jependleton
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| stylus cleaning The Zerodust glob of goop works as well as anything that I've seen on any stylus. There is usually some guy on AudiogoN who is selling them under $40.00 including shipping. | |
| Do Audiophiles really like music? You're mostly right in your observations. I'm also an old timer at this hobby, and while there have always been those who were in the hobby just to play with the gear, these does seem to be a higher population of them now. Even some of the 'audiop... | |
| Help Cartridge too heavy Need to add counterweig Music Direct has the Pro-Ject arm heavy counterweights in stock. | |
| Window Treatments to Remove reflected sound Your best bet if not using specific room tuning devices would be draperies with 'blackout' linings. | |
| How to properly set VTF?? The tracking force should be set with the tonearm in the 'playing' position, which means in a true horzontal position when the stylus tip is placed on the scale. | |
| What is purpose of a cd transport? Like anything else that spins, such as a turntable, how well it works depends on how well it spins. The better transports spin with less vibration and noise, the circuitry and laser are better, and they more accurately read the disc and send the d... | |
| Is Lisa Marie Presley a singer? She's released several albums over the past twenty-five years or so. I don't recall ever seeing any of them in the store but I do remember seeing her on some of the pop music shows such as 'Solid Gold' back twenty years or so ago when an album was... | |
| Digital Cable - Pixelization during motion Switching to DirecTV won't help. If anything, the problem that you describe has gotten worse in the past year or so with them. I don't know about Dish Network. | |
| where do you bye your LPs You can also try elusivedisc.com and acousticsounds.com. In addition to new records, Acoustic Sounds usually has a stock of around 20,000 used records. They are not cheap on used stuff, but it is correctly graded and guaranteed. Another excellent ... | |
| Stereophile Issue Vol. XIII no. 2 - copy required If you search the Stereophile website, you find the review there. | |
| how to deal with corrosion Stainless has to be subjected to high moisture and/or no air movement in order to rust. If you have the tonearm in use in a normal indoor invironment then there should be no problem. Go to an auto parts store and buy a can of metal polish wadding ... | |
| Marantz PH-22 Music Link phono stage arrived today I think that I responded to your post last week. You need to contact Marantz customer support DIRECTLY and they will be able to supply a user manual and a service manual at low cost. When I had mine, I experimented with the setting just as you are... | |
| XM now sounds worse I started getting the XM feed with my DirecTV a couple of months ago, replacing the Music Choice feed. I have it run into my system through the preamp and I would agree that it sounds bad. It is much worse than the Music Choice. I have even tried ... | |
| Audio Note CDT Zero I have had a CDT-ONE for about a year now and it has worked fine. The Blackgate capacitors took a long time to break in, but the sound is excellent now. I have not heard the Zero and don't know about it's spec's, but if it's similar to the One, th... | |
| Anybody heard of a Marantz PH22 phono stage? I had one of these for many years. It has adjustability to match with all but the very lowest output cartridges, is built like a warship, and has that rich sound that was always the hallmark of Marantz equipment. I sold mine to a guy in San Franci... |