elliottbnewcombjr
Responses from elliottbnewcombjr
| What Is Most Important? Content, r2r tapes and lps best, and sharing with like minded friends. | |
| What's the 911 on re-tips? bigwave 1 Dave, ’finish’? Am I missing some humor? a joke because I often think/say "I’m Done"? I never thought I would have as many cartridges as I do. Problem is, I do research and keep my eye out for friends, and if they don’t jump on a new ... | |
| What's the 911 on re-tips? lewm, cost seems to define ’mediocre’ for you and many. I defend my ’mediocre’ choices. there is nothing mediocre about using Shure’s damped brush when needed for warped lps. "Agreed. The brush was one of the prime reasons the cartridge could h... | |
| Best yo to pack and ship Oppo DVD player btw, McIntosh will sell you a set of OEM double boxes for their units, mail empty to you, then you can safely ship the heavy beasts and the buyer gets OEM boxes, a nice selling inducement. I've been to the factory in Binghamton (amazing, huge), h... | |
| Best yo to pack and ship Oppo DVD player Insurance, and a later insurance claim requires double boxing. If you box and buy the insurance, you can keep the cost lower for buyers, however, because you paid for the insurance, any claim must be dealt with by you. It takes time, not always s... | |
| How long should speaker cables be? from any vintage McIntosh manual. They have a chart with recommended guage/distances. "Added resistance causes depreciation of damping characteristics, modification of frequency response and reduction in power to the loudspeaker. Use lamp cord or... | |
| What's the 911 on re-tips? I have done exactly this a few times lately, with great results, also using and highly recommending Steve Leung and his son Ray at VAS. Happily for me, they are only 35 minutes from my house and we have become friends. I don’t do big money cartri... | |
| The review wehave been promising is up that's it, I'm done here. thanks to those that helped me these past 2 years/ | |
| The review wehave been promising is up I’m disturbed by how easily people say nasty things on this site. | |
| Is There A Device For Home Use That Can Measure How Low The Bass In My Speakers Is? It’s not just how low, it’s also how equal in level all frequencies are top to bottom, IN YOUR ROOM. I have test lp's and cds, this, my favorite test cd has 29 specific 1/3 octave tones. https://www.discogs.com/release/7290000-Various-Amazing-... | |
| Update needed The Luxman is wide and shallow, 2nd arm on the left, fits certain locations. The JVC Victor 2 arm Plinth CL-P2 like mine is less wide but deeper, 2nd arm in the back. click ’images’ on this page https://www.google.com/search?q=jvc+plinth+pl-2&a... | |
| Update needed IF you like Jazz, there are a heckofalotta great MONO LP’s out there. I was convinced here to try a real mono cartridge. It is definitely better: a bit, some, a lot. Thus, you want a tonearm with removable headshell, and an alternate MONO cartri... | |
| ADCOM HC/E II cartridge mothballed 25 years ago. I revived my AT440ml cartridge I had kept unused for over 20 years. Had no more than 20 hrs on it. I thought the rubber would be hard, but after I thoroughly cleaned the whole tip/cantilever/rubber suspension and let it break itself in playing a ... | |
| Help…looking to buy turntable I suggest you search hifishark.com. turntable price range 400 min 1200 max. always look above your budget, just to know, for +$200. I could have .... then see what fits or surprisingly below budget. over: NOS Micro-Seiki, asking 1,200. make of... | |
| Sony SACD Player SCD-XA5400ES; YAY or NAY? will3 live anywhere near 07062. I've become friends with some nearby members, we might make a small listening group if gatherings are ever comfortable, now it's 2 at a time mostly here. I think the upgrade bug has been caged. I'm living vicariou... |