lewm
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| Where do you buy your vinyl? New vinyl from Music Direct, Acoustic Sounds, Tone Poet, etc. Used vinyl from vendors that appear annually at the Capital Audio Fest, where I can personally inspect the LP before purchase. Never from eBay unless I am "feeling lucky". Or when I ... | |
| Is the Walker LP system necessary if one already uses a good RCM? I wish I were as certain of most anything as you are of everything, Mijo. Yes, I laugh at demagnetizing LPs, yet there are some who swear it made their LP sound better. And there were claims made that tiny bits of ferrous material do get into the ... | |
| Koetsu Urushi stylus shape Following the advice of Raul, I finally sent my Urushi off to Expert Stylus. In my opinion, they were very professional from start to finish. They determined that the OEM cantilever and suspension were in fine shape and did not need work. They the... | |
| Michael Fremer leaves Analog Planet Next stop, "Forbidden Planet"? | |
| Is the Walker LP system necessary if one already uses a good RCM? Look out for that dust. | |
| Could I use my analog hifi system for commerical bar? I hope you will hear from guys who have actually done what you propose, but my gut response is that you may be better off, and spend less money, if you adopt gear that is expressly made for the purpose. Cheap speakers, many of them as needed to f... | |
| Is the Walker LP system necessary if one already uses a good RCM? I knew Lloyd Walker for a few years before his death. He was a very engaging and interesting guy, and I enjoyed my brief encounters with him. But don’t separate Lloyd who made the world class Proscenium turntable from Lloyd who marketed some devic... | |
| Fact or misinformation? Dave, thanks for elucidating one important difference between using a mono cartridge vs a mono switch. I always suspected that cancellation might not be perfect using only a mono switch, and you’ve confirmed it. Nevertheless the mono switch makes ... | |
| ADCOM HC/E II cartridge mothballed 25 years ago. There is no harm in testing the cartridge using recommended VTF, etc. If it appears to work at all, give it many hours of playing time before you judge it. If you own the Cardas test LP, side1 has tracks that are very useful for reviving cartridge... | |
| Precision Aqueous Cleaning of Vinyl Records My experience is as a molecular biologist. We used ethanol and acetate to precipitate DNA and RNA. SDS plus or minus Triton X100/Tween20 to solubilize cell membranes and intracellular organelles. Also there are a slew of nonionic detergents with d... | |
| Precision Aqueous Cleaning of Vinyl Records I do not wish to delve deeper into denatured alcohol. I would steer clear of it for anything except mandatory use. And that does not include cleaning records. I think it is ill advised to go out and buy products of complex composition, when really... | |
| Sota Eclipse packages for VPI tables. The SOTA ensemble will transform your VPI, and you can keep it if later you upgrade to a better VPI. But I don’t think the SOTA motor is totally free of cogging bc it is not coreless so far as I know. Don’t worry about it at all. | |
| Precision Aqueous Cleaning of Vinyl Records Antinn, I was mainly countering Mijostyn’s inference that denatured alcohol is essentially harmless. According to wiki, in some cases DA MUST contain at least 10% methanol in order to be labeled as such. That’s bad for us humans, but other potenti... | |
| Victor TT 801 Could be a language barrier. | |
| Precision Aqueous Cleaning of Vinyl Records More drum beating on denatured alcohol. It is just ridiculous to use it or any product that contains it, for record cleaning when anyone can buy nearly pure propanol or isopropanol for this purpose. Not only does denatured alcohol contain up to 10... |