oilmanmojo
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| What makes a record collection "great"? I like Jwong thoughts about a great collection in book terms. I do not own many 1st pressings except those that I bought back in the day. Not sure my collection would classify as great. But it has a slant on music that is tailored to my taste and ... | |
| Steam cleaning records 2 I have not had problems with impacting labels unless i have a lot of cleaning fluid or rinse water on the record when i steam. The plume of the steam should be controlled to avoid hitting the label. Takes a little practice but worked well. I spin ... | |
| What to listen for when setting VTF? My experience with the UNIverse cartridge is that a lighter VTF works best. I used a method similar to one that Dougdeacon reviewed in an earlier string. It basically is to reduce VTF until mistracking occurs then increase it slightly. for the UNI... | |
| Steam cleaning records 2 I steam cleaning as a part of a cleaning regime i use once. Since I buy used records from a variety of places and many times the records are pretty grundgy, i find the cleaning regime works well to consistently clean records. I have used tradition... | |
| A decent set of beginner advice to care of vinyl Lots of good info presented already. If you want cheap but more efficient and effective than hand washing and drying; You can purchase a small shop vac (about 30 dollars) and make a very good wet vac. Just take the crevice tool and cut a 1/4 groov... | |
| Best Live Recording on LP david gilmour live in gdansk has to be up there as one of the best live lps. Live rust and waiting for columbus also way up there. | |
| Steam cleaning records 2 axelcavitation actually is the sudden vaporization of a fluid that is being pumped. It is due usually to the suction pressure of the liquid at the eye of the impeller being lower than the vapor pressure of the liquid being pumped. It is very true ... | |
| Steam cleaning records 2 The primary point that Charlie was trying to make is that steaming is effective as a part of the cleaning process and experience has show us who have been steaming for a while has little or no impact on record quality. There are a lot of reasons w... | |
| Vinyl beginner frustrations Azimuth and VTA Getting the alignment is critical before you try to optimize vta and vtf imo. Using a tool such as the one you mentioned is very good. Once you get the tonearm set up correctly where the tracking error is minimized, then move to worrying about vtf... | |
| New member w a Cleaning Question Agree with NRENTER that a shop vac and strip of velvet will work nicely. Not as convienient as the automatics, but it is very effective. The use of a steamer, good cleaning fluid (can be home made or purchased) and lots of good clean water for rin... | |
| ZYX UNIverse X-SB 0.24 sounding "too much" I am using the zyx UNIverse S SB 0.24mv with the zyx Artisan phono stage with good results. I do not have a MM input so i use the phono stage into my Marantz SR9300. I find the resolution is very good on whatever music I listen to. On some albums,... | |
| New Maplenoll Ariadne owner needing advice Charlie---If you need some tonearm wire--AMsystems or Phoenix wire sells medical grade teflon coated silver wire that will work well and can be cut to length. It can be all the way to 0.001 diameter (i did 0.003) and is wonderful if you are handy ... | |
| Zyx Universe Break In Interesting. I find the universe cartridge performs best at or near 1.70g vtf. The soundstage is so deep and resolution between the tracks or instruments so clear at this level. It sounds good at 1.9 but the sweet spot on mine was achieved by slow... | |
| Zyx Universe Break In VTA and VTF adjustment is critical for the universe cartridge. I agree with MarkD51 that the airy is not as sensitive but imo, the sweet spot on the universe for vta is smaller and the performance of the cartridge improves with lower vtf. The othe... | |
| Center channels: why only horizontal arrays? when i used a rptv, i used the horizontal, but after moving to the front projection, i have exclusively used a full range tower speaker. I have used it below my screen when my room allowed and currently use it behind my screen. I believe most of t... |