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| Is it the Windex? Almost any time someone wet cleans a record without vacuuming it, as far as I'm concerned they are making it much harder to clean effectively even if you have a great cleaning regimen that includes vacuuming. Think about it: anything that is left ... | |
| How do you perform a burn in on a tonearm cable? You could also seek out Alan Kafton's "Cable Cooker" or someone with that device-I'm sure that one has the ability to burn in phono cables. Other alternatives might be (not sure whether they have the capability to deal with a mini-din phono) the N... | |
| Phono Amp Recommendations "The budget is about $2K and I'd like it to have some fairly easy variety in loading and maybe gain as well although I'm into low gain cartridges."Aqvox Phono 2CIFully balanced (you'll need to go balanced from the phono leads), no need to even wor... | |
| Finding ultra-pure water locally... Tbg: My comments regarding distillation were only with respect to the fact that distilled water is a far cry from ultrapure as the original poster intimated (ie. ultrapure, lab grade, triple distilled all essentially being the same).With respect t... | |
| Finding ultra-pure water locally... Hi Albert: I just did a quick web search, coming up with Nerl Diagnostics Reagent grade with those numbers on the Nerl website without pricing and another website offering the Nerl water for sale with pricing. If I'm not mistaken and reading the p... | |
| Finding ultra-pure water locally... Ultrapure/lab grade/triple distilled/reverse osmosis water are NOT the same thing. For example, while reverse osmosis is effective in removing a wide range of impurities including ions and distillation is another technique to head water in the rig... | |
| Review: Virtual Dynamics Power 3 - Sixth Anniversary Edition Power cord I was one of the lucky recipients of Virtual Dynamics recent Christmas Power 3 giveaway and have been living happily with a new Power 3 for a week or so now.I've been very pleasantly surprised with this cord. Initial impressions are quite positive... | |
| My slow descent into retro MC madness... Morgenholz: If you are going to a multiarm setup and are considering another 103 or 103R, here is some food for thought (and relatively economical, at that) with respect to the 103/103R:http://www.thomas-schick.com/Denon103.htmThe wood bodies can ... | |
| My slow descent into retro MC madness... Unfortunately nobody is around to educate audiophile consumers about the very necessary matching one has to undertake to achieve optimal results with analog and particularly low output MC cartridges these days. The good news is that there is a lot... | |
| Affordable Power Cords I'm always interested in a little experimentation and would be interested in trying one. | |
| Deep scratches on vinyl-bad for stylus? I don't think that there's any definitive study or proof, but I have a great deal of difficulty believing that playing vinyl with deep scratches and similar damage is not going to affect stylus and/or cartridge life. Think about it for a minute. W... | |
| Considering going Vinyl--Please talk me out of it Being completely serious for a minute, I would not bother going into vinyl unless your musical tastes and the music you want to buy was recorded prior to the digital age or around 1982.I listen primarily to jazz, older rock (late 60's to late 70's... | |
| Deep Cleaning Records With Steam? If you have the space available to set up a cleaning area, my advice is to source a junk turntable (Goodwill, your local audio dealer may have taken some crappy trade-ins), which is what I've done. This is the perfect platform for both applying fl... | |
| Sealed MOFI's on eBay Post above should have said it was auctioned for $47 when you can mail order for $34.99. | |
| Sealed MOFI's on eBay MoFi is also currently releasing material on vinyl. A copy of Coleman Hawkins "The Hawk Flies High" was just auctioned on Audiogon when you can mail order it for $34.99. Go figure. |