oilmanmojo
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| What is the Phono stage you have finished with? i am by no means an expert, but the zyx artisan is a quality ss phono preamp. I have borrowed a couple of tube phono's before i got the zyx. I have not a/b's using my friends tube preamp so i can not say if i am better or worse, but the quality is... | |
| Record Cleaning brushes - experimentation? nickSorry my recommendation impacted your vinyl. Do you use the brush wet or Dry. I have used routinely now for close to a year without scratching any record. I did a test on some blank vinyl as you did and did not have any problem. I only use the... | |
| New Maplenoll Ariadne owner needing advice Thanks, i will send it. | |
| New Maplenoll Ariadne owner needing advice Tell me more about this dampening tape. This sounds interesting. Sounds like u use to damping the motor. how and where to apply the tape. I like the idea of an external plinth but if i can get 80% of that effect without moving the motor, that woul... | |
| New Maplenoll Ariadne owner needing advice Charlie--Cant wait to hear your feedback on your mods. I totally agree with the balance impact on the "spin rate" on the noll. With the heavier platter it made a tremendous impact. I am having that done to my older table platter. | |
| Cleaning a old tonearm Agree that cleaning will not be a problem. Any good degreaser/cleaner will work. Just ensure you rinse and dry effectively. | |
| New phono preamp or tonearm? I recently upgraded my phono stage from a rotel and Vandersteen combination to a zyx artisan. The rest of my system is zyx universe lomc (Silver), Maplenoll signature ariadne with modified armwand, Marantz sr9300, Klipschorns. I was expecting a si... | |
| Why is some vinyl noisy? I have a jefferson airplane album (Bark)that exhibits similar noisy background sound. It is on the grunt label and i have cleaned it multiple times. I finally found a very clean, unused pressing and aargh, it sounded just like the other slightly w... | |
| Record Cleaning brushes - experimentation? The stiff microfiber brush i use for wet cleaning is one that is actually used as a lint cleaning for fabric. it is made by evercare and i found it a walgreens. The stiff microfibers (please recognize they are not metal just a stiff fine synthetic... | |
| New Maplenoll Ariadne owner needing advice chetatkins--do you still spin them, or have you moved on. Seems a lot of maplenoll owners move on to other players. I enjoy tweaking and the compressor issue does not bother me since i have optimized it. I have the owners manual from this last pur... | |
| Record Cleaning brushes - experimentation? Many types of brushes are out there and in my experience the microfiber type brushes are superior to the standard bristle brushes to get into the grooves. I do like a stiffer brush for the reason you state. I have used the vpi brush, mofi brush, b... | |
| New Maplenoll Ariadne owner needing advice Charlie---good question that i am not 100% sure that it can be. Some of the information on various forums based on actual discussions with Dilger would suggest difficulty in doing it. In fact one string suggested that dilger had many of the plates... | |
| New Maplenoll Ariadne owner needing advice I should get my platter tommorrow:^0 i will lose about 1/8 in on diameter to get it trued up. But it is supposed to be perfectly balanced. I will soon see. The theory around the multiple ports on the bearing is similar to the one on the arm spindl... | |
| Warmed cleaning fluids I use commercial and homebrew recipe cleaners and found the use of a steaming step helps the cleaning effect of the cleaner. My homebrew is distilled water, detergent (i have used dawn dishwashing detergent, commercial cleansers/degreasers, and re... | |
| New Maplenoll Ariadne owner needing advice CharlieThanks for the tips. I have already cleaned the spindle and the air openings/chamber using a good solvent and carefully dried everything. I have not applied an exterior finish as you have suggested, but i will try that. I have notices one o... |