eldartford
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| My Dumb Question of the Day It's called "needle talk". They all do it. Just a guess, but I bet it comes from the compliant vinyl reacting to stylus forces. The stylus wouldn't have enough area to produce audible sound. | |
| Please explain In solid state amps there is an adjustment commonly called "bias". It does not set a level of current, as in a tube amp, but it equalizes current from the complementary set of output transistors so that when there is no signal being amplified the ... | |
| Phono PreBiamplification I am disappointed that only one person out of more than a hundred had any comment on this idea. The audio hobby has changed since I was young. Back then our discussions revolved around technical ideas which you could experiment with, like this pos... | |
| Checking Anti-Skate? In perusing a catalog I happened to note that pickups designed for DJs still track at 5 to 6 grams. Of course DJs do terrible things to their pickups so they need to be built like tanks. | |
| Ohm Walsh speakers; Anyone have any experience The original Walsh speakers (which sean enthuses so much about) are one of two designs that ever "blew my socks off". The other was KLH9 Electrostatics. Now that I could afford the Walsh speakers, and a suitable power amp, they aren't made anymore... | |
| Denon 103? Shure V15? AT OC9? guidance Every phono cartridge sounds a bit different (like every microphone) and people have their own opinions. You should try to listen to several cartridges using the same LP, and form your own opinion.For what it's worth, my experience over several de... | |
| Checking Anti-Skate? Buscis2...Back then there were enough real improvements to be made that people didn't need to get worked up over magic speaker wire and cryogenicly processed wall outlets. | |
| Checking Anti-Skate? 5 grams was the recommended downforce for the GE pickup (Monophonic) that was commonly used in the 1950's. Other pickups were similar. 5 grams was easy to set because a US Nickle coin is 5 grams, exactly. You could calibrate your finger with the c... | |
| General opinion about ADCOM amplifiers I have had a bunch of Adcom amps..I keep buying them because they are entirely satisfactory. The old 535 (100 watts @ 4ohms) may be "musical" (whaterver that means) but it doesn't drive Magneplanars like the 5503 (350 watts @ 4ohms). | |
| Checking Anti-Skate? Skating force depends on a whole lot of things...where you are on the record...groove modulation...vertical tracking force, and more. You can only set it for best overall results. (That's why linear tracking arms were invented).Shure put out a tes... | |
| Cleaning Records 4yanx....Relax!...In a casual way I complement you on the comprehensive writeup about cleaning records. If you enjoy cleaning records that's OK with me. People with antique cars spend more time polishing them than driving.Does music exist to serve... | |
| Cleaning Records 4yanx...Good grief!!!.. I am sure you are correct. That's why I mostly play CDs. | |
| Maggie 1.6QR vs 2.7QR Jab...When I found that the 2.7 was unavailable I considered the 3.5 model with ribbon tweeter. But I actually prefer the QR tweeter (not to mention reliability concerns) and am quite happy with my 1.6 set. One should listen and decide for one's s... | |
| Cleaning Records 25 percent alcohol and 75 percent water...Sounds like gin to me!... Don't laugh...It might work. | |
| Cleaning Records I'm sure that some LP purists will scream bloody murder, but for really dirty records you can literally wash them under luke warm ordinary water in the kitchen sink. Use dishwashing soap, and some kind of fine brush or velvet cloth to wipe in the ... |