noromance
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| Springs under turntable Chuck, I'll add a photo later.Under the table. It moves in all planes. No detectable torque movement. Tap test makes stylus skip. Slight movement when changing records. Settles fast. | |
| Room temperature and audio fidelity. The higher summertime humidity did not seem detrimental to the SonicsHow can you be sure? When you AC the temp down, you remove humidity. | |
| 500 albums in a basement flood--worth saving? What were you thinking when you opened the steel door? | |
| Am I asking too much? @mdalton You might check out the Audiosilente idler and SPH bearing as low-cost options to take it to the next level. | |
| Best sounding concert dvds Roger Waters - In The FleshLeonard Cohen - Live in London | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? @boxer12 +1 Exploded View | |
| Am I asking too much? Have you upgraded the 401 idler and bearing? | |
| Am I asking too much? Maybe this is why your local guy isn't a big name. Or maybe he just doesn't need the business as much as you think. Instead of complaining here, tell him what you think. Maybe he'll foot the set-up bill as a discount. Make sure whoever touches you... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Buddy Tate And The Muse Allstars – Live At Sandy's (Muse 1980)Can't go wrong with these guys. Live is even better. NM. | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Scott Hamilton And Buddy Tate – Scott's Buddy (Concord Jazz 1981)Superb. NM. | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? The Alan Parsons Project – I Robot (Arista 1977)I used to love Pyramid and haven’t played it in 35 years. So I played some of it tonight. Nope. Musically meh. Awful recording and seems I overplayed it. VG-So I Robot is much better music and NM- a... | |
| Balanced Audio Technology MK-30 tubes. Alternative to Sovtek 6922 Ting each tube with a pencil tip and see if it's sensitive to the taps. You might get away just replacing that one. | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Kurt Weill & Bertolt Brecht – Threepenny Opera, Original Cast Recording New York Shakespeare Festival Production (Columbia Masterworks 1976)I love this album. Recommended. Wonderful songs. Pirate Jenny for low Hz kettle drums. | |
| Wanting to test my system's (and room) ability to recreate bells - any suggestions? The Bells of Christmas: Recordings of Bells from the World's Most Famous Cathedrals. Available on Amazon on all formats.You could also play bell test tracks on YiuTube... | |
| 500 albums in a basement flood--worth saving? Everyone's nightmare. Prayers don't work! Value is out the door so it's up to you whether you want to salvage what you can. Maybe you might get something for the job lot. |