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| 6 new Totem Hawks vs a used Wilson system? Hello Jason. I had similar decisions to make about 10 years ago. I opted for 6 new Quad ESL's. The most important variable is how you like to listen to your rear (surround) speakers.My preamp allows me to listen to 2-channel stereo through all 6 s... | |
| When to recap? Hello Brad.It depends on the caps. Electrolytics age - 40 years is very old for such a cap. I would definitely replace all electrolytics with new ones at this point, especially the power supply caps which come just after the rectifier. Many brands... | |
| LP Record Cleaning Machine - Ultrasonic or Vacuum Hello Ebuzz.diyaudio.comLook up forums, ultrasonic-record-cleanerGood luck! | |
| LP Record Cleaning Machine - Ultrasonic or Vacuum Hello Ebuzz."Some of those Elmasonic machines are as expensive ..." Just what I said to myself. Then I noticed that the Elmasonic were just that much BETTER than the complete US units for sale; 80 KHz is just the start. They are built to run relia... | |
| LP Record Cleaning Machine - Ultrasonic or Vacuum Sorry for the delay, Ebuzz.I bought a skewer-like label protector for cleaning 4 records at a time, on Ebay. I mounted this on a frame, then affixed a very low speed motor to the frame. I put the frame over a German commercial grade machine from E... | |
| Subwoofer: should we even use them at all? Good question, Elegal.In my opinion, it depends on the system. If your main speakers are cones, add a cone subwoofer. If your main speakers are Magnepan, add a Magnepan sub. If your main speakers are ESL's, the Magnepan sub just might be fast enough. | |
| Thinking about getting into vinyl again... Hello M.After 50 years of analog, I find that a well-set-up budget vinyl rig is superior to a poorly-set-up premium rig. I suggest that you buy a minimum vinyl rig (new, because then you can expect it to be OK) and learn how to set it up. Everythi... | |
| LP Record Cleaning Machine - Ultrasonic or Vacuum Ebuzz, bubbles are not bubbles. The variables are:1. size of bubbles - monotonically decreasing with increasing frequency 2. distribution of bubbles - some machines concentrate them in a few locations3. number of bubbles - some machines just don't... | |
| LP Record Cleaning Machine - Ultrasonic or Vacuum RE: DamageI tested my home-made US machine by US cleaning the whole record, then stopping the motor and blasting the bottom third for 2 hours. I reasoned that the first cleaning should get rid of the gunk, and the 2 hour blast should eat away the ... | |
| TELEFUNKEN E88CC-TK I have used many different iterations of Telefunken 6DJ8 variants, and older is a lot better. In order:1. 1961 Telefunken 6922 specially selected for HP2. 1964 Telefunken 6DJ8 specially selected for HP3. US Amperex wasp wasted 69224. Early Dutch A... | |
| Koetsu step up transformer - who knows about it? Xronx is giving good advice.Oddly enough, I too compared a Rosewood cartridge through a Koetsu SUT (unknown vintage) and an Audio Note AN-8. The AN was much more revealing, and I would have to say somewhat better - but the cost!What I eventually d... | |
| Quiet"er" record cleaner? Czar has a good idea.I built my own based on a German industrial unit from ElmaSonic. The 80KHz setting is best. But it does radiate a lot of US noise, which most people cannot hear. Nothing against my 16.5, but the US is FAR better. | |
| Help diagnose the kind of power treatment needed Hello Lew.I would save your money for hardware. It's a pretty safe assumption that power at the wall is filthy. | |
| Capacitance settings on Manley phonostage I hear a slight but distinct capacitance effect with my Koetsu and an SUT. I have a 250-450pF variable cap across the SUT outputs. All my records sound good somewhere within that range.As I said, the effect is slight, much less than resistive load... | |
| Order of importance of cables Hello Rox.I suggest cleaning up your power. An industrial isolation transformer makes a difference, but it growls, and should be outside the music room. Almarg has good advice too, but I would add that capacitance and dielectric absorption are you... |