kurt_tank
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| Equilizer to reduce surface noise on bad records? I am kind of surprised that no one gave the obvious advice that you should get yourself a good vacuum Record Cleaning Machine (RCM).Given your analog equipment, it is pretty obvious that a Loricraft (the best RCM I know of), is not in your budget ... | |
| LammLP2 vs. Arc PH_7 I have limited experience with the Lamm LP2, (a friend owned one) and none with the PH-7. If you choose the Lamm, you should REALLY make sure that your cartridge is set up to work with the Lamm, as the Lamm has only two settings, MC and MM. It doe... | |
| Rockport Mira and Mira Monitors Holenneck (Interesting moniker, btw.)If you get a chance to hear the bigger Rockport speakers, take it. My friend just got the Antares, and geez, are these great speakers. He upgraded from the Avalon Eidolons, (which I used to think were the imagi... | |
| Getting off the merry-go-round – AFRAID TO??? Probably most of us have that same concern to some degree.Perhaps rather than trying to change out your equipment on a regular basis, you could switch to either:A). Trying out different music from different genres.(i.e. if you're into jazz, try cl... | |
| How do you listen, individual cut, full album? I too usually listen to the entire album.However, since I mostly listen to vinyl, that is pretty much a given. (In fact, I consider that a plus to listening to vinyl, as it almost forces me to listen to the non-hit cuts on the LP.) With CDs, I usu... | |
| Bad Tube in an Audible Illusion M3A It could be that you replaced the tube with a NOS version.The Audible Illusion preamps are notorious for pushing tubes very hard, and some NOS tubes apparently can't take the stress.The following is from Joe's Tube Lore posted on Audio Asylum (a l... | |
| Are the Nitty Gritty vacuum cleaners... Well, I agree with Johnjbarlow's thinking, but not his conclusion.The VPI 16.5 might be slightly better, but only if you don't wash the records by hand first. If you do, they work about the same, IMHO. In terms of how they vacuum clean, they work ... | |
| Lamm Owners: M2.2 Problems Sorry, neither me nor either of my two friends have had this problem.Cytocycle's advice is good, as it might determine if it is just a tube problem.(If it is, great, a cheap solution!)If not, ouch, as that means sending them back to Lamm. (Somethi... | |
| Levinson 33H vs Boulder 1060/2060?? FYI, I agree (mostly) with Raquel's assessment of the amps mentioned.I am a little kinder towards the Mark Levinson amps, since I used to own a couple (and have fond memories of them!). I believe they are really good solid state amps. However in m... | |
| Has iTunes, etc. impacted your listening habits? Not one bit. | |
| Any one have Tetras I don't own them, but I heard them at a Stereophile show a few years back, and heard them at a local dealer a few months after that, as my friend and I both thought they sounded good enough to warrant hearing in a better environment. I thought the... | |
| What music do you & your spouse/partner both love? We tend to like a lot of the same music, lately this includes,(In no particular order):Death Cab for Cutie,Wilco,Muse,Coldplay,Dave Matthews Band,Modest Mouse,The Shins,The White Strips (and Racontours)She tends not to like much Jazz or Classical,... | |
| vinyl storage????? These are the racks that I prefer.They look good (high WAF), and they work great, as they even have the back stop, so your albums always are lined up straight. And you can even have your choice of two different finishes. (I went with Cherry as it ... | |
| Teres still the way to go? No, the Teres tables have been determined to be a poor choice to acheive true audiophile quality.This is a link to a new king of the hill in terms of being the very best in analog sound reproduction!Ultimate Analog Source | |
| Cary 303/300 VS. Resolution Audio Opus 21??? They are both good CD players.The Opus 21 has one advantage of being able to by pass the volume control, by using the DIN outputs. (This is what I do, btw, in order to get the purist sound out of the unit. But that is only useful if you use a prea... |