shasta
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| Cabling to FM Antenna Unsure on why the writer wants to use conduit. The "...removable (2 screw) caps at each bend..." sound like "house ells." RG-6 through these might be a close call, in terms of bending radius. Pick a cable, get the spec sheet and find the Min Bendi... | |
| RRL Cleaner, Vinyl Zyme, and Groove Glide Styx: The answer is to experiment, and let your ears decide. And, it may very well vary from record to record. Strongly suggest a RCM, even the lowliest.Just read Mikey F's Compleat Guide to R-C'ing, and yikes...talk about A-C disorder. At what I'... | |
| Solid stylus cleaners: Extreme Phono vs. Onzow Zer I'm scared by the thought that possibly in the world someone has taken sandpaper (matchbook striker strip) to a record player needle. | |
| Spindle oil 100 deg C/212F on a stylus tip?? Yow, can you find a thermocouple small enough to fit on a cantilever? Can you get a handheld infrared gun with a small enough beam pattern? Can you measure this with an infrared thermography device??Back to lubes; ... | |
| Solid stylus cleaners: Extreme Phono vs. Onzow Zer I had heartburn with my 2 atempts w/ the xtreme. And that had to do with it's packaging. The container: leaks, and will arrive with a gooey mess around it. And, it has no indication of which side is up, and I found it stupidly difficult to open. | |
| RRL Cleaner, Vinyl Zyme, and Groove Glide I use DD pads, the vac is an old NittyGritty (I think a 2.5 Fi). Operating surface is an orginal rubber mat from a Kenwood TT.IME, using supermarket sourced, steam distilled water rinse, post RRL was not a good thing.Post DD cleaning, I *do use th... | |
| RRL Cleaner, Vinyl Zyme, and Groove Glide Using a distilled water rinse *after using RRL is a distinct no-no.Applying RRL and giving it a wait period of several minutes before vacuuming is a positive.The quality of application instructions between DD and RRL is day and night. DD wins hand... | |
| Spindle oil Snake Oil can be obtained at home by taking an interconnect cable, holding it vertically, and with your free hand, squeeze it from top to bottom over an open container. The more expensive the cable, the better the results.K-Y Jelly is also well-kn... | |
| Which of these power cords is best? Looks like Audience has increased their prices... | |
| What's wrong with my VPI motor? At least on the original SAMA motor, removing the bottom cover plate, reveals that all wiring connections, including 2 capacitors, are WIRE NUTTED. (I challenge anyone to name another audio product using wire nuts.) I immediately soldered/heat shr... | |
| Stereolink rules Sigh. Yet another product no longer available (the Stereo Link). Why do they keep the WebSite running?? | |
| Hi-Fi test I was up on a ladder, fiddlin' w/ something, radio on in background. Song comes on, female singer, old-time song I vaguely recalled. A few bars pass, the sound goes from background to laser-focused foreground. Climb down from the ladder, get a pen... | |
| Electrical Safety Tip Followed by a speling klas :) | |
| Want more high frequency extension Construct a time machine and go back to your teens; preferably female.Buy the Rives audio test-tone CD and run some upper end tests. You'll (probably) cry yourself to sleep for a week. Check out conversations with your parents; that's what your he... | |
| Power Cord Burn-In With my EnergyStar reefer, it's *off* much, much more than it's on. Typical of any reefer, except very old models. My little countertop microwave will, in 45 minutes, pull the same current as the reefer in 24 hours.Unless you believe the light sta... |