terry9
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| Investigating if ultrasound is harming LPs @lewm " And you cannot even hope to detect such damage with a listening test, as someone else seems to claim. " If it can't be detected by a listening test, then just how bad can the damage be? | |
| Investigating if ultrasound is harming LPs Methodology is a problem. Measurements need to be more precise. More sample points to do statistics. And then, have to decide what is gone - dirt or vinyl, and why? Too many variables to draw a conclusion. I've done a better experiment. I cooked... | |
| What to listen for? Wow. No help here. I'm still stuck on the sound of magnesium valves. | |
| What to listen for? Smoothness. Smooth, not dull; clear, but not etched. Smooth. Like real acoustic music. When I changed to film and foil caps, I heard smoothness. When I changed to nude Vishay resistors, I heard smoothness. When I changed to an air bearing TT, I h... | |
| Opinion: Modern country is the worst musical genre of all time Yep, disposable music tends to be bad. | |
| Putting a new end on a XLR cable I would NOT solder wires with teflon dielectric in an enclosed space, without excellent ventilation. | |
| Putting a new end on a XLR cable BEWARE. Some cables use teflon insulation. When teflon is heated past 250C, it releases HF, one of the most corrosive and toxic substances known. You have a few alternatives: solder outside, at eye level or above. Or use a ventilated fume hood and... | |
| Do You Play Or Save Your Best Cartridges Good thing I didn't hear that before it arrived. The one I have has absolutely superb fit and finish. | |
| Do You Play Or Save Your Best Cartridges Heretic! Not that I've ever had one - what are they these days, 20k? And then there's the 25 years+ of aging ... About precision, it means you can adjust by ear to whatever sounds best. No-one, not even a Grado, can align a stylus to a cartridge... | |
| Do You Play Or Save Your Best Cartridges @grislybutter You may surprise yourself. You don't need to do everything yourself - I sure don't. I buy off-the-shelf whenever I can. Prefer to just design and assemble, but sometimes a craftsman can't think of how to do it, or is too expensive.... | |
| Do You Play Or Save Your Best Cartridges Uh - because it's Romanee - Conti? | |
| Do You Play Or Save Your Best Cartridges @grislybutter "I guess the rest of the setup would be just as expensive" Unless you DIY. I like to budget for something pretty good, like a 10-20k turntable or a 5k tonearm, and see what I can do with that money. That’s led me to an air bearing T... | |
| Do You Play Or Save Your Best Cartridges @grislybutter "what does a 10,000 dollar cartridge do better than a $1,000 one?" Absolutely nothing unless you have a comparable turntable and a comparable tonearm. If you do have these, you get smoother, clearer, more defined, more delicate, mo... | |
| New Synergistic Master Fuse I suspect that all similarly rated fuses sound the same, but when you replace them, the contacts are remade and that's why they sound better. But - and it's a big but - a lower impedance fuse will sound better than a higher impedance fuse, and im... | |
| Do You Play Or Save Your Best Cartridges Yes, but our own auditory equipment is deteriorating daily. I'm with @mulveling on this - use your best until you discover something better. |