folkfreak
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| Replacing generic RECEPTACLES I have the Oyaide outlet plates and covers and I’m darned if I can tell if they make a difference ... certainly pretty low on the value for money scale. They’re also a pain to fit and I have had threads stripped due to poor manufacturing tolerance... | |
| Lyra Atlas experiences @o_holter the Clavis Evolve was a limited model produced in 1999https://www.vinylengine.com/library/lyra/clavis-evolve-99.shtml | |
| Sellers and "Ambiguity" or "Integrity" of "item as described" descriptions on eBay @sisyphus51 actually eBay spun out PayPal in 2015 and are actually moving away from using them as their primary payment partnerhttp://money.cnn.com/2018/02/01/technology/paypal-ebay-payments-split-adyen/index.html | |
| What is a good cleaning agent for components neoblank is <10% alcohol and 30% mineral oil -- used in minute quantities it is safe for lettering (I found it as Liebherr supplies it with all their fridges)For perspex and other plastic surfaces a cleaner like Ultra Lite is idealhttps://www.g... | |
| Are there any really good cd cleaners out there? Another vote for L'Art du Son -- more than just a cleaner, a once over with this is a must even for brand new CDs | |
| What is a good cleaning agent for components And for metal surfaces a perfect cleaner is neoblank -- used exceedingly spaingly, cleans the surface with no residue and no risk of marking -- this is a huge quantity (75cl) -- can be found in 50ml packs which will last you for everhttps://www.am... | |
| What is the typical resistance across the various terminals of a MC phono cartridge? @almarg that seems a high current level, I was drawing on the specs as posted here ... of course we both agree it’s not something you should do. Am I stupid to presume that applying current at these levels to an MC would actually cause the cantile... | |
| What is the typical resistance across the various terminals of a MC phono cartridge? Applying DC across your cartridge is a big no-no and may well have damaged your cart (assuming you used a multimeter to try and measure the coil resistance)Long discussion of this topic here in the context of some designs of demag circuits that ma... | |
| Audio Research Ref 10 vs 40th Anniversary preamp While I have considered moving to the Ref 10 (and the Ref 10 phono) what puts me off is the complexity that's been added in both of these components relative to the Ref 40 -- complexity that to me brings no value. What I'm talking about is all of ... | |
| Audio Research Ref 10 vs 40th Anniversary preamp I’d give a call to Randy at Optimal Enchantment in Santa Monica and ask him. He sold me my Ref 40 and now sells lots of Ref 10s. I suspect the answer is that they sound similar but that the Ref 10 delivers more of the same ... now I suspect we’re ... | |
| Running DCS Vivladi DIRECT? It must be very sad to believe that everything we find attractive in this hobby is an artifact or coloration ...I found this a very interesting piece on how our hearing workshttps://www.scientificamerican.com/article/theres-an-inverse-piano-in-you... | |
| Running DCS Vivladi DIRECT? @georgehifi -- I'm very happy with the verdant, lush, wild and exciting primal woodland panorama my tube based active pre-amp gives me thank you very much and will not be spending a moment more worrying about fussing with going back to a direct co... | |
| New Vinyl A stunner on Vinyl is the new Mary Chapin Carpenter, Sometimes Just The SkyVia download or streaming this sounds like nothing but the vinyl is a beautiful natural acoustic recording (with some annoying vocal echo on a couple of tracks) -- reminds ... | |
| RECORDS THAT HAVE IMPRESSED PEOPLE SO MUCH THEY BOUGHT MY STEREO I just posted a specific link to this but it's about as clean and direct a recording of a string quartet as you could wish for, try track 2 (Assez Vif) and see your jaw hit the floor -- last few copies on LP are being dumped for a bargain price ($... | |
| Running DCS Vivladi DIRECT? Fine -- and when I change my phono stage and drop from 45dB gain to 40dB the 0.2V may also be a better match than the 0.6mVBut still no explanation of why the direct connection does such a relatively worse job of handling dynamic range (if we put ... |