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Vinyl Care
  @antinn Yeah, right! "If you are curious, here is the patent for LAST - 1499067499117143667-05389281.  It’s nothing more than a perfluorinated oil dissolved in a perfluorinated solvent.  The fluid is applied, and the solvent evaporates leavin... 
Cable Quest
For years I used Radio Shack Mega Cable partly because it was as good as what Monster was peddling at the time and it was cheap. Also, Radio Shack provided a wide selection of quality termination options that were easy to use, reliable and also in... 
Whats on your turntable tonight?
Humble Pie - Smokin', Analog Productions LP  
Vinyl Care
@richardbrand Roger Russell called it "electret" or piezo with a beryllium cantilever and fine line stylus. "I think the Micro Acoustics 382 is a moving magnet cartridge, I suspect with removable stylus.  How many playing hours do you estimate y... 
Whats on your turntable tonight?
Linda Ronstadt - Get Closer, Asylum Records LP  
Vinyl Care
@richardbrand I'm completely humbled sir, you're right! @faustuss  As far as the diamond creating "static" as you people like to call it, last I heard diamonds are made of carbon which is the most conductive material known to man. You must s... 
DAC 'Scam' Vid
Companies like Chord Electronics which use Field Programmable Gate Arrays exclusively that provide up to a million taps which allows Chord to right extremely intricate and extensive code that results in arguably more sophisticated and higher perfo... 
Technics SL-1300G Turntable issues
@qwin You leave out of consideration that with each version of the 1200 series as well as the 1300 if you read Technic's litterateur each step in the model hierarchy has it's own variation of the direct drive motor that is exclusive to each. Which... 
What's in your CDP tonight? the minority report
Linda Ronstadt - Canciones de mi Padre, 2016 Digital Remaster Asylum CD  
Whats on your turntable tonight?
Linda Ronstadt - Living in the USA, Asylum Records LP  
Vinyl Care
@richardbrand There is no relationship between the specific electrical charge on the surface of a vinyl record and noise. As far as the diamond creating "static" as you people like to call it, last I heard diamonds are made of carbon which is the ... 
Technics SL-1300G Turntable issues
@baylinor If the base isn’t level, how are you going to determine with a spirit level if the platter has a wobble? You were responding to @dmorse6736 ’s inquiry about a 1mm wobble, were you not? Buy the way, the stylus plays the vinyl record whic... 
Whats on your turntable tonight?
Bob Marley and the Wailers - Exodus, 75th Anniversary Abbey Road Half Speed Master LP Jethro Tull - Stand Up, Analog Productions 2 x 45  
Technics SL-1300G Turntable issues
@baylinor I would think you'd want to make sure the base is level first! Take a short level and place it on different parts of the platter. Rotate the platter a quarter turn at a time and if your level bubble is in the middle through the entire ... 
Vinyl Care
@audition__audio I like your approach. I think the Spin Clean is just the thing for records you pick up at the used record store before ever setting my stylus down on them. I do follow that up with my unsealed record cleaning method as outlined in...