ho72
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| Preamp predicament I searched Vinyl Asylum and found some generally good comments about the Alpha 9's phono stage, so I'm leaning toward other upgrades. In no particular order...The Zero's will stay until I get a proper sub, hopefully an NHT that will blend well wit... | |
| Preamp predicament Of the albums that I have on both vinyl and CD, I tend to prefer the vinyl. I always assumed that this is because my CD player is a 300 disc Sony jukebox and not anything special. | |
| Preamp predicament Well, the NHTs pretty much have to stay. If they get replaced, it will have to be with something nearly identical in size.As far as the sub, I admit its shortcomings freely (it was a gift, so I kept it). For $300, can I do significantly better? | |
| Steam cleaning records 2 "Might they adversely affect the records we are so intent on preserving?" Absolutely, as might impurities in the air. That's why I'm building a vacuum chamber for my listening room.Yes, I'm joking. :) | |
| Steam cleaning records 2 Tvad,Without examining the ASTM specification and knowing more about the properties of vinyl, it's impossible for me to know much about its absorptive action, i.e. the rate of absorption. I can hazard a guess, however, that it's probably not const... | |
| Steam cleaning records 2 I should have added to my post above that I am making no claim or judgment about whether the rate of water absorption of PVC is significant, let alone beneficial. I am just remarking on an observed property of the material. | |
| Steam cleaning records 2 I've seen data sheets on PVC which list water absorption properties. A data sheet might read:Water Absorption % increase 24 hrs @ 25°C (ASTM D570)The percentage is usually less than .5%, sometimes much less, but it does indicate that PVC *can* abs... | |
| Trying to get in to vinyl, turntable suggestions? Many of the entry level audiophile turntables are constructed of... not much. MDF is a popular component and glued on motors are not unheard of. Many are very fussy to adjust properly when adustments are offered at all. Some have issues with speed... | |
| Steam cleaning records 2 Hi Kipdent,Look in Walgreen's small appliance section. Some seem to stock them, some don't. I recently found (but did not buy) the old Perfection steamer in one WG, so try more than one store.As an option, consider the Shark from Kmart. I audition... | |
| Steam cleaning records 2 Glass Plus has been hailed as a good cleaner in some forums. I have used it as a pre-treat (cut with water, 1:1) prior to steaming some particularly cruddy albums. I can't say that the results were superior, but my technique at the time did not in... | |
| Magnesium headhells for a Dynavector? Carbon fiber headshell? Where? What's it weigh? How much? | |
| Maybe your turntable setup is actually okay . . . All I can add is to agree that new does not equal good.A Rega cartridge I bought recently was so very obviously flawed that no microscope was needed to see that the cantilever was misaligned in two axes. There is no possibility that anyone (sober)... | |
| Steam cleaning records 2 I tried a Shark Steam Bottle which also utilized a trigger to pump water into the heating chamber. I personally did not care for this added requirement, much preferring to simply hold down the trigger on a Perfection-like model (also a Shark brand... | |
| Steam cleaning records 2 Crem, thanks for the update on the MC steamer, as well as the info on Peak water. | |
| Steam cleaning records 2 Sorry Tvad, I don't mean to be argumentative or difficult, I'm just asking the the general population here whether they think that water from a single distillation process is inferior or equal to a lower tier reagent grade RO water.Crem, there are... |