james1969
Responses from james1969
| Record Stores NYC Check out Academy Records 12 W 18th St. Been going there for years. | |
| What are the audio differences you hear with turntable Mats. I've been using the Boston Audio/Sakura mat for 15 years now, I just switched to Soundeck PM Black. I use the HRS record weight as well with both mats. For me, the Soundeck PM Black gives me a bit more separation and energy, it's subtle, but the... | |
| Turntable isolation @folkfreak I agree, you should not have competing isolation systems which will cancel each other out. | |
| Turntable isolation I've been considering two types of systems for isolation - active and passive. Active versions are microprocessor controlled isolation systems (Herzan) and passive versions are spring based (MinusK).The active solution is one-size-fits-all. The ... | |
| Torus power vs the competition @cousinbillyl Completely agree with you on realizing what it did to my system. Once I got my isolation transformer installed into my system, something had changed in the sound, and it took me a day to realize all the music was there minus the noi... | |
| Has a component ever changed your focus? A component may very well isolate and resolve an issue you are trying to fix, so then your focus will move on to the next issue you hear. | |
| New Vinyl Here's a new release from 2017 that sounds good:Cigarrettes After Sex (Partisan Records) | |
| Graham Phantom 1 Owner's Manual I am in need of the same manual, for the Phantom 1.0. Please let us know if/when you find one. | |
| Thumbs up for ultrasonic record cleaning A little late to the party, but here I am. My DIY kit came from Amazon today. I'm a believer. | |
| Most satisfying system change in 2017? The isolation transformer I went with is the Furman P-2400 IT. | |
| Most satisfying system change in 2017? Adding an isolation transformer to my system. | |
| Static Electricity on Vinyl There is a passive solution to static on the record. The SK-EX-III. Works great on records that have static build up. 3-6 seconds in the sleeve and the static is gone. | |
| Lowering the noise floor @willemj Yes, very good point. Your environmental noise can easily mask any system noise you may have. That is my case indeed. | |
| Lowering the noise floor I look at this topic in 3 different ways:background noisesignal noiseenvironmental noiseDifferent products will affect the first two aspects of noise floor. | |
| high frequency intermittent noise It's all about the music...once the needle drops...I'm very happy.I was on a quest to solve the noise (which I have lived with for some time) and in the process, I resolved a ground loop issue, and inserted an isolation transformer which really di... |