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| Bad news for audiophiles? I don't know if it so much bad news, as a cautionary tale. We always have to ask where the value is and what are we really looking to get out of this thing.T'was the low spark of high-heeled boysHappy Listening! | |
| Why do all audio forums on the internet seem "dead" ? tomcy6, wouldn't do without 545+ pg. dissections of the latest pressings AND still like it here!Happy Listening! | |
| Wish List For Vinyl Pressings The Be Good Tanyas - Blue Houses 2000 (not on label, self issued) -Chinatown 2003 on Nettwerk AmericaGillian Welch - Revival 1996 Almo Sounds- Time (The Revelator) 2001 acony RecordsI realize Blue Houses was briefly released on vinyl in 2011 (try... | |
| Northern Electric Brand audio tubes Understood. | |
| Record Cleaning - Ultra Sonic or My old ways whart, just curious, what frequency machine are you running and what cycle times? Why I ask is, higher frequency machines 60-80khz seem to have been found to produce smaller bubbles of agitation and therefore produce deeper cleaning. Cycle times a... | |
| Upgrade Linn LP 12 or buy new table Yeah, that Jolida JD9II is a giant killer for the $$ and modest upgrades can make it even more untouchable. | |
| Record Cleaning - Ultra Sonic or My old ways I still fall back on my long time regiment with a VPI16.5, Disc Doctor, AI Super, and lots of elbow grease and pure water. DIY ultrasonics are on the way. I believe ultrasonics have there place in this whole Vinylphile thing. They really reconditi... | |
| Will a RCA to RCA adapter hurt the sound? Before you move your rack, listen to your kit with the single RCA cable that you presently have in place, establish a sonic reference. Than try adding the additional RCA and adapter... and listen again. Repeat if necessary. Then do what you have t... | |
| Upgrade Linn LP 12 or buy new table inna, you could not have said it more concise.IMHO this cuts to the chase and commits the least amount of the OP's hard earned dollars while taking full advantage of a deck he once loved, and already has. Everything, every other move can wait it's... | |
| Northern Electric Brand audio tubes Thanks Jmcgrogan2, I have actually heard some of the Psvane line and the select level of them are very nice indeed. People are starting to have very consistent reports of both fidelity and reliability with them as well. I have read several compari... | |
| Phono pre "Break-In" process? Necessary? geoffkait, so you’re the one. Organic neuron stimulation? telepathic-enabling technology?... like in the film Æon Flux?! That’s way cooler then this gear thing."Handler... connect me to, Elvis Costello’s - Red Shoes"Happy Experiencing! | |
| What is the best dielectric? You ask good questions, ones that I don’t know how to answer, except to say none at all. Being impractical, what I can offer though is the Fluorinated Ethylene Propylene (FEP) found in Nordost is better than most, but that is the gapped sleeve and... | |
| Just how great is Elvis Costello I realize someone would point a blaspheme finger on me for speaking of Declan’s namesake from Memphis with such seeming disregard. But it is like this, the subject of this thread has penned and performed more of his own songs (as I understand it) ... | |
| Northern Electric Brand audio tubes Thank jedinite24. Most of what I can find on the net suggests they look exactly like the Tj full music valve in their construction. Many who have listened at length to the 12AX7 and 6SN7 of them suggest a warm, quiet, very full bodied performance ... | |
| Phono pre "Break-In" process? Necessary? Thom Mackris, Check out my post (seventh post in, on a two page thread) I realize it is a long read and life is short, but geez... really? |