joenies
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| Better Records Hot Stampers: Or, how I learned to stop collecting and love listening It’s the holidays. I humbly suggest that if you are into analog go buy at least one better record. You deserve it. ‘Try to buy one that you have in your collection that you really like and consider demo quality. This will give you a standard to j... | |
| How long do you or should you keep your gear. You should keep your gear till you can afford something better or no longer enjoy the sound. Always buy the best equipment that you can afford. Most people will be satisfied if they buy the best. joe nies | |
| A new way of adjusting anti skate! The OP has a good way of setting anti skate. I will try the OP method in the coming days. Suggest everyone try it. You have nothing to lose and maybe you can get some improvement. I agree with “chayro” some people won’t purchase a $250+ tool , b... | |
| A new way of adjusting anti skate! The WallySkater is another great tool to have in your analog toolbox. The tool is easy to use. in my analog system getting the antiskate set with the WallySkater made a very noticeable difference, for the good. the Wally tools might be to much ... | |
| What area or country do you live in ? Anchorage Alaska | |
| boulder and d'agostino I’m not sure why the dealer would do that, but going with the Boulder would be in my opinion a better match. Both are great pre-amps.maybe dealer could provide in home demo with your system.goodluck | |
| Build-up on stylus - any new cures? Flux Hi-Fi makes an ultrasonic stylus cleaner.The Cardas Frequency Sweep Test Album also does a US cleaning of stylus. I’m using an older US cleaner from Signet and the Cardas test album. | |
| Clearaudio TT5 tangential tonearm The TT5 is a great arm. They can be temperamental but once setup it produces beautiful music. Every aspect of the table and arm must be level. It also really like flat records. I came very close to buying one but decided on something else. My hand... | |
| Quantum Science Audio Thread Hello MCI received a group email from Mike on 9-2-21. He said that is how he will let everyone know when QSA fuses might be shipped. Mike said QSA is not that reliable on shipping.‘Have not received anymore group emails since.Didn’t want to bother... | |
| Speaker brands known to use first class internal components A number of years ago I had my B&W 801 speakers re-wired with Kimber cable and had the protective circuit modified. I asked my technician to replace any components on the cross-overs. He said he could not buy anything better than what was alre... | |
| Quantum Science Audio Thread Just wondering how long have you been waiting to receive your fuses. I ordered 2 for my mono amps, received 1 after 5 days. It’s been more than 2 weeks now and still no second fuse.thanks | |
| Critical listening and altered states Big yes for the Moody Blues. Very easy to zone out to. | |
| Fun With Cable Risers It’s usually not a slap you down improvement but it’s a improvement. All small improvements add up. It’s another veil being lifted from the music. I had a friend build my risers. Made out of ceramic with a special coating on them. I paid $3 each... | |
| Critical listening and altered states I might have a glass of wine once a month or less. No longer do recreational drugs. But when I listen to my music I start to hallucinate in a good way. This happens to me very often when I’m listening to music not my equipment. It’s a very pleasan... | |
| Build-up on stylus - any new cures? @mixermarkwillams Is the snowball that you reference with the needle peaking thru possibly the adhesive that is used to attach the needle to the cantilever?My cartridge looks like that also and it’s the adhesive holding the needle in place. I’ll p... |