normansizemore
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| Dual 1219 noise Hi, I have two 1219s, and and a 1229 with a Grace 747 tone arm that is my main table. I have personally dismantled and cleaned, lubed and adjust all of the above. They are absolutely DEAD SILENT when running. No rumble whatsoever. Keep in mind tha... | |
| Reel to Reel I use my Crown 822 to record live with, small venues. It is amazing the quality of playback that it provides. I am NOT a fan of CD, so I also use either my Crown or Sony 755 to record CD's that are not available in vinyl. You won't believe how lis... | |
| Linn LP-12 still competitive with the very best? Drubin, The reason that your Linn sounds pretty good is that you have left is alone. Unlike the rest of us with Linn horror stories, the original unit is a pretty nice musical player. Upgrade it and it goes down hill from their. Trust me... I know. | |
| Opinions on Pioneer and Sansui turntables please Listen to Elizabeth! If you are looking vintage and are on a tight budget, buy and old Dual or Thorens with an integraged arm. If you want direct drive I think that the Technics 1200 (or is it 1500) is still being manufactured and is very affordab... | |
| Linn LP-12 still competitive with the very best? The LP-12 is a good enough turntable. My personal experience included endless upgrades and revisions which left me more and more dissatisfied. I went back to using an idler driven Dual 1229 which was completely rebuilt and then installed a Grace 7... | |
| reel to reel I don't think I could live without reel to reel. Most all decks made in the late 60's, 70 and 80 were well made machines. Teac, Akai, Sony, Revox, Technics, Crown, Otari, Pioneer, all these machines were well made. Akai used glass ferrite heads wh... | |
| Where to buy record cleaning fluids Iblog1, Your remarks to Bill are spot on. I should copy everyone here on the 'offline' remarks that Bill made to me last week. It is unconscionable to me how demeaning the replys are that this 'professional businessman' makes to those who could so... | |
| Any audiophile who is on blood pressure medication Yep! Exercise, eliminate salt intake, lower carb intake, stop eating read meat, oat meal for breakfast, fish oil, garlic tablets, green tea, water, water, water.. oh yes and sleep, lots of sleep.. which you can't help but do because most of this s... | |
| Keeping Hifi Equipment For Sentimental Values Yeah, I seem to keep everything. My very first hi-fi was handed down to my Son. My daughter uses my first Dual turntable, youngest is enjoying my EPI's. But then, the hi-fi that I am curently using is so old it probably qualifies all on its own. C... | |
| Musicians? I worked as a session drummer for years here in Chicago. I played mostly jazz and rock. I also play guitar and bass. With music, I listen for 'tone'. The sound of the instrument. My favorite instrument to listen too is solo piano, solo guitar (aco... | |
| Any audiophile who is on blood pressure medication Gentlemen, I think that I have tried every blood pressure med known to man. Lisinopril was working the best with the smallest side effect.. Recently, my doc put me on Benicar HCT... I have NO side effects and my energy levels have returned to norm... | |
| Where to buy record cleaning fluids Audiofeil, I don't recall anyone mentioning in this post that cleaning a record was 'Rocket Science'. Just a fellow looking for a way to obtain record cleaner. For years, it was hard to find, so many of us just started making it. We all know it's ... | |
| Where to buy record cleaning fluids Hello, I have been using the formula found in the December 1996 Stereophile for years with outstanding results. Have not seen better. Send me an email and I will forward a .pdf file of the page where it appears. | |
| Two Arm Turntables You could simply keep your turntable and use an arm pod. Here is a link to a good friend and audio nut Stefano. www.theanalogdept.com/stefano_bertoncello.htm Look at his system and note the arm pods for his Garrard 301. | |
| Platter Upgrade for Garrard 301 I always felt that Garrard got the 301 right the first time. An audio buddy of mine says that the series 'one' platters (grease bearing tables) are the heaviest and to him sound the best. He has one matted to his oil bearing Garrard along with a 1... |