jimbo3
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| Best cleaning fluid procedures with VPI HW16.5?? Bluesman-You are correct that alcohol dries vinyl. I use a small amount (<10%) to break down pollutants, skin oils, etc. A surfactant will not readily break these kinds of compounds down. VPI's own fluid has about as much alcohol (or more), or ... | |
| Best cleaning fluid procedures with VPI HW16.5?? I do a 2-step cleaning process. First, a wash with a solution of 90% distilled water and 10% isopropyl alcohol (the 90% pure alcohol, not the 60% stuff) mixed in an 8 oz squeeze bottle along with two small drops of shampoo (DO NOT use the kind wit... | |
| Stated as I am reminded of a guy that I used to work for who had previously been the Director of Sales at Magnovox (Div of Phillips). He once told me that, when CD players were first being mass-marketed, he hooked up a Magnovox CD player to a Sears receiver... | |
| hopeless LP's Rdr4b is right on the mark in each sentence of his post. The signal processing mentioned in my previous post is a band-aid and not a cure for a couple of sonic ailments. | |
| hopeless LP's You'll find that many of the better MC cartridges ($500+) will really minimize surface noise and, to a very limited degree, some of the ticks and pops. Some additional reduction of noise might be obtained by adjusting the VTA (or shimming the cart... | |
| direct drive tt's? Pcarris-To answer your question on the price of Rega tables and arms, Rega had figured out a design and manufacturing process that lent itself to relatively inexpensive production. They gave it a reasonable price and making good money being the hi... | |
| direct drive tt's? Pcanis-A couple of after-thoughts on my previous post-1) The comment in the last sentence of the second paragraph about a "bad table" was intended to be a broad statement and not specifically about your Miida. I am not familiar with the Miida and ... | |
| direct drive tt's? Hear, hear to Well-Tempered tables. I happen to have the Classic model and appreciate the rather funky arm. (Hey, it make sense to me!) There are a number of very good new tables in the $500 range and alot of GREAT used tables under $1000.Pcanis, ... | |
| direct drive tt's? Pcanis-In general, belt drives out-perform DD at any given price bracket for the basic reason that any DD motor noise is directly routed to the cartridge via the splindle, platter and record. Even with some of the platter mats available, alot of v... | |
| why is belt drive better than direct drive? Perhaps it would be enlightening for Psychicanimal to tell what the parameters he uses are (other than sound) and state why they are important to him. Jwblaschke just might have those same parameters and need the insight. While most on this site f... | |
| why is belt drive better than direct drive? To summarize-If you are going to play with your records, do as the DJs do and go for a direct drive TT. It's easy to "cue-up" a cut and a high torque motor will get a record spinning very quickly. That, and you can "scratch" to you heart's content... | |
| Long run speaker interconnects. Have you considered running long interconnects from the pre to an amp much nearer to the main pair of speakers, then short(er) speaker wires to the main pair? If you have to then run extra-long speaker wires to the HT/surround speakers, at least i... | |
| Problem with speaker at higher volumes - answers???? Don't get wrapped up about damping factors- the 3B should be enough. If you want to keep the "sound" of the current speakers, the next model up in that series of speakers (if available) might be the answer. Jim | |
| Problem with speaker at higher volumes - answers???? Rgd-From your previous post, you mentioned that the amp wasn't clipping and, assuming also that the amp wasn't distorting, the amp probably is not the problem. You might try an amp with a very high damping factor as that kinda keeps the woofer und... | |
| Problem with speaker at higher volumes - answers???? It's probably the woofer's (or mid-range's) voice coil or the cone "bottoming out" from over-excursion. If it's not already damaged, it will eventually destroy the coil and/or diaphram if one continues to over-drive the speakers. |