mrkidknow
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| speakers with balls When you want to rock, you can't go wrong with some of the vintage Infinity speakers. The ones that I know rock for sure are the following:Quantum 2 thru 5, QLS-1, RSM, RS-1.5, RS-2.5, RS-4.5, RS II (original and A/B variants) and the RS III (1st... | |
| GRADO CARTRIDGE & TONEARM COMPATIBILITY Your cartridge will either work or it won't. Grados can be cranky cartridges and some people get the dreaded Grado "Dance" whereas others do not on the same set-up. Many people have had success with the RB300 but read my experience below:I have a ... | |
| Cayin vs. Antique Sound Labs I think the real question is "Why are you wasting time and money engaging in trying to match the wrong amplifier with the wrong speaker?"Thiels are notoriously well known for being very inefficient speakers. Thiels need high current to get them to... | |
| Record Cleaner Based on your description, the problem is that you assumed a record that visually looks mint will play with negligible ticks and noise after cleaning.Some records, especially those made around the time of the oil embargo back in 1973, have really ... | |
| Budget MC Suggestions? Stefanl,Denon measures their compliance value at 100 Hz. Several people have posted over on Audio Asylum that Denon Cartridges (at least the 103 series) typically have compliance values around double the advertized value when measuring in the 10 H... | |
| Budget MC Suggestions? The AT-OC9/II weighs 8 grams (don't know the value when expressing to tenths of a gram) and has a compliance rating of 9 cu.I don't know if this cartridge sounds better than the Denon DL-103R but I seem to recall seeing several people post on Audi... | |
| Two Tonearm Turntable: Need Suggestions I can't think of any that also meet the 78 rpm request right out of the box.If the 78 rpm requirement is dropped, here are the following turntables that handled at least two tonearms that I know of:1. The Teres 340-2 has a special base to install ... | |
| Good insturmental sax jazz recommindations I can't say that I've heard a lot from every artist previously mentioned. However, I can say that everything I've heard by Yusef Lateef is excellent in my book.Mr. Kidknow | |
| What do you do when nothing seems to get LP clean? Jeff,I don't know what exact enzyme class Vinyl-Zyme is using. It's pretty tough to determine the enzyme class without spending significant money on specialized lab equipment or paying an independent lab to do this. All I can say with regards to V... | |
| What do you do when nothing seems to get LP clean? OK gang,I've reread the thread and will do my best to help calm some of the queasiness that people are having with regards to cleaning formulas, in particular enzymes and Paul's cleaning chemistry.First, I have been a formulating chemist in the de... | |
| What do you do when nothing seems to get LP clean? Hey gang. I'm at work right now so I can't dish out the needed dissertation to help clear-up some of the concerns about enzymes, how they work, the specific class of enzyme in Paul's product, the topic of plasticizer leaching, etc. I'll post later... | |
| $800 Cartridge Shootout and Upgrade Path Hey Artar1,I've been reading this thread and it has been a blast. I saw your message where you said you were buying vinyl without the turntable to play it and that you like classical. Have you ever seen this list of recordings before? Highend Audi... | |
| What happened to Discwasher? See my post from 8-26-04 for the Discwasher formula.Mr. Kidknow | |
| Results from Beta Testers of New Formulas A suggestion on soak time for the Step 1 Enzyme formula.Several people have been asking "How long should I let the enzyme solution soak the record before removing and proceeding to the next step?" I feel that you should let the enzyme solution soa... | |
| Results from Beta Testers of New Formulas Paul,At least you didn't implement my idea of using nanoprobe robots equipped with phasers to do the cleaning. LOLMr Kidknow |