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| My battle with sibilance. I’m getting my Men at Work now. I need to hear this now :)As an aside, I have used this test record with great success. https://store.acousticsounds.com/d/95088/Tacet-Vinyl_Check-180_Gram_Vinyl_RecordOnly one I’ve used, but have managed to solve t... | |
| Turntable isolation platform Recommendations? Another timely discussion!As I continue my own quest for turntable isolation, I came across this company which makes something akin to what I am looking to do with my turntable, albeit in a much less costly fashion :)http://stacore.pl/en/Roller bl... | |
| FEX EX Damaged New Legacy's FedEx is certainly not getting much love here :)A friend sent his turntable back to the manufacturer - motor was noisy.Well, didn't FedEx make a mess of it. Cover broken, hinge broken and plinth cracked.And like so many others, he is now in the gl... | |
| Cable Goop Review George is going to freak!! Don't even need to buy the stuff.These folks will send you a free sample...https://xlynxmaterials.com/request-graphane-form/ | |
| Allison and Snell - Against the Wall Klipsch Cornwalls.Boston Acoustics a100, a150, a200...The a100 series stipulates in the manuals it be placed up against a wall, 2 feet from any corner. Never heard them, but quite keen on getting my hands on one - want to tear it down and see what... | |
| When someone listens to your system for the first time. Very few have heard my set up. Of the ones that have, one person, after hearing my ESL-57's, has been pining over a pair ever since. Had a mono pressing of Ben Websters "Soulville" playing as he sat down in the chair. He couldn't believe the 3d ef... | |
| Vibration - What are the Main Sources? @georgehoffmann60 Agree 100% on the coupling/decoupling "challenge". Suspect I would pick a material other than marble, but everyone is looking for a different sonic expression from their systemAll that anyone has to do, is experiment a bit and tr... | |
| HELP! I bought equipment drunk, don’t know anything. It’s all good.You could have woken up with an awkward rash…Every time you turn the pre on, you’ll remember how you don’t remember buying it. Hopefully, you can remember building it :) | |
| Vibration - What are the Main Sources? rixthetrick,Thanks. The springs are for my TT, mostly as an experiment :)Hoping the spring retailer will help me figure out a spring rate that makes sense. And yeah, height/diameter is important. Don’t want stuff swaying :) And I’m thinking to s... | |
| Vibration - What are the Main Sources? @rixthetrick Oh yeah, not very attractive looking, nor very user friendly according to the review I read. And, $$$’s…Pencil, paper, some tools, some parts and a bit of wood… | |
| Vibration - What are the Main Sources? @mcI’m hoping the industrial online spring retailers can help sort out the correct spring based on total weight. May have to diy some kind of spring damper. Suspect the Minus K gear will be difficult to diy…https://www.minusk.com | |
| Vibration - What are the Main Sources? I kinda want this :)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m9J8-YAMQKo | |
| Vibration - What are the Main Sources? Timely subject!Getting close to final set up of my TT.Just made a base - 3/4" mdf "box" filled with sand.The TT weighs just shy of 60lbs, the base is approx 25lbsMy thinking is this. The vibrations present in the component needs to go somewhere. T... | |
| Fluids.... Process, process, process...Everyone has their thing that works for them. And its because the process of working with that fluid on their machines make sense.I've been using L'Art du Son for several years. Read good things about it, and figured ou... | |
| Fear of volume control Those days of really loud are long gone. As a teen, parents would regularly complain that they could hear my headphones downstairs.Now, I find the bulk of my listening is around 75-80 db. Most music can come through nicely at that level, and if l... |