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| Diamond Stylus Enters the 4th Dimension Dissolve Adhesive Story:I have a Vintage Audio-Technica AT440ML, microline on aluminum.Unused for 20 years (I preferred brush feature of Shure V15VxMR)Recently revived it. The cantilever, and up into the body of the cartridge was FULL of black jun... | |
| FM tuner fans, somebody get this! Early Live Stereo RadioI never researched it, I just jumped about, it seems it started in 1924 as AM Stereo, two AM tuners, two AM stations to two mono amps ..Then RCA (others?) tried AM/FM Stereo Broadcast early 50's, then FM Multiplex. History... | |
| FM tuner fans, somebody get this! I've got a Fisher FM80 Mono FM tuner from 1958 downstairshttp://www.fisherconsoles.com/non%20console%20manuals/fisher%20fm80%20om.pdfAnd a multi-plex adapter somewhere, also Fisher I thinkAnd the matching Fisher AM 80 Mono AM Tuner https://worldra... | |
| FM tuner fans, somebody get this! I love my McIntosh mx110z, Tube Tuner/Preamp, awesome FM and Phono sound.If I was robbed, I would get another without hesitation.Most people have never heard truly great FM.Richard Modafferi, famous McIntosh Tuner designerhttps://spectrum.ieee.org... | |
| Diamond Stylus Enters the 4th Dimension Seems like a bad glue job, 4 months of vibrations shook it loose. Nice it has a warranty, could have happened 1 month after warranty expired, like several of my Sony cameras!A NUDE diamond is a whole miniature diamond, inserted or glued to the c... | |
| What's the best and/or favorite piece of equipment you've owned? And do you still own it? Small Home Theater Front SpeakersDBX Soundfield 100http://www.hifi-classic.net/review/dbx-soundfield-100-135.htmlI told Donna, walking into 6th Avenue Electronics flagship store on 6th avenue (39th/40th street?): "We’re not buying, just a quick li... | |
| Vinyl Accessories - Skip It or Buy It! As for cleaning, I read so much conflicting results that I went all manual, bought a kit with drying rack for 10 lps. batches of 10 at a time is what makes the difference for me.https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07GSSQ1MN/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_a... | |
| Vinyl Accessories - Skip It or Buy It! Do you have a dust issue? i.e. forced hot air/ac system, with a supply/return grille causing air flow with dust?IF so, perhaps a separate fine filter applied to that grille, removable for periodic cleaning.I always preferred Shure cartridges with ... | |
| Warm up time for record playing IF it is true, it is your ears/brain taking 45 minutes, not the equipment | |
| change amps or speakers Those speakers are for 'midrange lovers'Without a doubt, I suggest you try new and more efficient speakers with a tighter measured frequency balance.this from their web site I find funny:" The speaker is moderately efficient and its impedance ave... | |
| Going back to whence I came... I was never taught properly, I cannot write a paragraph, I make nearly every sentence separate so each point can be 'found' separately. I had a highly revered Onkyo CD player, dual individually matched Burr Brown processors, .. heavy ... shielding... | |
| Record Care Regime can I do better ? I’m too cheap to buy anything expensive, if I can get results manually. I can afford it, but have nowhere to set it up if I bought ...I started cleaning my old LP’s, nasty, mine, or given to me by friends when they went to CD’s. Cleaned, they soun... | |
| What's the best and/or favorite piece of equipment you've owned? And do you still own it? My first decent speakers age 19, were AR2x. I was ransacked years later, took me a lot of years to get over the loss of those speakers. | |
| Advice on best mid priced MM cartridge choice for Rega P3 (2016) chacksterI came across this Stanton Catalog, two interesting technical performance and stylus type charts. http://lcweb2.loc.gov/master/mbrs/recording_preservation/manuals/Stanton%20Product%20Catalog.pdfwhat is the difference between Stereohedron ... | |
| Phonostage, preamp or amp? get a great signal before you amplify it!from another current thread: I was given a McIntosh C28 SS preamp, along with McIntosh 2250 SS Amp many years ago, used for many years.I dedided to get back to tubes, had the factory certify them, sold the... |