nsgarch
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| Why a headphone amp There are a handful of manufacturers that offer headphone 'interface' units that allow you to drive headphones from a conventional amplifier's loudspeaker taps. They are inexpensive (compared to a decent tube or ss headphone amp) and shouldn't be ... | |
| Cleaning records. How often really? One way to get rid of the residual dust that gets past filters, seals and every other mechanical strategy available, is ionization. There are room ionizers and whole house units (even some that can be installed in an existing HVAC system.)They act... | |
| Cleaning records. How often really? Albert, if you like the Premier cleaner, then buy it here like I do:http://www.all-spec.com/products/MCCCCC.htmlIt's the EXACT SAME STUFF as Premier and as you can see, much less expensive! I understood it is more a replacement for carbon tetrachl... | |
| Why Don't More People Love Audio? Per Albert's July entry, I went back and read the "July" posts, and I must say, I think some folks are 'overthinking' this subject!When folks in our Western (or Western-ized) culture have discretionary time-and-money (not already reserved for othe... | |
| Top ten DD turntables of all time? First, I want to update the link I posted in my 12-14-05 entry (scroll up) for the famous Direct Drive site. That (old) link is dead, but all is not lost! (it is now archived.) I think I'm going to save the whole site to my hard drive, just in cas... | |
| acoustic zen reference or venustas Rsf507 -- you have obviously done some serious listening while comparing these cables. And I'm sure your conclusions are carefully considered.The problem (for me anyway) is that your report provides no CONTEXT. So without an overview of your compo... | |
| acoustic zen reference or venustas There is a BIG difference in construction between Purist and Cardas products. Most Cardas products use their 'Golden Mean' system of windings, which at least in terms of construction, means MULTIPLE strands of wire -- making their cable HIGHLY CAP... | |
| simaudio 740P VS Mark Levinson 326S Pyramid Audio in Austin TX is a very competent Levinson repair service; and most important (for me) was they have people who know everything about all the old (and REALLY old) Levinson equipment. At least as of three years ago ;~) | |
| cartridge demagnetization Safest way to degauss cartridges (including MM cartridges) is passively as suggested by Terry9. I happen to use the Cardas/Stan Ricker test record, but any good (meaning as high a level as possible from a vinyl groove!) frequency sweep test track ... | |
| analysis plus oval 8 vs purist venustas Welcome to Audiogon. It looks like you may be a new member, and this your first post. So that's why I'm going to take a LOT more time than usual, to answer your question KINDLY, and not try and 'beat you up' for asking a question that's not really... | |
| repair or replace Accuphase DP-75V after 15 years I recently sold that very unit for a deceased friend's estate (you can look up his comments here on agon under fatparrot) . This is a FABULOUS unit! It sounded great in my system and I would have kept it, except I'm happy with my Wadia gear, so . ... | |
| Adding a second MC275 VI, is it worth it? Same question as Lloydc? | |
| Genelex Gold Lion KT-88 reissued tubes Tubesrule, I sold my Shuggies to a friend (as a backup set) shortly after my last post. They were still performing perfectly, but I was antsy to try the Psvane black-coated tubes which had just come out.The Psvanes had better quality construction ... | |
| Vintage MIT MI-330 Hemihead, it upsets me to learn that you encountered someone who simply perpetuated the misinformation started long ago by audio sales people, and I stand by my explanation!It's especially upsetting to me in this case because the "source" of this ... | |
| Motor repair for Goldmund Studio TT /w Pabst motor Hi John, the T3-F arms CAN be made to work, but they're a real PITA! And depending on your environment (changes in temperature and humidity) they don't hold their settings very well. Additionally (as with all linear trackers to some degree,) they ... |