noromance
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| Spin Clean seems to add noise to records? I have a Spin Clean but never used it. Back in my LP12 (late '80s) days, the consensus was to let the stylus clean the record and to leave well alone. Has this thinking changed? | |
| Best 300B SET Tube Audio Lab. | |
| Telefunken Black Diamond E88CC / 6922 Apologies Roxy. I have no idea why I read it that way. :-) | |
| The owner of Grant Fidelity is battling cancer Saddened and angry about this. Glad I am an atheist as I could never reconcile this terror with most people's concept of God. | |
| Stand out phono stages I have been using Croft phono amps for years and have never really felt the need to move. Stock it uses JJ tubes which are a little slow and colored for my taste. Switching them out for Telefunkens brings serious improvements in speed, clarity, tr... | |
| What was your first 'hi-end' system? When I turned OFF Dolby C on my 3 head cassette deck. | |
| Thinking of putting to rest ESL63 for Harbeth M30. I swapped a pair of 57s for Spendor SP2/2 years ago. The first thing I noticed was the veil that appeared. I love the Spendors and still run them on another rig. However, I never forgot how good the Quads were. I ended up buying another pair of 57... | |
| upgrading... which amp? The caps in the Sony psu may be leaky. | |
| High End Audio-Gaining Higher Ground? Agree with jmcgrogan. The 1% conspiracy to extract as much profit from every body while dumbing them down with endless tasks, taxes and rules has succeeded. | |
| Telefunken Black Diamond E88CC / 6922 Roxy54, NOS are not new production tubes. NOS are unused old tubes. | |
| getting back to vinly Hey Handyman...4 years later, how did things pan out? | |
| Sonic Difference between 6550 and KT88 tubes I've found that in general (and there many variables) GE 6550 are better in the bass, a little drier with a flatter sounding frequency response, the KT88 being better in the midband with more air. | |
| Amplifier is now off the Power Conditioner Straight into the wall. Lose the plugs and fancy power cables while you're at it and run direct from panel to kit. (disclaimer -only if you know what you are doing) | |
| Zyx Universe. O.24 mv vs .48 mv with low eff spkrs Lose those speakers. | |
| London Decca No problems encountered with my JW Paratracer tipped Super Gold on a 12"Jelco. I never noticed an issue with the old stylus either. In fairness, I don't have many warped records. |