terry9
Responses from terry9
| Wide dispersion + high efficiency + detail + coherence in a speaker? For coherence consider ESLs. Like Quads. Not hybrids like ML. | |
| Koetsu Blue Lace Onyx vs. Coralstone @mulveling Forgot to reference you. My phono should be finished in a few weeks (said that months ago!), should be able to give you a tighter range at that point. | |
| Koetsu Blue Lace Onyx vs. Coralstone Loading is record dependent, to me. I like values between 30 and 500 ohms, but having said that, I'm probably going to change my tune when I finish my phono/pre V2.0 (which allows values 10 to 1500). | |
| Koetsu Blue Lace Onyx vs. Coralstone @mulveling I have the LL1931Ag. I consulted the factory and they referred me to K&K, and after discussion, I took their recommendation. Very pleased.Haven’t noticed any diminution of mid bass punch or impact. Some loss of sweetness, yes, I thi... | |
| Koetsu Blue Lace Onyx vs. Coralstone UpdateDIY air bearing turntable with 45kg platter makes the Koetsu still better. Clarity without the edge, detail without noise.Trans-Fi tonearm is weighted with brass weights and deadened with damping material.And the silver Lundahl transformers ... | |
| Vacuum Tube Retailer Option Andy at Vintage Tube Services. Great product, good prices. | |
| Record Cleaning Machine – Recommendation Please! Electronic parts are available from Digikey. A big, reliable, reputable dealer, with great service. I buy a lot there. | |
| Record Cleaning Fluid? I use distilled water plus 2.5% VersaClean (Fisher Scientific) for US cleaning. Distilled water is my final rinse. Plain old drug store distilled. | |
| Thumbs up for ultrasonic record cleaning @slaw You are most welcome. Do let us know about your next experiment. | |
| Where do I start-amp or speakers ? Michael, did not realize that your ceiling slanted back so dramatically. That may well save the day - but I would still begin with speakers in that situation. Magnepans might be very good indeed - I have run them on everything from '70's mid-fi 10... | |
| Thumbs up for ultrasonic record cleaning @phil0618 Thanks for the warning. That would never have occurred to me. | |
| Thumbs up for ultrasonic record cleaning @slaw I began with a two stage rinse, spinning the cleaned records in a bath of Brita-purified water, then a bath of distilled water. But I could see bubbles forming in the rinse after only a few records, so changed the rinses more often. Then I t... | |
| Thumbs up for ultrasonic record cleaning Headroom? Would have thought 'soul'. | |
| Thumbs up for ultrasonic record cleaning No - municipal tap water comes from a river only 20 (yup, 20) miles long. So it's close to distilled specification. Absent that, I would use RO. | |
| Where do I start-amp or speakers ? A different perspective - your room could be the real problem. 18x16 is almost square (bad) and a ceiling of 20 makes damn near cubic (very bad). The centre ridge might save you, but I wouldn't count on it.In these circumstances, I would absolutel... |