mikelavigne
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| What is the best way to clean Vinyl? Very true accept you can do exactly the same thing with a $30 Hudson sweep arm and remove any incidental dust out of the stylus's path. @mijostyn disagree. a brush only gets larger pieces. a brush cannot dramatically reduce static. in fact ... | |
| What is the best way to clean Vinyl? how much do you want to know about record cleaning? this thread will answer any question. https://www.whatsbestforum.com/threads/timas-diy-rcm.26013/ personally i use the KLaudio RCM and am very happy with the results. my opinion is that as a su... | |
| Why are so many people spending so much money to build “perfect” streaming system? Do you like classical music? How many recordings of Wagner’s Ring Cycle do you have? I have 5. Can you get 5 different recordings on ANY streaming platform? @laoman i listen to 70% classical. there are dozens of recordings of most any class... | |
| Why are so many people spending so much money to build “perfect” streaming system? where the new music is, unlimited access. where the new music is, unlimited access. where the new music is, unlimited access. streaming can be high resolution. streaming can be high resolution. streaming can be high resolution. | |
| Vinyl record cleaning here is the definitive thread about all things record cleaning. it touches all the bases and even has two related threads linked. i've owned 5 different high quality record cleaning machines, and own 12,000 records. i thought i knew quite a bit a... | |
| Mono Cartridge Question for the straight skinny on mono pressings and cartridges; scroll down to the bottom on this website; it’s the best explanation of the benefits of mono i have seen. based on the facts. and why i have two 'true' mono cartridges; one with a 1.0mil st... | |
| Mono Cartridge Question sure love both my Miyajima Infinity Mono’s; the 0.7mil stylus and 1.0mil stylus models. my friend Audiogon member jazdoc owns the Zero and loves it. i’ve heard it in his system many times and it always delivers. get the mono cartridge. it takes t... | |
| Classical piano solo—Your one favorite performance and recording @noske i will ask my local friend, Joel-Francois Durand, professor of music composition and acting director the School of Music at the University of Washington, classical (20th Century period😁) composer, and builder of my tonearms, whether he di... | |
| Classical piano solo—Your one favorite performance and recording @noske it’s not that complicated. the term ’Classical Music’ can be used in more than one context. just the facts. no priors. the original thread poster used ’Classical’ in a general sense, the same way most audiophiles would interpret it. T... | |
| Classical piano solo—Your one favorite performance and recording That post by @mikelavigne must be bookmarked under the new favourites folder titled Clueless. @noske that's very mean spirited. did you even read my whole post? i was very clear to say that i'm not expert on classical. just talking about what ... | |
| Cartridges the problem is not only the cost of great pressings, but the shoe leather it takes to find them. and how to know condition without buying 5 or 6 to find a quiet one. putting together a great collection of vintage early pressings is borderline impo... | |
| Classical piano solo—Your one favorite performance and recording Recently realized just how much I love it as well which prompted the post. The simplicity of the single instrument combined with the complexity of the composition and beauty of the performance is particularly attractive to me. @cb77 thanks; b... | |
| Classical piano solo—Your one favorite performance and recording "Nojima Plays Liszt" is both a top notch recording, and inspired performance. i have the Reference Recording original Lp, and a good quality low gen 1/4" 15ips master tape dub (The Tape Project), as well as the CD and 176/24 hirez file both made ... | |
| Problem connecting DIN connector to tonearm take a look closely for 2 things; 1--it’s possible there is a tiny set-screw on the top of your tonearm base (directly above the DIN plug) that needs to be backed off (small allen key) to allow the DIN plug to be inserted; then snugged down to ho... | |
| Please any idea how to plug in Tara Labs RCA connectors very close together? Thanks i owned top level Tara Labs interconnects, both RCA and XLR, and due to their very thick air dialectic which makes them so large, Tara Labs provide short thin extenders for the last 4-5 inches so they can be used in tight preamp/source plug in spo... |