and put it in an outer sleeve. | |
| Some thoughts on dust covers I think for all those who think using a dustcover is a panacea, turn out the lights and cast a UV light on the playing surface and tell me it's dust free. [hint: it isn't] A lot of high end tables (like mine) don't really even support using a dus... | |
| Some thoughts on dust covers @elliottbnewcombjr I use a center weight and peripheral ring on my Clearaudio Innovation and they work quite well. However, the turntable is designed for them I also use Clearaudio's versions so they fit and do the job perfectly. | |
| Some thoughts on dust covers I have a Clearaudio Innovation with two tonearms so a dustcover is out of the question anyway. It would be expensive to have one made, and impractical and cumbersome to use when the TT isn’t in use. I just don’t bother covering it with anything. I... | |
| What devices have you found useful when inspecting your stylii for cleanliness? I have a handheld 60x scope with an integrated LED lamp. I think I paid about $12-15 for it on Amazon and recently had to replace the little cell batteries, but it does the job just fine. | |
| Looking for a new phon cartridge @noromance @kennyc Any Koetsu will have to be NOS or used. The builder died and the company closed operations. | |
| Looking for a new phon cartridge If you find a LOMC cartridge too hot or too bright, maybe the real problem is phono-stage loading. Trying increasing that (i.e. lower resistive values). I have Lyra Atlas and DV XVX-1s cartridges and I can definitely make them sound overly bright... | |
| Air Tight Opus 1........ @ckr1969 I also have the Atlas Lambda Mono. The SL is similar sound signature and performance. | |
| Air Tight Opus 1........ Would be curious how it stacks up to my Lyra Altas Lambda SL for about the same price. Not that I plan to make a change anytime soon or ever. Everything you describe about it matches how I described my Lyra after I first started using it. | |
| What is the first thing you do when you unwrap a new vinyl record? Clean it (Degritter Mk II, DW only), give it a fresh inner sleeve and a 5mil outer sleeve (for single/gatefold LPs), then I play it, and within a few days I catalog it. | |
| What Holiday Gifts did you ask for or Give to Yourself? With all this talk about cars, ...my wife told me the other night she thinks I should get myself a Porsche Macan GTS. I would love to but I just don't drive enough to justify it. I put more miles (about 6000) on my bicycles every year than on my c... | |
| What Holiday Gifts did you ask for or Give to Yourself? I'm giving myself a Boulder 1108 phono-stage to replace a Naim Superline/Supercap I have now. It won't arrive until January though. | |
| Clearaudio Clarify Help Needed! @dover Thank you for making that correction about Clarify VTF adjustment. I noticed it was wrong but no longer have that arm and haven’t for some time, so let it go. The Clarify, Magnify, Universal (and Tracer I think) all adjust VTF using the kn... |