johnnyb53
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| vinyl cleaning with wood glue....works? 04-05-10: Dan_edJohnnyb53, the point was that what Davidsss described sounded to me like damaged vinyl. Not that the glue was going to hurt the LP. Now that I understand what you meant, I agree, and my experience matches Davidsss as well. I have a... | |
| vinyl cleaning with wood glue....works? 04-03-10: Dan_edgood luck, but it sounds like damage to meIt won't damage it; LPs are made of polyvinylchloride--PVC, same material as plastic plumbing pipes. If you put Elmer's on PVC and let it dry, you can peel it right off with no damage to th... | |
| Catch 22 in turntable setup The Technics originally came with a 17 oz. 1/4" thick rubber mat. They currently ship with a lighter, thinner one. You could stack another mat on top (sometimes I used to use the felt DJ mat plus the stock rubber mat to add record height), or you ... | |
| Dolby True HD vs. DTS HD BTW, I have A-B tested War of the Worlds and yes, it is more 'dynamic' on lossless format, not necessarily louder though.Since "War of the Worlds" won't be available on Blu-ray for two more months, what *are* you talking about?BTW, you're right th... | |
| Looking for a new Turntable and need some advice. 03-30-10: 4musica44107I have a suggestion that is less costly than some of your stated interests and IMHO far exceeds the musicality of the Rega P9. The new Well Tempered Amadeus is a superb turntable system for $2850.I also can't imagine consider... | |
| Dolby True HD vs. DTS HD Longhorn, you're not even listening to lossless. The Marantz can't decode it. Its HDMI capability is limited to HDMI 1.2, so its HDMI feature is only functioning as an HD video switcher; it's not extracting the audio bitstream from your Blu-ray. T... | |
| Why No respect for Denon DL160 cartridge Ed Kobesky, a reviewer for Positive Feedback Online, and who contributes here from time, has been a big booster of the DL-160 for some time, and is responsible for several of us buying and enjoying them. I used a DL-160 exclusively for a year, and... | |
| High Efficiency Speakers Your top 3 or more Cerwin Vega CLS-215. Test measurements here. About 92 dB efficiency plus 500 watts power handling plus bass extension well into the 20's. | |
| Ohm Walsh vs. Mirage OMD 28 03-12-10: BranislavWell folks, Mirage finally brought a smile to my face and i guess thats about the best compliment you can give a speaker (or equipment). Process of breaking in might be painful sometimes but all the more rewarding afterwards. Th... | |
| DPS/Ayre Turntable does anyone know anything I've heard the DPS/Ayre turntable twice, both during mfr's open house demos hosted by my local high end dealer, one Feb 2009 and the other last month. The first demo had the modified RB250 arm; the second a DPS arm. The turntable sounded great bot... | |
| W/ $200 what amp would you buy? ART SLA1 amplifier--$269 everywhere but $219 some places. Comes from the pro audio segment, but I've heard very favorable things from an HFC-er with lots of nice amps for reference. He said they take about 100 hrs to break in.I've bought a Parasou... | |
| Ohm Walsh vs. Mirage OMD 28 What speaker cables are you using? Are you bi-wiring or using the factory brass jumper bars? You can get an immediate improvement by at least swapping out the jumper bars for some made from a good cable. | |
| Todays new vinyl LP's better than LP's 40 yrs ago? 40 years ago was 1970. At that time jazz LPs were generally very good and on average better than pop albums, whether from Impulse, Blue Note, Columbia, Verve, Pacific Jazz, Atlantic, ECM, A&M, CTI, Concord (1972), or Pablo (1973).In fact, I pr... | |
| Ohm Walsh vs. Mirage OMD 28 You can also minimize the volume level during break-in by connecting the speakers intentionally out-of-phase. This cancels a lot of the sound. If you have an FM tuner or a loaded iPod, that's another way to send uninterrupted program material to t... | |
| Belt Drive Turntable around $500 $500 belt drives are dull as dishwater and barely upgradeable. They're made out of plastic and MDF. For around that money you could get a Technics DD made of cast aluminum and heavy duty polymers, with slick-as-silk controls, and make a few inexpe... |