terry9
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| Outlet I’ll tell you what I’ve done, and it works.1. Subpanel fed by 00 AWG wire. Siemens.2. Isolation transformers. Four of them. Plitron sells a good one.3. 12 AWG wire, every component on a dedicated line.4. Industrial quality outlets, about $15 - and... | |
| Cartridge reccomdations? Masterplan, I suspect that you would get far more bang for the buck by improving record cleaning first. Going from VPI 16.5 record cleaning to ultrasound was a bigger difference, for me, than going from high end MM to higher end Koetsu.The added a... | |
| “Invest” in Tekton? Completely agree with those who suggest listening first. Buying without listening is like a motor vacation without a map - exciting, but expensive. | |
| mundorf m-resist supreme vs jantzen mox and others For small signals, I find nude Vishays to be unparalleled. For power dissipation, I prefer uncoated nichrome wire. | |
| Speaker recommendation for married couple With 6 foot ceilings, you may have a lot of unwanted reflection from that source.I have 7 foot ceilings, and I solved the problem by putting in a lattice of 1x3's, which are 0.75 inch thick strips of wood, in 1 foot by 2 foot rectangles. In additi... | |
| Small room electrostat/ planar speaker? Davide, I don't find the 63's as musical as the 57's or the 29xx. Too much top end, and a little digital, to me. As for protection for the 57's, what about a fast fuse on one side of the speaker terminals? Why not ask Prima Luna about it - they se... | |
| Small room electrostat/ planar speaker? Definitely stay with planners, I say. I've owned Mag Tympani 1a's, II's, and SMG's. But I've come to prefer Quads. I've owned ESL 57's, 2805's, and 2905's. The 2905's are the best, with an octave more, top and bottom, but they are no more musical... | |
| What speaker cable made a major difference in the sound quality of your speakers?? None. I use ESL's, which require a series resistor for tuning the step-up transformer. So I removed the resistor and inserted Nichrome resistance wire, of the same total resistance, between the mono blocks and the speakers.Essentially, I substitut... | |
| Record Cleaning Machine Richard, let me add one final observation: The best record cleaning system is the one that you want to use. So go for it. | |
| Record Cleaning Machine A good choice, I think, although I have not tried it.It's a 40KHz machine, which is inferior to an 80KHz machine, but it has a very large 200W of US power per record, which should compensate. You may find that further rinsing is unnecessary; why d... | |
| Record Cleaning Machine @2channel8 (looks like the link didn't take)I feel your pain. My first record cleaning experience was similar.I agree completely with your link. Co-incidentally, my solution also comes from a friend who is a retired biochemist and record collecto... | |
| Record Cleaning Machine Hello 2channel.I like to run the US machine for 15-20 minutes, then about 5 minutes to rinse the records, stack them, dry the label protectors, and set up the next pair. So 20-25 minutes, of which 5 is occupied by work. That's 5 or 6 records per h... | |
| Record Cleaning Machine Hello Infection.The Elmasonic P60H is the top of the Elmasonic line: internal heater with thermostat and thermometer, timer, 37 KHz and 80 KHz operation, fractional power, degas setting, sweep setting, and pulse setting. The drain valve is top qua... | |
| Record Cleaning Machine Even at $1660 you can get into ultrasound, if not all the way up.I would begin with the Vinyl Stack spinner. I use one. It is excellent. Say $300.Then a dish drying rack and rubber draining board. Say $30.Then an ultrasonic tank. Since you have $1... | |
| Rushton's DIY approach to ultrasonic record cleaning published by Positive Feedback Since I posted above, my last ultraslow synchronous motor died, and so I had to replace my DIY frame. I sprung for the Vinyl Stack UltraSonic Spin Kit.Really nice quality, very fair price. Wish I'd done it sooner. |