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| AR-XB. Is it worth a new motor? Parted out you should recover your cost with a good frame (revolutionary design), arm, bearings, plinth and platter. BUT the AR-XB is a fine piece of audio history and worth saving or passing on. Acoustic Research was a benchmark company. Here's a... | |
| Dedicated 20 amp circuit. 10/2 or 10/3? Circuit breakers at the Bus? If you are running a dedicated breaker for each piece of equipment (you are going to need some 2 and 5 amp breakers, and with no AC motor loads I would ask why have a separate circuit for everything?... I would first c... | |
| A persistent hummmm... I just recently purchased a new, to me, amp and had a persistent hum. I used my fluke to test the shield on all the interconnects, all good. The new amp was a 2 conductor wall plug, didn't matter if it was plugged in 180 degrees or not (which some... | |
| Thinking about switching cartridges. My experience with Rega, limited to mid and lower TT's, suggests a lack of cartridge alignment capabilities. Not just Rega, but make sure the replacement cartridge geometry is compatible.... just saying. | |
| Humminguru record cleaner Steam distilled water is silly cheap at the grocery store. De ionized water should not be used for record cleaning, nor should tap water, minerals and salts will still be present. Always pre brush to keep your cleaning solution free of debris, a s... | |
| How does bi-wiring work? @tomic601 does true bi-wiring bypass the crossover in a speaker? | |
| Measurements for a dedicated line Combining, or "sharing" the Neutral Leg (white wire) can cause an imbalance of a voltage on the Neutral Leg. When a homeowner, or their "handy man" add an outlet, or a light fixture, or another modification to the home wiring, it is tempting to at... | |
| Best Circa 90's CDP | |
| Volume levels @asvjerry My cat found my in ear assistance devices carelessly left on my desk, so clearly every thing that then happened was my fault. One of the devices must still be on the feline mothership for study (or, it might have been in the cat box...) ... | |
| Cable Break In for the Naysayers I cook my cables between the TT, the phono stage, the preamp, the amp, and the speakers. Everything in my main systems has no problem logging at least 50-60 hours a week during the winter, about half that during summer. I don't use a steady modula... | |
| Buying from Japan...Accuphase or Luxman what are the costs ? import duties etc You can google USA customs duty. There is a gov't site that lists everything by category. Did I say EVERYTHING? I found it when I was importing a TT from Japan. BTW there is no duty for record players or record player parts (my TT and my recent t... | |
| Buying online, online searches and Scams oh my! it's a cruel world :( | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? The Turtles "Turtle Soup" White Whale WWS-7124 Ryuichi Sakamoto "Love And Hate" 12" single Elektra ED 5710 Papa Nebo "Papa Nebo" Atlantic SD 8280 The World Is A Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid To Die "Always Foreign" ... | |
| Best Covers I nominate J. Cash's cover of "The Mercy Seat" a cover of Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds from the 1988 release Tender Prey. On the lighter side, Any cover that I've heard by Big Head Todd And The Monsters, or Lake Street Dive has been excellent (both... | |
| Starting a Classical Vinyl Music Collection Minnesota Public Radio has an excellent classical music channel that you can stream from anywhere on the planet. They also have a web site with some free downloads, and an orchestra, chamber, and opera live stream schedule. You may have a local/re... |