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| Record Cleaning - Cartridge Damage As far as cleaning the stylus...I was told to NEVER USE a cleaning pad that has those short, dense, thick fibers that look like velvet. One slip or inadvertent backward motion, and the cryin' starts, because you might have just done cantilever or ... | |
| Best source of lead shot? Herman, to paraphraze a famous quote, "We have nothing to worry about except for worry itself!" Worrying cause additional stress and worry. So I would be worried about worrying! | |
| What to do... US Postal Money order not received. According to information given to me by a Postal Clerk, "Over night mail can take two days to arrive." Huh??? What the heck is that...a Polar night! | |
| What should a typical house voltage read/be? All is well! I believe voltage will usually come in between 117 V. to 125 V. I recently upgraded from an ancient wall outlet to a high grade outlet, as well as cleaning wire ends and terminals (MAKE SURE THAT THE CIRCUIT BREAKER OR FUSE IS OFF!) a... | |
| Stereophile's A+ vs A rating leaves a question Keis, there are several exceptional after market facilities that do repairs and modifications. If you own a classic piece of equipment, there will always be someone to do the work (look at the old tube gear from the '60's....Marantz, Dynaco, etc. ... | |
| Stereophile's A+ vs A rating leaves a question Just spoke today with Andy Bowman at Vintage Tube Services (616-454-3467) about this same question of availability. Relax! These tubes (Nu-vistors) are in plentiful supply. The was a story awhile back that Musical Fidelity bought up all of the rem... | |
| Stereophile's A+ vs A rating leaves a question If you're interested in Red Book only, the Audio Aero Capitole was the CD player that captured the hearts (and ears)of many, myself included, at the Las Vegas C.E.S./The EXPO shows. Great upsampling makes this unit sound very analog like. The usua... | |
| New dvd players without the chroma bug? Sorry to show my ignorance, but what is a "chroma bug"? Thanks in advance, fellow A'goners! | |
| Best source of lead shot? Police use steel shot so as not to produce a toxic biohazard (lead) which can leach into the ground water supply! At indoor ranges, nobody would use steel shot because of ricochet problems. The lead can be a hazard because of dust created by impac... | |
| Best source of lead shot? NO IRON SHAVINGS!!! Get just one 'of em into your electronics, and you're asking for trouble! | |
| Tubes in SET amps? You can also speak with Joe Fratus of Art Audio. He's a great guy and excellent source of info about all things SET and the tubes for them. he's at www.artaudio.com or tel # 401-826-8286. It is my understanding that due to the operating parameters... | |
| Best source of lead shot? Lead shot IS NOT in the same category as lead paint. The hazard of lead paint is twofold: 1) Sanding old surfaces produce lead dust, even if the original lead paint is sealed under several layers of non-lead paint. Inhalation is EXTREMELY HAZARDOU... | |
| Most "Musical" speakers Do you want a smaller monitor, or a full size floor stander? Also, conventional cone drivers or electrostats/planers? | |
| I need some advice on speakers.. I may be mistaken, but I thought that the Super Eclipse had a rather large (deep) foot print. Sorry to be negative about Bobby's Merlin VSM-M's but I heard 'em (two different rooms) at the C.E.S. Can't figure out what all the hoopla is about. Yeah... | |
| Tube Question Just cured this exact problem (Atma-sphere MP-3) with tube replacement. Same family of tubes...mine were 12AU7's. I highly recommend N.O.S. Make sure that wherever you get them from, you have a return privilege, in case they turn out to be noisy o... |