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| Ruby el34s sound flat? Ruby doesn't make tubes, they rebrand them like most of the sellers do. They would benefit from a good outgassing burn-in, especially if they are Chinese. Leave the amp on for 24 hours. | |
| Records are getting noisy Simple fix when using carbon brushes- use the moist air in your body by exhaling on the brush, like you were going to clean glasses. It will collect dust better, also. If you do it correctly, you won't have a static problem anymore. | |
| Glanz moving magnet cartridges Some of the Glanz were actually Astatic MF series cartridges. | |
| SP10 Mk II vs Mk III I wouldn't worry too much unless you already have a problem with it - just leave it on 24/7 for a while. | |
| tone arm drifts towards the outside when lowering check to make sure the contact points between the arm and lift platform are free of dust and oil. | |
| Killing sibilance distortion - VPI & Jubilee Have you made sure it is not record damage from a cartridge that had mistracked previously? I have older records that were mistracked from days gone by, and they are damaged forever. I verified when I picked up new copies of records that played pe... | |
| Stanton LZS cartridge replacement stylii fellow geezer - I have a 980LZS and love it!!NOS stylii are hard to come buy and have been creeping up in price on ebay. Alot of people seem to recommend the Jico replacement stylii and they have one for the 881, which is essentially the same. Jic... | |
| Ortofon 2M Red Not Happy Need advice The Grace I had was so totally smooth I can understand the disparity. Here's where your setup chops will be called into play - you must examine the stylus for proper alignment, Azimuth and SRA. You'll need a magnifier of at least 5x. Putting it cl... | |
| LAST record preservative Marty is correct - it is reducing tracing distortion somewhat, and in doing so reduces harmonic distortion. | |
| ZYX UNIverse X-SB 0.24 sounding "too much" My Zyx is the most powerful sounding cartridge I've ever had. You might just have to live with it. | |
| What is "rich mans" DL-103? I would suggest a plain 103-R. I agree with Palasr - I nuded my R, mounted it on a walnut base. I did not notice a grand improvement as such, so for cantilever safety, I put the housing back on - this time with a careful application of super glue ... | |
| Top 5 guitar jams Few will know this one - Gary Rowles bombastic solo from 'Love Is More Than Words' on Out Here, by Love. | |
| denon zu/dl-103zu MC cartridge needs set-up Some people are going to recommend the Cinemag's, but my K&K kit w/9206 transformers is excellent. Here's the link-http://www.kandkaudio.com/phonostage.html | |
| Mistracking zyx after hibernating? This has happened to me before, you just have to break it in again with more vtf. | |
| Spilled marinara sauce on wood speaker.... Sometimes the best thing to use as a solvent is the same thing that made the stain. Try a little of the sauce to wet it again, and then clean it. |