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| MRA : Myth or Menace? That was me, Whart ;^)Thanks for finding that patent. :) | |
| Cleaning records. How often really? Dear Albert,Very frightening story about the steel bristle. Certainly I'd heard that fragments of tungsten steel from the grinder blades when reprocessing old vinyl were not uncommon but never encountered one as up close and personal as you did. :... | |
| MRA : Myth or Menace? Indeed, BDP24, it is possible that retailers recycle returned goods back onto the shelves (not necessarily with the shrink-wrap attached - as a friend of mine recently testified).It's not something I've done more than two or 3 times in my lifetime... | |
| No cartridge is good enough. Dear Inna,The closest things to what you describe are these 2 items although the "optical" cart still uses a cantilever/stylus to trace the groove.http://www.ds-audio-w.biz/?page_id=39http://elpj.com/It's a difficult proposition trying to read phy... | |
| MRA : Myth or Menace? Many thanks BPoletti & Wntrmute2.I made an earlier reference to a 1976 vinyl LP patent whose description featured MRA in the composition but I've no idea whether that actually became a production reality... | |
| MRA : Myth or Menace? Davt....good to hear that you always wear "protection". Don't mention Hollywood film stars... ;^) :D | |
| MRA : Myth or Menace? Dear Mo-Fi,I think I got off lightly there ;^)After repeating Linn's original philosophy I expected to see, "Well, it seems nothing has changed these days then!". :)I would have walked right into that one. ;^)As you've probably guessed, this was n... | |
| MRA : Myth or Menace? Dear Mo-fi,You must remember that 70s & 80s were dominated by Linn's philosophy and they advocated using the stylus to clean records then brushing it off with stylus cleaner after it had collected! ;^)I must confess to some scepticism about fi... | |
| MRA : Myth or Menace? Dear Mo-fi,In the 60s, 70s & 80s it wasn't as fashionable to clean new LPs as it is now. The general attitude was, "What can be cleaner than a brand new LP?"These days the average vinyl enthusiast is much more sophisticated and knows that ther... | |
| MRA : Myth or Menace? Hi Lowrider,No I didn't inspect it with a magnifying glass only eyeballed it but I did clean it regularly enough.There are those who maintain that MRA does not exist. I recall an old thread on another Forum which specifically mentions the addition... | |
| Cleaning records. How often really? Dear Inna,You've just forced me to publish (check out the new thread) :)Cheers, | |
| Upgrade from TW Acustic Raven AC-3 to what? Dear Alec,Is there a reason why you have tried the matless approach yourself?Rather than using the Millenium mat or fancy alternatives like the Zanden, why not try the Gold Spot Ringmat with the latex underlay. It's a (relatively) cheap investment... | |
| Measuring VTF on a Clearaudio Concept Like SG says...just to complicate matters, most unipivots are intrinsically unstable when riding warps. This is perhaps one area where gimballed arms might justifiably claim to have a slight advantage.(Except SMEs, perhaps, whose tapered armtube c... | |
| Dolby NR encoding - did it ever work Of course it worked although DBX was even more efficient.Once Dolby NR was invented virtually no pre-recorded cassettes were issued without the now familiar DD symbol on the spine of the cover.It achieved it's goal of reducing tape hiss. The penal... | |
| Measuring VTF on a Clearaudio Concept (Assuming you don't have fine VTA adjust capability on your tonearm) you could retain your digital scale and, if there's room next to the platter, make a small shim/platform that raises the gauge(pad) to a suitable height (i.e. that matches the st... |