terry9
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| Why do we stop listening to new music as we get older? Define "new". I am still unsealing records and listening for the first time. The fact that the music was written 1000 years ago is irrelevant (to me). As for newly composed music, it is mostly heavily marketed, and there is a reason for that - it... | |
| Investigating if ultrasound is harming LPs @antinn Points taken. Elmasonic commercial unit (and now that reminds me, 37KHz, not 40, 37 being even more energetic), VersaClean lab detergent from Fisher Scientific, air dry in a clean environment. Control was the other half of the record. Tha... | |
| Investigating if ultrasound is harming LPs @lewm Agree, not exhaustive. There are many formulations of vinyl, for one thing. But then, cooking one side for an hour, reaching high temperatures, is a torture test by any standards - compare a with normal procedure of 6 rotations per hour, whi... | |
| 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... |