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Whats on your turntable tonight?
Oregon-Cool story. Thanks for posting it. 
Whats on your turntable tonight?
Respighi "Church Windows" Keith Clark/Pacific Symphony (Reference Recordings RR-15 45 rpm)Gary Karr/Harmon Lewis "Adagio d' Albinoni" (Firebird KIJC 9125)Bill Evans Trio "Everybody Digs Bill Evans" (Riverside 1129)Holst "The Planets" Mehta/Los Ang... 
deadheads: Best sounding Dicks Picks....top 5
Of the Dick's Picks series both your criteria are met IMHO by DP no. 3 5/22/77 Pembroke Pines, FL and DP no. 5 12/26/79 Oakland Aud. Both are Betty Boards, Great shows, and they capture some of the best of the Dead of the late 70'sA third show whi... 
Preamp Deal of the Century
Richmon-I hope to post my thoughts on the Revelation upgrade once I have some time with it. It takes Brad some time to get them out as each is custom made to order. It makes sense that it would be an improvement. The stock umbilical (too long, not... 
Walker Audio Prelude LP Cleaning Solution
Flemke-A public forum is not the place for supposition or innuendo.I don't know the story, neither do you. THAT was my point.I am disappointed that the purpose of this thread was skewed way off track. The only thing I attempted to express was what... 
Walker Audio Prelude LP Cleaning Solution
Flemke-Why are you so bitter? Did you have a financial stake in AI?If so-in the interest of full disclosure you should say so.You should be a little more careful about what you post. The words you used are not your own, I know. At least you used q... 
Walker Audio Prelude LP Cleaning Solution
I merely reported above MY experience with the product.I have used the AI product and liked it very much. Still do.I am using the Walker Prelude product now and like it very much. That said, I AM NOT a chemist. The debate going back and forth so f... 
haunting/dark classical
Mendelssohn "Overture "The Hebrides" (Fingal's Cave) Op.26Rachmaninoff "Isle Of The Dead" 
Walker Audio Prelude LP Cleaning Solution
Thank you Crem1. it sounds like something worth persuing. It makes a lot a sense that a steam "pretreatment" would release a lot of contaminants down in the grooves. 
Walker Audio Prelude LP Cleaning Solution
Crem1-I like to consider myself open minded, and seeing as though I started this thread; would you be willing to post in more detail the process you go through to steam clean?I, for one, am interested in reading about how it is done. 
Preamp Deal of the Century
Stilkskin-Thank you for the kind words. The Chenin is in fine company. The phono stage in Mick's preamp brings out the best in the Magic Diamond cart for sure. I have finally begun to experiment with some different 6SN7 tubes and am really getting... 
Preamp Deal of the Century
Sorlowski-I just placed and order with Brad at Revelation Audio for a 1 meter CryoSilver Reference umbilical for my Chenin. 1 meter for this is now 269.00.As for power to the Chenin I have been using the Silent Source Signature Power Cable and bee... 
Walker Audio Prelude LP Cleaning Solution
Ketchup-I understand what you are saying re: the amounts of cleaning solution used. But, if I follow your math, I would have used 4-6 teaspoons for 20 sides. FAR LESS than an ounce. I stated that I used less than an ounce, but not that much less.M... 
Built a Flexi-type rack?
John-Thanks for the detailed report! Sounds like you've got a winner. Materials are expensive as is the time involved, but the end result is something you can take pride in and get system benefits at the same time. 
Music to DH ski with
I used to have a tape mix (showing my age) for my Walkman that had my favorite tunes on them for the hill: Grateful Dead's "China Cat>I Know You Rider" pairing and "Truckin'" from "Europe '72". Lots of energy there. Allman Bros Band "Mountain J...