tshulba
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| White residue on stylus I have been using the Mint strips for about a month now and cannot recommend them enough. Over the past six months i have aquired about 20 new old stock sealed direct to disc lps. I have not been able to get them perfectly clean. After playing one... | |
| VPI RCM Vacuum Wand Velvet Strips I have been using the Mint strips for about a month now and cannot recommend them enough. Over the past six months i have aquired about 20 new old stock sealed direct to disc lps. I have not been able to get them perfectly clean. After playing one... | |
| VPI RCM Vacuum Wand Velvet Strips I use the Mint strips and they work much better than the stock VPI strips. Removing the Mint strips is very easy just pull them off , then i use GOO GONE to clean off the glue.You could use the lighter fluid i just didn't want to use a very flamma... | |
| Mint Tractor I finally got around to checking my set up yesterday and found i was out by 2mm . I am running a Phantom on an Oracle tuntable. I have to use the supplied cartridge spacer to allow me VTA down adjustment.When using the supplied spacer the Graham a... | |
| Best Entry Tonearm for Oracle V A good used Graham 2.2 will sound very nice for the money .I run a Graham Phantom , just awesome sounding. | |
| Deep Cleaning Records With Steam? I hope i don't have to wait 24hrs after steaming to play , i lightly steam my lp before every play to remove fine dust particles and reduce static. | |
| Deep Cleaning Records With Steam? I talked with Mr Pendleton and he was very helpful .I will see if i can contact LAST and try find a way to remove these deposits. Also i have found that if i steam my lp before playing it instead of using a carbon fiber record brush the static is ... | |
| Deep Cleaning Records With Steam? Crem1 - I have been using AIVS cleaning solution and it works great. However this super tough crystal like deposit in the grooves are very stubborn. I have found them to only be on Sheffield lab albums and after 6 cleanings with a total soaking ti... | |
| Deep Cleaning Records With Steam? Thanks CREM1 but this deposit is present before the very first cleaning. I have checked it under a microscope before it is cleaned and i can see it in the groove.I have been told it is mold release products from the record pressing or paper deposi... | |
| Deep Cleaning Records With Steam? I have cleaned my records several times (3-4) with AIVS 3 step with a steam after each process and my records are very clean and sound great. However i still get a white powdery buildup on the stylus after playing one side of some records.Looking ... | |
| White residue on stylus Thanks guys for the info ,will check to see if i can find Premier locally. I think if i scrub the lp anymore i could start doing damage. | |
| Graham Phantom damping fluid level. Mine was manufactured in 2006 s/n 3137 so that is why it came with the spacer. I prefer the sound with the spacer installed. | |
| Lp cleaning - scrubbing records - any downside? I have found that when i look at my lp under a 30x microscope i can see what looks like a clear liquid or maybe a crystal like substance in the grooves . This is in a very small area but there are a number of these throughout the album. The album ... | |
| Graham Phantom damping fluid level. Sirspeedy- i left Graham a message about the cartridge spacer early last week and i have received no response so far. I hear he is having some troubles hope things work out ok for him. | |
| Graham Phantom damping fluid level. Frank i found that if i lowered the tracking force just above the distortion point i get great highs. Then i adjust the damping level and it all seems to fall into place, great clean top end and monsterous bass.If i go to low on the damping fluid ... |