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| Foundation for the equipment rack on carpet The spikes should go through the carpet to the floor underneath. If it is unsteady, rocking on the floor, you need to adjust the height of the spikes to steady it. If the spikes are not going completely through the carpet to the floor, you need to... | |
| Whats the Best Cartridge for a LP12 w Ittok $ 500 I've been using a Dynavector 10x4, list $325, and it works terrifically well with the same TT & arm as yours. Here's a review with it on the same set-up: http://www.soundstage.com/vinyl/vinyl071998.htm | |
| Suggestions for a tube preamp VTL preamps have remotes. No compromise on sound. | |
| Speaker tweak Go to a dive shop and get plastic coated diving belt weights. They come in various weights, up to about 5 pounds each. A cheap solution for this tweak. | |
| Dry Stylus Brush - Where to find The Disc Doctor recommends using a 1/4" natural bristle artist's paint brush. Trim the bristles and cut the handle off to make it small enough to use. | |
| Blowing Fuses in a Tube Amp Can you adjust the bias? Mine was blowing fuses constantly, took it for repair, found the tubes were overbiased. | |
| VPI 16.5 v 17.0 I don't see why cleaning with Disc Doctor fluid is a problem, except that with DD fluid, you have to rinse with distilled water. I use DD brush and fluid, then put it on the 16.5, squirt distilled water on it and use the other DD brush which is pr... | |
| Willing to be proved wrong. You'd be surprised how good a Stanton 520 SK cartridge will sound. For less than $40, it comes with an extra stylus. You can find them at a Guitar World store, or check around online. They're readily available and well worth the price for performa... | |
| Reaction to : Bedini-Ultra Clarifier II I bought the Bedini Ultra Clarifier, earlier version, used. It does help marginally, so I'm glad I paid $25 for it and not retail. I don't use it much, mostly for DVD's. It's basically to eliminate static, I think. | |
| How can I get my new receiver to decode the AC-3 s I believe you need an RF demodulator between the AC-3 out from the LD player and the input to the receiver. Three that are fairly reasonably priced, used, are sometimes available on ebay. They are:Yamaha APD-1Pioneer RFD-1Kenwood DEM-999DThe Yamah... | |
| ADDING TUBES TO HOME THEATER???? I use monoblock tube amps (VTL) for my two front channel and solid state (Anthem for rears and center & Bryston for sub) for the rest. Since all my speakers are matched (Snell), I find it works great . . . excellent 2-channel and seamless HT. ... | |
| Bought Wilco and Cowboy Junkies this weekend.... Try Cowboy Junkies "Trinity Sessions," their first and a MUST for Cowboy Junkies fans. Truly amazing recording . . . you can hear the air in the church it was recorded in.As for Wilco, "YHF" is an evolutionary record. Either "A.M." or "Being There... | |
| Perpetual Technologies P1,P3, and Monolithic PS Ditto. | |
| Ceiling speakers for Home theater..... Check out the January issue of Sound & Vision. There's an article on ceiling speakers, page 107. | |
| Fav Consecutive Albums by An Artist Recently, Steve Earle has had an INCREDIBLE run in the past few years:Train a Comin' 1995I Feel Alright 1996El Corazon 1997The Mountain 1999Transcendental Blues 2000Jerusalem 2002And that doesn't even include:Guitar Town 1986Copperhead Road 1988 |