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| Building high-end 'tables cheap at Home Despot II Yo, lenco fools!Added a Dynavector 17D III per Jean's recommendation. Wish I could say something negative (just for fun), but- the man from the great north is right again!!! Excellent results- beautiful, moving, engaging MUSIC. Thanks for keeping ... | |
| The most important word of advise? When listening to music- your favorites- try to spend an hour at least, at levels you enjoy, maybe a bit louder. If after an hour or 21. you want more and you are reluctant to end- good sign.2. relieved to turn things off and leave the room- bad s... | |
| Who likes LATIN JAZZ? Yo Fool!Percussion, drums* and foot stomping, are the very foundations of Latin and Jazz.Check the Buena Vista Social Club (ignore the stupid slide guitar whining in the background) and another excellent CD is Introducing Ruben Gonzalez.If you don... | |
| Help. Thor owner messes up Check with High End Audio- Jerry. Do a search for "Thor, who will service" something with those words and you will find a phone #. Good luck! | |
| Give Up? You screwed up? | |
| Beatles covers: better than originals? A Little Help from My Friends, Joe Cocker | |
| God, why did I try my first LP = upgrade Not the "dark" side. The HARSH side!Remember: friends don't let friends use belt drives. | |
| Building high-end 'tables cheap at Home Despot II Hxt1 and Lew, It would be great to see your work/systems on this site. I hope you will post some photos in the future.Thanks, Oregon | |
| God, why did I try my first LP = upgrade Start with the source- a better turntable/cart. i recommend the Lenco L75. | |
| Please,reccomend "rock" cart. for under 1K I second the Dynavector 17D III. Recently installed it on my Lenco/Rega and it is excellent throughout the the freqs. Beware that it is a tad finnicky to set up. The "cantilever" is unusually short and part of the stylus itself. It barely clears t... | |
| Why does it sound better at lower volumes? I can't really say what's going on. Luckily many folks are willing to help.Here's my take on it:The amps are the problem, or it could be the speakers. (Although I've never heard either one you mention). But, I have a propensity for the tube "sound... | |
| How do you know that a record is really worn? See my explanation on this thread.How to clean Stubborn RecordsThere are other reasons for noise of course, but this is obvious once it's seen. | |
| How to clean Stubborn Records Nano, Either 300 or 400.Leica optics.Again, it looked like cuts made by a knife, on both walls of the groove, in even intervals. My only explanation is that a stylus which was broken, or chipped, perhaps, or, completely broken off the tip of the c... | |
| How to clean Stubborn Records It may well be the vinyl is "worn". I have tried cleaning some records using dish soap/water, then on my N. Gritty with Audio Intelligent solution. Still I could not reduce the surface noise. 2 LPs were especially heartbreaking- original pressing ... | |
| Got A Turntable...What Next? My suggestion is to keep the items. Replace the amp, or borrow a tube amp with more power, listen fo a while. Stick with the vinyl, you're a lucky guy. |