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| Help: New Rega P3 & Grado Platinum; No highs Tom-If you are looking for good phono pre-amp with selectable gain and selectable impedance, I have an Acurus P-10 that I'm considering selling. Great pre-amp at a very reasonable price. Email me if you would like the details. First, check out you... | |
| Cheapest Analogue Setup to Conquer Best Digital WOW! Pbb sounds like a lover scorned. What will the digital afficienado do when the digital format-de-jour becomes yesterday's news? Will he weep for the format or curse it? Will he continue to tweek the old format with his trusty green pen? Will ... | |
| Rega P3 / Music Hall MMF 5 or 7 Turntable decision Resh2001-On the subject of cartridges, if you are leaning toward the P3, their top model cartridge (the "Exact"-$500 or so) would work and it would have the added advantage of having the precisely right VTA and it's 3 hole mounting system makes al... | |
| Rega P3 / Music Hall MMF 5 or 7 Turntable decision Maybe I'm missing something- Psychoanimal feels that the RB-300 is overrated and "glass & particle board" tables don't do anything for him, yet his "runner up" choice is the RB-300 and a belt-drive, non-resonant table/platter design which is a... | |
| Mold-damaged copy of "Live at Leeds" It's not that valuable or rare. Just find a good copy of the record without all the "extras" and put the good record together with the "extras". For $10 or less your problem is solved. With alot of luck, you'll find the missing poster to boot. Of ... | |
| Best Speaker under 31 inches tall To add to Chelillingworth's concept, drill another hole in the fridge door for the beer tap. A quarter barrel will fit nicely or, if your pressed for space, a pony will work if your friends from Milwaukee don't show up. Sonically, a premium, full-... | |
| Contemplating vinyl, How hard is it to get LPs? There is no definitive way to evaluate a used LP other than to clean and play it. I'm sure all of us have several LPs that look bad but play extremely well and other LPs that look pristine and play poorly. Generally speaking, though, ratty covers ... | |
| Vinyl Cleaning To Wags question on what brush to use- the guy at Record Research recommends using a soft carbon micro fiber type (several brands on the market from $10 or so) while the brush that VPI has available is quite stiff. I find myself using the VPI brus... | |
| Vinyl Cleaning Hey, SD!I haven't noticed any ill effects from alcohol either, but some folks are (rightfully) leery of putting ANY alcohol in the mix. Part of the reason I try to use a minimal amount is that, after cleaning several albums, the alcohol odor start... | |
| Vinyl Cleaning There is a discussion on this topic which is entitled "Best cleaning fluid procedures with the VPI 16.5." Some don't like any alcohol, although using 5% isopropyl alcohol and 95% distilled water along with the dab of soap (surfactant)will do the t... | |
| Is You Is or Is You Ain't My REGA? I suppose that one could have a competent machinist make a 33/78 pulley to replace the 33/45 on the stock unit. It might be worth looking into. Should be easy and relatively inexpensive. You'd probably need a different belt or use an older one tha... | |
| Well Tempered Turntable Tweaks My experience has been that the WT Classic (like the Rega P3) prefers to be set on a solid, heavy surface such as granite, marble or even acrylic. Currently, mine is set directly on a 1" thick piece of acrylic which, in turn, rests on a thin piece... | |
| Best cleaning fluid procedures with VPI HW16.5?? Bluesman- Thanks for all the information. You mentioned dish soap as a good detergent- any specific brands? Know of any other surfactants that will work? How much soap do you use for a given amount of distilled water? Steveaudio- You seem a little... | |
| Online vinyl? Might I add that a good record cleaner such as the VPI 16.5 (or 17) or one of the others would be a good addition. There are lots of excellent records out there if you ask around at work, neighborhood, friends, etc. (Most will assume you're nuts a... | |
| Best cleaning fluid procedures with VPI HW16.5?? Bluesman-You're right about 10% alcohol being alot. I just mixed up another batch and it was actually less than 5%. It was just enough to get a faint odor and no more. I don't know of any other solvent that will dissolve readily in water, which is... |