rushton
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| Looking for a good Tech near Princeton, NJ Tonyptony, I think Bob's strengths are in electronics, ss or tube, but not transports. Nevertheless, call and talk to him about your need. He'll tell you if he's not the best person for the work you need to have done, and he may have an alternate ... | |
| Suggestions for Classical Piano "works of merit" Excellent recommendations, Newbee. I'll add a few more...Debussy - the Paul Jacobs recording Newbee recommends is very good (originally issued on vinyl as HB73031). To this I would add: Moravec's performances of Debussy's "La Cathedrale engloutie,... | |
| Suggestions for Classical Piano "works of merit" I agree with your assessment of the Kempff recordings. If you've liked his Schumann, you may wish to try his Beethoven, both the sonatas and the concertos with Leitner.A couple additional suggestions: Ivan Moravec's recordings of Chopin on the Con... | |
| When cleaning vinyl - what to use for I use the Disc Doctor brushes. Music Direct also sells their own clone of the original DD brush. Disc Doctor, Audio Intelligent and Walker Audio Prelude are all good cleaning fluids (my preference being the Walker Audio Prelude after many years us... | |
| Do tubes "burn in"? Davemitchell, thanks for a very cogent explanation of dielectric material forming process -- I agree that this is the way I normally think of "burn in." A different word is needed then, because whatever may be happening, in my experience the sound... | |
| Do tubes "burn in"? A brand new tube will "burn in" over the first 10-30 hours of use and its sound will change over that time. Thereafter, Pawlowski6132 is exactly correct about the warm up time with each listening session. Whether the burn in will resolve your conc... | |
| Looking for a good Tech near Princeton, NJ A little beyond your radius, Bob Backert in Churchill PA is well trusted and highly respected by many members of the Philadelphia Area Audio Group. Bob is a wizard with tube gear, particularly. His phone numer is 215-355-0529. | |
| Best recording / performance Dvorak Cello conc. Worth searching out is that early Rostropovich recording with Talich and the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra mentioned above. Orginally issued on Supraphon, and mono only I believe, I have the US distributed Parliament PLP-139 on vinyl. The sound is ... | |
| VTA Direcrtions The best description I've ever found of what to listen for are those provided by Lloyd Walker for fine tuning your turntable. Since VTA and VTF interact, he recommends an iterative process of changing VTA, then VTF, and describes what to listen fo... | |
| A question I suspect reveals a lot of ignorance... Sounds like a good question to me. And while I've used tube equipment for over 35 years, I admit to not knowing either. What I am reasonably sure of is that for a typical Class A/B circuit, how loud you play will not have any practical impact on t... | |
| Boston Vinyl? Spencer, my information may be out of date, but Stereo Jacks and Looney Tunes are the names of two stores I carry around in my PDA. These are the directions I got from a thread some time ago:Looney Tunes and Stereo JacksDrive up Mass Ave, and park... | |
| Quiet, Reliable Hard Drive The Seagate FreeAgent Desktop drives get good reviews from users at Newegg.com and are $129 for the 500GB model. I use a Seagate 7200.10 drive in my desktop and its very quiet there. Five year warranty and in my experience very reliable.. | |
| I can't stop listening, the magic is back Congrats, Dgad. Great to hear! It's amazing how the small things can make such a difference, isn't it?. | |
| Best results using what fulids with VPI or Walker Audio Prelude and Disc Doctor Miracle Record Cleaner have worked very well for me with a VPI record cleaning machine. Both are highly recommended, with the observation that Walker Prelude has won me over. I'll be re-cleaning all my LPs with... | |
| VTL MB-450 with Maggies Hasse, it doesn't look like you're getting an overwhelming number of replies to your specific question. I can't address the two amps you specifically mention, but I can expand your field of consideration if you're not completely set on one or the ... |