kennythekey

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Old tapes reveal how BAD FM became
My local jazz station (Public Radio) plays LPs as part of their scheduling, so I still get to hear the clicks and pops through my McIntosh MR71 Tuner.I'm affraid, those days are numbered. 
Budget Cables for Budget setup - pls advise
Yes, Blue Jeans Cables! 
Pressing Issues
Rodman, it seems like we may be able to stabalize this affect, but it may mean that we're simply damping the walls of the grooves to absorb and prevent the unwanted affect.What I'm hearing every time, seems to support Elisabeth's adjacent track id... 
Pressing Issues
After many given reasons, I had settled-in on my own non-scientific answer.The stylus is picking up the future music from the other side of the groove because the wall of the groove is thin and the stylus is very sensitive. 
Pressing Issues
If it is the "tape" this would reason that all of the vinyl pressings from that tape would suffer the same result. Would it not? 
Pressing Issues
What I usually hear, faintly, is the beginning of the track right before it actually starts playing. 
Pressing Issues
Bill, that's the best answer I've heard, so thank you. I've heard everything from azimuth adjustment to non-virgin vinyl.I get this affect, for example, with the Pure Pleasure re-issue of Stevie Ray Vaughan's Couldn't Stand the Weather. Now that I... 
SB Touch w/upgraded power supply: good next step?
I first used the Squeezebox Touch hardwired to my router and using its internal DAC and analog outs. I found the sound to be decent but not great.I purchased the Eastern Electric DAC Plus and connected the Squeezebox to it using a coax cable. This... 
Removing tube from EE Minimax Dac
I had the same problem!Here's what Bill from Morningstar recommended...And, it worked..."The tube socket has a death grip hold on those tube pins to say the least. You really have to wiggle(Back and forth) ever so slightly while pulling at the sam... 
Why has audio become so specilized over the years?
I don't believe our way of thinking has changed too much.I had Dynaco separates, Garrard TT, Shure cartridge, Ampex R-T-R, Advent Speakers, some Tuner, and headphones. I was young (16) but working, so I decided I didn't want to settle for a receiv... 
KEXP with Squeezebox Touch
I've checked settings in Windows Media Player, Squeezebox Server, that I wound up installing, and in Softsqueeze, that I downloaded, but no luck.I do know that the File Types Tab in Windows Media Player is no longer available for Vista and Windows... 
KEXP with Squeezebox Touch
Smortega - KEXP can stream at 1.4Mbps uncompressed. Apparently, there is a way to play this on the Squeezebox Touch, but I'm having trouble figuring out how to configure this:"The work around - under WebUI Settings/Advanced/Filetypes disable "Nati... 
What Song Reminds You of Your First Love?
Ballad in Plain D, Dylan...Check it out...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=405A1VCAj10 
Question: Is it "Tone Arm" or is it "Tonearm"?
My wife is an Editor of thirty five years. Her reference is Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary (The Book). The definition is:Tonearm: the movable part of a phonograph or record player that carries the pickup and permits the needle to follow t... 
Question: Is it "Tone Arm" or is it "Tonearm"?
Hey Kurt,Actually, it was not referred to as a Tone Arm back then, so this was the writers' modern interpretation. In the Victrola Owner's Manual this was referred to as the Taper Tube and Sound Box. See: http://www.victor-victrola.com/Instruction...