photon46
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| VPI Dust Cover As the first poster said, it doesn't really do a great job of keeping dust off. I do use one constantly, but it is more for protection against errant knocks than dust. I keep a fan shaped artist's badger hair "blender brush" by my turntable to bru... | |
| Best way to store a cart Semi, Oxygen is a reactive gas. It and Ozone (O3) are what causes rubber to harden and degrade. If it is removed from the container, the atmosphere is inert and no oxididative degeneration can occur. | |
| Dynavector DV 20X-L -- which MM will better it? I've also got a Grado Reference Sonata and find it has some occasional problems tracking highly modulated inner grooves with my VPI JMW9 arm. Not a frequent problem, but it is annoying all the same. Admittedly, the Grado does have a very relaxed a... | |
| Dynavector DV 20X-L -- which MM will better it? Axel, there's an abundance of disagreement about this topic, as you've no doubt noticed. Some listeners think the Shure V15mr was the apogee of MM technology. I'm among the other camp that was never particularly enchanted by it. To my ears, it was... | |
| some hybrid SACD do not play? My Marantz Sa11S1 plays every hybrid I've tried. It does sometimes have a hard time accessing a track deep into a disc with many tracks. For instance, if I try to access track 21 on a disc with 30 tracks, it will just click and click while it trie... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Raul, I noticed recently that Garrott Bros. have introduced a new top of the line MM cartridge, the Optim Ruby FGS. As i'd mentioned in an earlier post, I have the Optim FGS and think quite well of it. The new Ruby FGS is only available from Austr... | |
| Indian Music? I'll recommend these artists. First among many who I love is the master of the sarod, Buddhadev Das Gupta. His improvisational ability is unparalleled. He builds his ragas with emotionally charged energy that is amazing. His Nimbus recordings are ... | |
| Takamine EG561 with Bass Amp Sounds like you might be better off sticking with something purpose designed for the task, a proper acoustic guitar amp. Do a little research at a good site like Elderly.com and then read up on the owner reviews at HarmonyCentral.com. Various effe... | |
| Takamine EG561 with Bass Amp I tried the Fender G-dec 30, took it right back to the music store. Sounded sterile and lifeless to my ears, although the bells and whistles were fun. Line 6 sounds better. Tech21 makes better sounding inexpensive amps to my ears. What sort of mus... | |
| New CDR.. or add DAC? It's a never ending quest. A better dac begets the desire for a better transport (in general.) If you care for the sound quality of something like the new Benchmark dac, many claim it's jitter rejection makes it's performance the same regardless o... | |
| Michigan Maple Block Query The block you're looking at is made from end grain blocks, so a block that thick isn't going to warp at all. Maple is dense & it's difficult to stain evenly. It's notorious for being hard to finish. I'd doubt an ebony oil would give satisfacto... | |
| Copper Sleeve over IEC We've got big rolls of 36 gauge copper foil at work, so I've tried cutting strips of this to experiment with. With foils, you can add layers to try different amounts of shielding. It can be tightly wrapped & pinch formed to close around the ba... | |
| VPI Scout owners, do you use.... Out of curiosity, I've tried different cables & heard no difference. I'd be curious for someone to hazard a theory as to how changing a power cord could affect the sound of a turntable motor? I'm a big believer in better power cords for most c... | |
| Tripods as turntable or component base? The reason manufacturers use three legs instead of four on a photographic tripod has nothing to do with the superior stability of three vs. four legs. Rather, three legs satisfy the minimum requirements for stability and this balances out the cost... | |
| suggestions on musical score. I sat center stage, third row and had the great pleasure of hearing Michael Tilson Thomas & the New World Symphony Orchestra play Stravinsky's "Rite of Spring." That, my friends, was a dynamic bass slam fest. Another great performance demonstr... |