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| Steam cleaning records 2 Crem1, I took out a record which I bought several years ago for $8.00 by Clifton Chenier "King of the Bayous". This vinyl had so many marks on both sides, it was impossible to even see the scratches, but when both sides were played, the noise leve... | |
| Most transparent amp you've heard? Atmosphere puts it well......"Ultimately transparency turned out to be "a lack of audible distortion, which would otherwise mask detail".I have the Halcro DM58 Monoblocks which have ultra low-distortion as their main aim. I also have the Halcro DM... | |
| Steam cleaning records 2 Does anyone use steam cleaning ALONE? In other words, without the additional steps of cleaning fluids and rinse off? | |
| Triplanar arm level w/right VTA for ZYX Universe? I have the ZYX Universe in the 12" DaVinci Grandezza on a Raven AC-3 and I found in comparison to the sound of the Dynavector DV1s on my other arm (Continuum Copperhead), that a better life and balance for the Universe was found to be with an elev... | |
| Subwoofer Advice For Stereo Music System, Not HT I second what Pacific_island and Samhar have said.The Vandersteen 2wq Subs are sealed boxes (not ported) and so the bass is real and tight (not bloated and full like the ported designs).Having 2 of them as a stereo pair not only will give you the ... | |
| Deep Cleaning Records With Steam? Thanks Davidsss,I'll look around. | |
| Capacitor log Mundorf Silver in Oil Volleyguy,Duelund will make up a capacitor to any value you require. Have to spoken to Frederik?The value of spending big bucks on the Duelunds comes with having a minimum number of caps, inductors, resistors in the path of the signal.I have my wo... | |
| Deep Cleaning Records With Steam? Does anyone know of a dual-voltage hand-held steamer?I'm in Australia where it's 240 volts and believe it or not.........you cannot seem to be able to buy one in this country? | |
| Source or speaker "Build your system around speakers that knock you out.Then find an amp that matches the speakers.Everything else will fall into place."Audiofeil says it well....and correctly. | |
| What capacitor values? Rodman,Just wanted to thank you again for your help.I soldered in some cheap caps of 40uF for the mids and tried both 4.7uf and 5.6uf for the tweeters while I waited for my Duelund caps to be made and sent.Established that the 40uF and 5.6uf were ... | |
| Capacitor log Mundorf Silver in Oil I've just installed Dueland capacitors in my speakers.40uF for the Mids and 5.6uF for the tweeters.You will not be disappointed.The purity, transparency and utter lack of any grain has transported my sound to the realms of ethereal.I have also cha... | |
| Thoughts on Phantom vs Copperhead? I envy you Sirspeedy,I ripped a tendon in my shoulder doing my favourite cross-court top-spin and it won't repair itself.Seems my tennis days may be over.What price Nadal winning Wimbledon this year? | |
| Thoughts on Phantom vs Copperhead? Sirspeedy,As Downunder says.....you know what I think about the Copperhead.But, surprisingly, since Thomas from Raven sent me the stainless steel spacers to elevate the DaVinci 12" Grandezza so that its locking collar grips tightly, its performanc... | |
| Whats the best record cleaning fluid? On the advice of some of the contributors here, I purchased some Art du Son cleaning fluid and mixed up about 2 litres worth of the concentrate with distilled water.I poured about a litre into my Raven RCM and stored the remaining litre in a clear... | |
| The use of equipment as "tone controls" Eweedhome, to my ears there have been only 1 set of commercially available speakers that sound like music.....the original Martin Logan CLS.Those speakers 'opened' the sound stage and seemed to create space and transparency from whence real voices... |