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| Recorded Cleaning Machnies @spatialking - I have not used the Isonic machine, but I'm not sure you need "heat" to clean records; in fact, the cavitation action alone will cause the water temperature to rise. I took a quick look on Amazon to see what machine you might have b... | |
| Any thoughts about the RR-888 I have one. Bought it some years ago. I've tried it in a couple different rooms, with different placements within each room. It appears to work better positioned higher off the floor and in closer proximity to the listener. I ultimately found that... | |
| Speakers for leading edge, transients, speed and big sound Reading about the Meyer Sound Bluehorn in the MIX magazine article (installation at the Fox soundstage for film soundtrack mixing) made me think of the original early efforts to bring sound to film using large horns, eventually augmented by woofe... | |
| Record Store Day @johnto - particularly the older threads on Hoffman where people who had done shoot-outs of various pressings offered their views. Often, it was different shadings or points of emphasis among the better copies rather than dramatic differences, tho... | |
| Have you reached your end point with this addictive hobby? @milpai there is a history of copyright litigation against the Internet Archive if you do an open web search. I’ll look up the record as an LP. Discogs will usually list legit CDs, so might be worth checking if you haven’t. Took a quick look- no... | |
| OT: Espresso machines @Erik_squires- Yes, I’ll try to find a photo. They are referred to as "manual" machines. There's a whole bunch on the Net about them. You have to boil the water, grind the beans, etc. The machine is just used to 'pull' the shot into a cup. But, ... | |
| Vinyl Care I mitigate static largely by how I handle LPs. I work in bare feet (as opposed to socks and/or shoes on a carpet). After the record has been cleaned, it does not exhibit a charge. Pulling a record from a tight paper sleeve can charge it, as can re... | |
| OT: Espresso machines One of the best espressos I ever had was on an old simple hand pulled machine. I can't imagine those cost much. The other great one I distinctly remember was a glitzy coffee bar in Palermo, near the docks, that had Illy branded all over the shop--... | |
| Have you reached your end point with this addictive hobby? I think it depends on how you define the "hobby"-- if it is the ongoing quest for improvements in sound through the acquisition/change of equipment, tweaking and room positioning, you could conceivably do that endlessly until you run out of funds ... | |
| Vinyl Me Please...well, not anymore Was never part of their "club" but did want the reissue of Joshua Judges Ruth on vinyl. Apparently, so many copies had issues- warps, non-fill, etc. I finally found a reseller on the secondary market who verified that the copy on offer was a clean... | |
| HDMI cable to utilize I2s Connection from LAIV uddc to Denafrips Terminator 2 @hbarrel- thanks for that. At some point, I may try to directly connect the ET3 to the DAC without the DDC just to hear the difference. | |
| Recorded Cleaning Machnies @gano- one of the nice things about Neil's book is that in the course of explaining what is going on in the process of cleaning a record, he offers methods to do this without using a machine. It will require you to buy some chemicals and inexpensi... | |
| Recorded Cleaning Machnies @antinn Thanks, Neil. @gano - the answer is that proportion of older copies that have been contaminated. Visually, you may not see this. I was buying a considerable number of "rare" records and in some cases, particular pressings, that were eith... | |
| Recorded Cleaning Machnies I'll add a few things. First, I started using an ultrasonic machine to clean records when the Audio Desk original model came out. I found that it did a nice job on well preserved and new records but if you buy older copies, or have copies with a q... | |
| Would you buy a tube amp if you were unable to use vintage tubes in it ? @musicfan2349- I was pretty picky about my cigars too and probably had more depth in those at one point than in NOS tubes (which have all kinds of nuances re where manufactured, when, getter, and other internals and I only have knowledge of the tu... |