terry9
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| What do you think causes the crackle and clicks we hear? Well said, psag. | |
| What do you think causes the crackle and clicks we hear? @onhwy61 , That’s my understanding too. Furthermore, I agree with Ralph that it’s one of the main causes, but I find that the cleanliness of the surface matters too. Perhaps that’s because I play a lot of old, used records. I use 80KHz US to clean... | |
| Feeling Tweaky Ultrasonic record cleaning is a good idea. It gave me as much as doubling the cost of a major component. Also, after nearly 1000 hours, my Koetsu shows minimal wear (according to a photomicrograph) - so my US cleaner has already paid for itself. I... | |
| Dedicated 20 amp circuit - Electrician laughed! Why not an isolation transformer? Just put it in a utility room - they do tend to growl. | |
| can anyone recommend a person in LA area to pay to install a tricky Koetsu cartridge Mulveling is right. Get a cheap cartridge to practice on. I have a KRSP too. It’s harder to install because the cantilever is hard to see, but it’s also easier in that the body is rectangular, and so the orientation of the cantilever can be inferr... | |
| Tonearm mount to the plinth vs arm board vs rotating arm board vs isolated tower @fsonicsmith , No. I did not say that my TT was perfect. Goodbye, Mr. Smith. | |
| Tonearm mount to the plinth vs arm board vs rotating arm board vs isolated tower @fsonicsmith , sorry to offend you. I was merely attempting to contribute to the discussion by suggesting that these desired characteristics could be obtained without (much) compromise, in part by finessing the problem, and partly by choice of mat... | |
| Most amusing album or song titles The Merry Minuet, "They're rioting in Africa, They're starving in Spain, There's hurricanes in Florida, And Texas needs rain."Kingston Trio, 1957 | |
| Tonearm mount to the plinth vs arm board vs rotating arm board vs isolated tower Actually, a huge "THANK YOU" to all three of the above, who guided me to the above design. Also to the late Tom Fletcher. I certainly could not have done it without you. | |
| Tonearm mount to the plinth vs arm board vs rotating arm board vs isolated tower I agree with @halcro , it is essential to isolate the tonearm from the platter bearing and the motor.I also agree with @atmasphere , it is essential to have the tonearm rigidly connected to the platter bearing.I also agree with @lewm , bolt the to... | |
| Religious music for less than devout Cantate Domino on Proprius 7762. Christmas carols (which I usually hate) like you've never heard them before. The soprano is Mellnas. | |
| Religious music for less than devout Consider choral music from great Elizabethans:Thomas Tallis: especially the 40 part harmony - sounds like science fiction, even today - imagine what it must have been like for the ElizabethansWilliam Byrd: Masses for 3,4 and 5 voicesMonteverdi was... | |
| Why no interest in reel to reel if you're looking for the ultimate sound? I have three working Revoxes (A’s & B’s) and an A700 project, which looks like it’s going to remain a project. My pre does not have a remote.The R’s maintain their settings pretty well, especially when you replace those dirt cheap pots. It’s n... | |
| Why no interest in reel to reel if you're looking for the ultimate sound? @sdrsdrsdr Every vintage preamp I ever used had tape input RCA pairs. These RCA pairs were not connected to an internal a head amp, but were line level inputs. The purpose of labelling these line level RCA pairs seems to have been to correspond to... | |
| Why no interest in reel to reel if you're looking for the ultimate sound? If I remember correctly, 4 track R-R gets noisy with time, especially when the tape has not been stored cold. This is because tracks are interspersed in the 4-track format, unlike cassettes.cassette --> VS R-R --->... |