rushton
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| Atma Sphere S30-Whats the best Power Tube? Erfranke, I believe the S-30, like other Atma-Sphere amplifiers, will use only the 6AS7G output tube. Ralph can give you recommendations on specific brands but my best experience has been to buy them directly from Ralph. As to the 6SN7 input tubes... | |
| VPI record cleaning system Drbebo1, call VPI. I've purchased a replacement pump from them in the past. Almost all of their products' parts are available. I see no reason why they wouldn't be able to supply you with collection reservoir as well. | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Listening with friends yesterday...Alternate performances of the 4th movement of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony, an interesting traversal.Widor, Toccata from Organ Symphony No. 5, Murray, Telarc 5036 Davis, Kind of Blue Railroad Sounds, Audio Fidelity... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Wonderful records, Al!The Vivaldi is a Peter McGrath (recording engineer) marvel.. | |
| LP care Walker Audio Prelude Quartet is the best I've found after trying many others. Used with a VPI record cleaning machine, it has consistently given better results for me.After wet cleaning and storage in a clean inner sleeve, you will not have to re-... | |
| LP Deadwax marking guide/database The following thread at the Steve Hoffman Forum contained pictures and identification of quite a few deadwax inscriptions:http://stevehoffman.tv/forums/showthread.php?t=120633. | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? e, are you referring to "Song for Athene" by John Tavener? I was not familiar with it but I found a YouTube upload by the Westminster Abbey Choir and just listened to it. Very nice piece.. | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? The Les Musiciens Brahms is a nice record, Al! Good selection to play.e, I suppose tonight should be some Tavener then! Good one. ;-) | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Schubert, String Qt 14 in d, "Death and the Maiden" - Hollywood SQ - Capitol P 8359John Taverner, Western Wind Mass, Higginbottom/ChNewCo, CRD 1072Holst, A Somerset Rhapsody, Del Mar/BournemouthSO, EMI ASD 3953. | |
| Quiet hard drive The Western Digital Caviar Green series in 1T, 1.5T and 2T sizes are very quiet (Idle Noise 24 dB; Seek Noise 29 dB). Install in an external drive case of your choice.Quieter than this, look for 2.5" laptop form factor drives or SSD drives, but th... | |
| Walker Prelude Quartet users with VPI 16.5 My experience matches Sbank's and my suggestions are similar. If the VPI motor is overheating, that suggests to me that you are scrubbing with the platter rotating and applying a fair amount of pressure. If you're using a Walker, Disc Doctor or Mo... | |
| Avalon User ? Silent Source Signature and Silent Source Music Reference cabling.http://www.walkeraudio.com/silent_source_cables.htm. | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Gkella,Congratulations on your turntable! Best wishes on your journey with vinyl.. | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Rachmaninoff, Piano Concertos 1, 2 and 3 - Previn/LSO, Ashkenazy -pf, Decca SXLF 6565/7Yet another superb engineering job by Kenneth Wilkinson.. | |
| Advice on a turntable for a clean midlevel system A VPI Classic turntable and tonearm series are very difficult combinations to beat and come at a very reasonable prices. If you believe in the importance of adjusting VTA for varying thicknesses of vinyl, look at the Classic 2. http://vpiindustrie... |