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| When to change a cartridge? mofimadness, Bill Hart who owns that site is a contributor here. If you poke around the site, he has also published Neil Antin’s scientific deep dive into how to clean records. Antin was a Navy scientist whose expertise is quite extensive. https:... | |
| Anybody having trouble getting near-your-asking-price for used gear ? (Plz. no hype) Ya, I always come here for financial guidance, political insight and the latest medical breakthroughs. Such a diverse demographic, how could I not? | |
| When to change a cartridge? IMHO, once you hear an issue you have already damaged your records. 800 hours seems to be the maximum life for a fine line stylus, and likely much less, but it’s pretty easy to send it off to Joseph Long or Steve at VAS for an inspection. And barr... | |
| Art DJ Pre II Settings Help You are most welcome. And to be clear, it will not hurt anything to try the higher capacitance setting. It will make the sound brighter and you might prefer that, so feel free to do a bit of fun experimenting. My recommendation of the lowest setti... | |
| Is there an 'Audiophile' Reel-to-Reel Machine for Under $1,000? Those "audiophile" or "high end" tapes might just cost $1000 each, without the deck to play them on. https://store.acousticsounds.com/c/397/Reel_to_Reel?srsltid=AfmBOoq_30jJoXVf6CfRWeKZmw0NO9S-P4YduWB3HwWXRoROyCsAJ_h0 | |
| Art DJ Pre II Settings Help With that cartridge, use the lowest capacitance setting possible. Try the flat setting of bass rolloff first. If you have vented speakers, and see the woofers flapping eratically while playing music, engage the low cut, if not you are better at t... | |
| Anybody having trouble getting near-your-asking-price for used gear ? (Plz. no hype) I would agree with the basic premise, but ARC is a poor example as they have had issues related to the various sales of the company, and matters of financing, that are not typical of all high end companies. IMHO, they are viewed as damaged goods b... | |
| Installed new tubes. Now a loud pop! Put the old tube set in and sub in one of the NOS tubes. If no popping, remove that NOS tube and set it aside, it is not the issue. Now sub in the next NOS tube, and repeat, checking one at a time, until you identify the problem tube. Then replace... | |
| Two sites I Like I gave up on Daily Audiophile and switched over to Daily Audio, works better for me, YMMV. https://daily.audio/ | |
| The Audio Science Review (ASR) approach to reviewing wines. Now that alcohol has been classed as a group 1 carcinogen, measuring it may be much safer than subjectively evaluating it. | |
| Phono stages: Hagerman and Sun Valley 1616 possible giant killers Her name is Kara Chaffee, DeHavilland is the brand, and yes she is happily retired. +1 for Hagerman, his service is peerless which may swing the purchase in his direction. Of course, if you play 78s, as I do, the Hagerman Archiver would be the n... | |
| Ortofon Concorde Music Black or Ortofon Concorde Music LVB 250? The level of natural detail is marvelous. I think that you will be quite happy with it. https://www.suncoastaudio.com/products/ortofon-concorde-music-black-lvb-250-phono-cartridge?variant=46090073440478&country=US¤cy=USD&utm_med... | |
| Ortofon Concorde Music Black or Ortofon Concorde Music LVB 250? I had the 2M Black here, as well as the 2M LVB250, not the Concordes, and unfortunately, I would buy the LVB250. Interestingly, and this certainly speaks to matters of taste, I prefer the Quintet Blue to both by a good bit, and it is half the cost... | |
| Phono stages: Hagerman and Sun Valley 1616 possible giant killers I don't think that Kara ever designed a phono stage called the Coronet 2 (she is within driving distance of me). I believe that is a Hagerman phono preamp. | |
| Recommendations for recent rap and hip hop recordings please. Not me, falling apart, must come from all that rap music. |