jwglista
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| What's causing distortion at musical climax? I actually think that worn records may be the culprit here as Ablang described. I have a very old Living Stereo LP of Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No.2 that I picked up used for $1. It's a shame because it's a beautiful performance, and the quali... | |
| How can you tell if noise is dirt or static? No I'm not using a zero stat. For cleaning I just adopted a steam cleaning method, but I've only used that on one LP so far. I have a Spin-Clean unit that I use to clean the records, along with some hand scrubbing. I was drying them with a microfi... | |
| A Newbie's First Week Impressions -- Vinyl Rules Everyone really seems to swear by these expensive record cleaning units. I have to say I'm still very skeptical. I mean after all, how can a record cleaner make a record sound better than it was when it was brand new? It just seems that buying a r... | |
| Has Anyone Used a "Spin-Clean" Unit Before? That's a pretty good idea. That's actually what I was thinking would be the perfect method. The Spin Clean seems to work OK on its own, but it's hard to imagine that those pads get really deep into the grooves. | |
| What's causing distortion at musical climax? I just got a Music Hall MMF-5.1 with the Goldring 1012GX MM cart. It recommends 1.5-2.5 grams I believe, but the Music Hall manual suggests that you set it at 1.7. I also am getting distortion at some points, especially when getting near the end o... | |
| On the Fence with Analog Vs. Digital. Need Help Well everyone, thank you for the advice. After auditioning the Music Hall MMF-5 today, I've made the decision that once the funds are available I will purchase this 'table. I was very surprised at how much more musical vinyl can sound. Sure, it di... | |
| On the Fence with Analog Vs. Digital. Need Help Very good advice. In fact I plan to eventually run some kind of home-made music server myself. So if I do chose to go vinyl here, I'll always keep my digital albums. The only format I can say that I safely ditched was the cassette tape. No regrets... | |
| On the Fence with Analog Vs. Digital. Need Help I'm actually planning to audition the MMF-5 or 5.1 (whichever he has) tomorrow afternoon. The more I think about vinyl and search the websites looking for albums, the more fun it seems. It's as though being an audio enthusiast becomes even more of... | |
| On the Fence with Analog Vs. Digital. Need Help Restock: I live in the Pittsburgh area. I called the local Music Hall dealer and they do have a listening room, but do not allow in-home auditions of the equipment. I do know of a few record stores I could check out though.Ablang: A Playstation On... | |
| On the Fence with Analog Vs. Digital. Need Help Thanks guys, this has all been great advice. I know I could count on the Audiogoners for some help.I think itÂ’s good advice to continue building the CD collection and just build the LP collection along side of it. I figure the worst case scenario ... | |
| New Antal esw any better???? I would also be interested if anyone has heard the esw Antals. I have had the Antal XS for almost a year now and have learned that their brighness can be tempered somewhat with tube gear. However, the lack of low end is still a definite drawback. ... | |
| Artist's Best or "07-21-05: Noble100Jack Johnson-In Between Dreams"I enjoyed Brushfire Fairytales more. If you haven't heard it, you should check it out. | |
| Artist's Best or I will second Aoltes's nomination for Royksopp's Melody A.M. I'm not quite as impressed with their new album "The Understanding," I'm also displeased with the engineering. Most of the tracks are very bright and I have to turn the treble down all t... | |
| Need Help With a Bright System Also, I did a quick search on Sonus Faber here, and the prices are a bit out of my range for the full range speakers they offer. | |
| Need Help With a Bright System Well I just swapped out the Paradigms for the Triangle again, and I've been listening to mostly accoustic and classical music on them. For this type of music, these speakers sound very good. But yes, rock music sounds very edgy with my system. Pre... |