noromance
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| what is the best way to clean a rubber TT record mat. Yeah... soap and water. Unless it's cracking and dried out and useless, refrain from using chemicals. | |
| What is they best album out there for showing off the sound quality of your system. The Gifted Ones - Gillespie, Basie, Brown, Roker. (Pablo 1981)Buddy Tate, Al Grey - Just Jazz (Uptown 1984) | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Eddie South - The Distinguished Violin of... (Mercury 1958)Lotte Lenya - September Song, Songs of Kurt Weill (Columbia Masterworks mono 1958) | |
| Turntables and Trusting Online Reviews Or it really does come down to audition with your own ears because not only can you not know what another prefers, they may or may not be honest in their own right?Yes. Not so much a question of honesty but of finding out if you like it. It is not... | |
| Turntable Mat question @fatboyriding No issues with the weight of the slate platter. You sure it's not 'drying out' the music? | |
| Modwright LS100 or Aesthetix Calypso Modwright has optional phono if you need it. Modwright were in use at a number of demos at AXPONA. You might look at the PrimaLuna Dialogue pre. Upscale Audio are selling a used Calypso. | |
| DIY Cork Mat question On the point of the label indentation, yes, some would say the record must be supported underneath 100%. And if there is no indentation, the record will only be supported at the center leaving air underneath. Now, without the indent, consider that... | |
| Simple question about Rega planar 3 No clue. But a $2000 XX2 on a Rega 3? | |
| Magnavox PP EL84 Amp question Sure, why not? Just be careful screws don't get in the way of electronics.Listen to the same track before and after and see if you spot a difference in sound quality. I had one of these units once and it served me well in rented digs. If the tubes... | |
| Vacuum Tube Storage FYI Never thought of displaying my stash. Interesting. Bubble wrap and cardboard in a tote at the moment! | |
| Pioneer RT701 noise in rt channel on low speed only! You can try using component testing freezer spray to help locate a faulty component. | |
| Best tonearm for London Reference Cartridge I posted in 2014 that I was using a 12" Jelco 750L. I've since upgraded to a 12" Jelco 850L and the improvement is not insubstantial. Highly recommended (entry-level on price) high end tonearm. | |
| Ultrasonic cleaning with kirmuss and loss of high frequency details. From my own reading, the consensus seems to be that it doesn’t do what your claiming. I have not noticed this phenomenon myself. I have noticed increased detail retrival. Although, one can argue there is no smoke without fire. However, every set-u... | |
| Take up drums at age 56? Better to fail trying to succeed than regret not trying and die. I tried and failed at guitar and a wind instrument but at least I know I'm a failure.@bdp24 Excellent posts. | |
| Thunder? Or, thunderstruck? Gentlemen, I’m not "schooling" anyone. Just funnin'. Why can’t we all just learn to get along? ;-) |