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| Reducing background fizz and pops on Vinyl. Sorry John,that sucks. It was too good to be true, he realized he could get alot more money for it than that and decided to weasle out of what you agreed to. It was too cheap and I would never ahve sold it for that. It still sucks. There is a good... | |
| best way to clean Grado Sonata I have one of those Signet gizmos Scott mentions too but I just cue the stylus down onto the pad while the unit rests on the platter and let it sit while the thing does it's stuff, I find you don't have to move it for it to work. I think it is saf... | |
| Best all-around cartridge for 500.00 new Is the Denon 103D the black one with the conical stylus sold back in the mid to late seventies? It is nice unit but I am amazed the rubber suspension parts have aged that well even unused in the box. Its a smoooth number. Sean the Shure(I am confi... | |
| Reducing background fizz and pops on Vinyl. I have read really good reports about the Disc Doctor stuff, I am going to try it in conjuntion with my Nitty Gritty as well(seperate opperations). It is reported to work well on its own. My Nitty Gritty Pro is about 20 years old and built like a ... | |
| Reducing background fizz and pops on Vinyl. The best method is a wet vac system like the Nitty Gritty or VPI, I am aslo hearing good things about the Disc Doctor products, but I still think you need to have a wet vac too. | |
| Denon DP1000 turntable. Any info appreciated. Well made Direct Drive table, some still seem to think it competes with belt drives for sound, I won't go that far out on a limb. Durring that era I sold the Dennon and the Luxman tables, I chose the Luxman(replaced a Thorens Td 125) for my self. ... | |
| Oracle Delphi Acrylic mat - Madrigal cartridge? Genesis is right about the Carnegie, but I think it has output closer to 1mv if I remember right. A friend used one directly into the phono stage of his Conrad johnson Premeir Three. The amazing thing is that this cartridge is still intact, as I r... | |
| Is there anything to match a Naim CDSII? I have not herd the new ARC CD3 yet, but the CD2 was a great sounding machine and I am confident it is competitive. You may not find it right for you but it would be worth your time to listen to it. ARC didn't get where they are by making bad soun... | |
| How many of us have worked in audio stores? Hey Tom, You must know Jolly Bob and Lance Boyle!I Worked in the old East L.A.(Lansing) HFB store while Carl was still with us. I started around 78. you forgot to mention Magnepan and NAD, at least I didn't have to live with the Mac and B&O!(I... | |
| Bass Response and concrete floors This sounds very odd! It seems to me like flex in the floor would hinder the pressurization of the air in the room to get proper bass. Have you ever tried to get real bass in a room with a drop celing? It can't be done IMO. I have always had great... | |
| Best system under 5K - that is a challenge I am a grand over budget already, but I choose the ARC CD3 with a Grado headphone amp and RS-1 phones. You can't beat having a great source, and the Grado set up will let you hear it. I could have gone for speakers if ARC still made the CD2($3500)... | |
| Best all-around cartridge for 500.00 new I would buy a VTA base if your Rega arm uses spacers.And spend the rest of the money on a Shure V15VxMR. Some are finding that the spacers work ok for them, or find they need no spacers at all, but adjustments in VTA that you can hardly see make a... | |
| Is anyone know about the Odyssey Eng.tone Arm I bought one new in about 82 or 83, they were around $1000 if memory serves me. It's a RP1-XG, Made in Scottland? Very unusual looking contraption. Huge arm tube and thick massive head shell, brushed silver finish with gold plated counter weights ... | |
| Have you ever broken the needle? Hey Cornfedboy, that's just plane uncalled for! He already punished himself. Some of you guys are meaner than I am. I gotta say I have mounted hundreds of cartridges(truth!) and never broke a single one! And I shake like an old junkie. I was the T... | |
| How many of us have worked in audio stores? You know these people never worked in a HiFi store. They have money! I remember in 79 when I was working in audio retail, making $85 bucks a week sometimes, driving a $65 61 Olds Dynamic 88, and listening to my $5000 ARC and Magneplanar rig(beg, b... |