piedpiper
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| Mapleshade brass tubedampers Like much of Mapleshade's products they are not for klutzes (read normal people). For those of us who are a bit more handy, I find the tube anchors to be the best I've tried and do make the sound better, lowering noise floor, removing congestion, ... | |
| Mapleshade vs. Anti-Cables The Clearview and Mapelshade/inSound speaker cables sound very similar to the interconnects, most likely for the same reasons. They are very detailed without adding edge, better than anything I've compared them to and shockingly better than most. ... | |
| Mapleshade and others The Mapelshade will blow away anything you put against them, IMO. They open the window wide by comparison with the Cardas being warm, rich and hugely lacking in detail by comparison and the HT being the closest but still far behind, with the Kimbe... | |
| Mapleshade & Monarchy ........? The Mapelshade are the best I've heard at all their price points. | |
| New Maplenoll Ariadne owner needing advice Answering my own question, I got one of the cheap pumps from Walmart and it didn't budge my platter; not enough psi I guess. | |
| considering a Maplenoll As good sounding as the Athenas were, their build quality was more like a high school science project tahn a professional product. You haven't experienced what a Maplenoll can be like until you've seen the better/later models. | |
| New Maplenoll Ariadne owner needing advice What is the difference between the cheap $10 aquarium pumps from Walmart and the Renn? | |
| Rega P-5 squeak You'll save wear on the motor and belt by starting up the platter by hand as you turn it on. Also, leave it on even while changing records unless you're using an after market clamp, which, of course, would preclude this. | |
| considering a Maplenoll Larry,Sounds like your pump was not original. The so called "Super Quiet Pump" that came with the later upper end models is just about quiet enough to put in the same room although I never have. Typical air pressure on the arm is about 40psi once ... | |
| considering a Maplenoll The Athena was especially funky. If you go for a mid 90s upper end model that has been fixed up properly by someone who knows what they're doing, you won't have so much trouble. That said as someone who has been very hands on with my own and a dea... | |
| considering a Maplenoll Check out my "system" and my "threads" and you'll find quite a bit to chew on. I love these tables but the quality control was very funky. The Cleo replaced the Athena and is a step up. I would get the Signature Ariadne like I have if you could. I... | |
| Reissue 180 grms vs original issue I suspect that some of these conflicting observations are due to system differences, not to mention taste. Some of the Classic Records reissues I have seem very bright, and my system is anything but, although very revealing. These same LPs played ... | |
| Record-playing Rituals? Mapman,you definitely want to rinse that record off again with purified water after what you described.Rccc, Alcohol poses no threat to the vinyl as long as none of it spills between the glass and your mouth. ;-)Seriously, it poses no threat withi... | |
| Turntable mats From what I've read here, I would go for either Boston Audio Design or Herbie's. What is your turntable? Remember the mat is part of the total TT system and needs to work synergistically with it. | |
| Lubricate track of straight line tracking tone arm It occurs to me that graphite might be an appropriate non-gummy lubricant. I just Googled the Sony PS-X800 turntable and found it on vinyl engine where you can download the service manual. I just did and couldn't find anything about lubricating th... |