rushton
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| New Releases on Vinyl? Red Trumpet has a nice email newsletter that lists upcoming new vinyl releases, and a nice pre-order process for new releases as well.As mentioned, Acoustic Sounds, Elusive Disc, and Music Direct are all good resources for vinyl. | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Ah, the Enescu Sonata: wonderful piece. Next time you can come over, Joe, let me introduce you to the Radu Lupu performance of this work in a characterful performance that captures some of the true Rumanian character of the work. Captivating.Tonig... | |
| Classic Record RCA 45 rpm reissues - Which? Quincy, thanks but have you listened to the 45rpm versions of any of these? | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Handel's Apollo and Daphne, McGegan/PhilharmoniaBaroque, Judith Nelson, Harmonia Mundi HM 10067 (another superb engineering job by Peter McGrath)Sammartini's Symphony in A, Concerto in C, Slovak Chamber Orchestra in a marvelous recording on Klimo ... | |
| Rhea and tube noise....???? The Rhea is like the Io - dead quiet with the stock tubes. Due to the amount of gain being generated in both units, the first gain stage tubes are critical. The factory very carefully selects these tubes for low noise; so people changing these sho... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? All day today has been a music fest with friends over music and visiting. A sampling of what was on the turntable includes:Telemann, Tafelmusik, BkIII, Bruggen/ConAmsterdam, Telefunken 6.35064Laudate II, DrottingholmBarEns, UppsalaAcKammarkor, Ann... | |
| Silclear , Caig ProGold, or Kontak? SST is the best contact enhancer available - absolutely agree. But the question was about CLEANING contacts, even though the subject line listed products not made for this purpose. One needs to clean the surfaces before applying Walker Audio's SST... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Shostakovich - "String Quartet No. 15," Fitzwilliam Qt on L'Oiseau Lyre"Early Music at Wik" - Joculatores Upsalienses, BIS LP 3 | |
| Silclear , Caig ProGold, or Kontak? Kontak has always worked well for me for cleaning. Caig is also very good, but consider using their cleaning product, Caig DeOxit rather than the ProGold which is a lubricant/preservative for use after cleaning (although many people use ProGold fo... | |
| Review: Walker Audio Proscenium Gold Signature Turntable Albert,I am delighted that you added your comments to this thread. I'd hoped you'd be able to corroborate my experience with your own.For the motor controller, I purchased the version with the teflon board, nude resistors and Blackgate caps. Lloyd... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Cannonball Adderley - "Know What I Mean" Analogue Productions 45rpm reissue of Riverside 9433Prokofiev - "Lt. Kije" Reiner/CSOStravinsky - "Song of the Nightingale" ... both on Classic Records' reissue of RCA LSC 2150 (I love the Reiner/CSO perfor... | |
| Review: Walker Audio Proscenium Gold Signature Turntable Thanks for your kind comments about the posting. Some of you have asked for additional information about the rest of my system, or previous turntable. For the next few days, I am replying to specific requests offline when requested, as I indicated... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Handel - "Messiah" in a small group performance by Christophers/The Sixteen, Hyperion A66251/2 The Oslo Consort (harpsichord, transverse flute, baroque guitar) playing music of the baroque period by Couperin, Monteclair, Piccinini, Quagliata, Ricc... | |
| eminent technology 2 setup help Mike,Here is a followup to your further question via email to me about the the stylus alignment gauge. Since you have a pre-drilled armboard on your SOTA, you already have one of the biggest issues solved. The rest is purely an exercise in logic o... | |
| newby question VTA and tracking force are interactive, and this may be affecting what you're hearing. I don't know what the manufacturer's recommended maximum tracking weight is for this cartridge, so I will just assume you're not exceeding that. And, I will ass... |