oldaudiophile
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| What actually determines volume power? Is it watts? First and foremost, it would be helpful to know if the OP has ever undergone an audiometry evaluation and what the results were. | |
| Is it the gear or the ears? Absolutely hilarious! Thanks for sharing! Reminds me of a cartoon I saw years ago, likely in a magazine catering to audiophiles. The premise, as best I can recall, was an audiophile coming into the proverbial local high-end shop to have his amp... | |
| Tone Arm Lifter Another vote for the Audio Technica AT6006R! Quality manufacturing, reasonably priced and lifts your tonearm gently. There are cheaper or less expensive alternatives that lift a tonearm but do so very abruptly. I wouldn't trust those. My fear ... | |
| YOUR AUDIOPHILE JOURNEY WHEN DID IT START AND HOW DID YOU GET TO YOUR DREAM SYSTEM? As a very young kiddo in the 50s, I listened to my aunt's tabletop record player and, later, as a young teen, to my parents' Grundig console. However, I would say the audiophile bug bit me in 1971, after listening to a high school friend's 2 chan... | |
| Some thoughts on dust covers It's obvious, to me, that this Chief Engineer of Thorens, at that time, was doing nothing other than damage control, to cover up a significant engineering design fault. If the tolerances between the platter, record and TT dustcover were so tight ... | |
| "Cleaning" Vinyl Makes It Worse Not Better! @vitussl101 the reason I gave you a little detail (i.e. more, evidently, than your mind can handle) was to attempt to point out that there are many different record cleaning methodologies (i.e. different equipment, conditions, fluid temperatures... | |
| "Cleaning" Vinyl Makes It Worse Not Better! @vitussl101 Again, I cannot emphasize enough how important I think it is for all those interested in record cleaning to read "Precision Aqueous Cleaning of: Vinyl Records" at the Vinyl Press. BTW, if you haven't already figured this out, "antinn... | |
| Retirement integrated amp for a “fiscal conservative” @ezstreams CONGRATTULATIONS on making it to the light at the end of the tunnel! That's an awfully lovely TT to let lie fallow! I also have a record collection predominantly from the 60s through the 80s which are in great shape. I'm in the proce... | |
| MusicDirect,, I received their thick, presumably annual catalogue, once, after making a relatively expensive purchase. Since then, I've made other comparatively less expensive purchases over the years, including gift purchases. They even sent one of those thi... | |
| "Cleaning" Vinyl Makes It Worse Not Better! @vitussl101 Yes, I know what you mean. The little bottle you're talking about is Mofi's Ultra Record Wash concentrate for ultrasonic cleaning machines. Again, you can make your own for a fraction of the cost. | |
| "Cleaning" Vinyl Makes It Worse Not Better! @vitussl101 I've used Mofi's Super Record Wash (nothing else with or added to it) in an US machine at room temp with excellent results. While doing so, I've never allowed the fluid temperature to exceed 90 degrees Fahrenheit. However, Mofi doesn... | |
| "Cleaning" Vinyl Makes It Worse Not Better! Like most things in audiophile land, it all comes down to how much you want to spend. Want easy, no fuss and effective? Get the Degritter Mark II. Want a more inexpensive alternative that will be just as effective but more laborious? Fashion a... | |
| Integrated Amplifier Recommendations Needed @samdance I tend not to recommend anything I haven't owned & enjoyed and/or been very impressed with in serious seat-time in auditions. That being said, there is definitely a synergy or compatibility that needs to be considered when it comes ... | |
| AR XA turntable needs new cartridge... Crustycoot makes an excellent point to take notice of! You might want to consult with a reputable high-end shop that knows a thing or two about TTs, have them do a tune-up of that TT, make sure it is well-lubricated and have them install the new ... | |
| Physical degradation of CD's @no_regrets many "experts" (e.g. professional audiophile reviewers; electronic engineers; neuroscientists; etc.) would argue that break-in or burn-in time for various audiophile sound system components is a myth. Of course, there are some who ar... |