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| Trans-Fi Terminator Tonearm: 2019 Update @spiritofmusic Why 4" PVC? It’s cheap. It’s good. It’s easy to tap threads. Wish I’d thought of it before. Thanks Ledoux.I use HiBlow pumps. Bulletprooof, low maintenance. I even use one for a mid-pressure (270mm Hg) system. | |
| Trans-Fi Terminator Tonearm: 2019 Update @spiritofmusic As for hose and fittings, talk to the folks at an industrial air shop. They have connectors with barbs for the hose on one end, and threads on the other. A cost-effective alternative is as Ledoux, our OP suggests: a 4" PVC tube with... | |
| Which speaker wire does this hook up to? Only trouble with the multimeter is when the cable ends are 20' apart. Then you need either very long leads, or alligator clips and 20' of wire. And fire that electrician who did not label things ... | |
| How much space between cables is enough? Because it tends to attenuate the high frequencies. | |
| How much space between cables is enough? Tony, I suggest that you stick with the physics until you have 6 figures invested. Physics suggests that putting anything ferromagnetic, like a spring, close to a signal line is a bad idea. | |
| How much space between cables is enough? +1 @rodman99999 Power cables can run in parallel, closely, and should cross everything at 90 degrees. If you must coil power cables, do it far from everything else, and make the circles as big as possible.Speaker cables should cross interconnects ... | |
| For anyone who moved from tubes to solid state — a question What I don’t like about tubes is the high voltage supplies. If something goes badly wrong you can blow up speakers, and if you like Quad ESL's, well, you can end up a lot of KV over-voltage, leaving just about everything dead but the frame. Unless... | |
| What other hobby... @winoguy17 Wine? You don’t say. Well, me too - North Rhone, Burgundy.Also DIY audio. | |
| 500 albums in a basement flood--worth saving? Don't like either toothbrush (too harsh) or dish detergent (full of contaminants).Member antinn is a first class expert on cleaning, and has contributed extensively to the thread "thumbs up for ultrasonic cleaning". His contributions alone raise t... | |
| 500 albums in a basement flood--worth saving? ElmaSonic is pretty much a Mercedes product, so you might find it to be overkill. But it is among the best and easiest to use. The 80KHz option gives better cleaning and quieter operation - at a price. Tell the wife that you bought it to clean her... | |
| 500 albums in a basement flood--worth saving? My friends and I bought a number of records from a similar situation. They all came out fine after ultrasonic cleaning.Thing about US cleaning is that solids just come off the surface and drop to the bottom. No damage at all.I use a very fine prod... | |
| Trans-Fi Terminator Tonearm: 2019 Update Glad it worked for you! We're all in this together. | |
| A pragmatic view of cartridge expenses / many questions @grgaudio About stylus life, have you tried ultrasonic record cleaning followed by heroical rinsing? I have done this, and my Koetsu shows very minimal wear at just under 1000 hours (photomicrograph). Can't imagine that it's going to be playing ba... | |
| A pragmatic view of cartridge expenses / many questions @drbarney1 Can’t say that I agree with very much of what you wrote.1. Trans-Fi Terminator is a low pressure system which is virtually maintenance free. Air noise is undetectable in the listening position. It costs $1500. 2. My calculation says tha... | |
| No "Room Correction" Topic option. Why? Good question about matching elastomeric to drywall, Tomic. Another reason to choose something engineered over something contrapted. I use elastomeric to join things that can’t be bought as an engineered unit - like drywall to stud. |