whart
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| Am I hearing things? There are others here with real technical expertise in electrical systems, I can only respond anecdotally. When I moved to a new/old house, I installed an entire subsystem for the electrical, and even before the big isolation transformer arrived a... | |
| New to this. How do I stack my stuff? @shadowcat2016- Right on. @n80-at the risk of appearing to shill, Jim Smith's book will help. | |
| What do people place on their platter for dust protection An unused record. | |
| New to this. How do I stack my stuff? On sorting out the difference between different kinds of "footers" or "isolation," here's a pretty good explanation from Gary Koh that made the rounds a while ago-- you can extrapolate from what he describes beyond loudspeakers: [url]http://www.g... | |
| New to this. How do I stack my stuff? @n80- I guess you can ’stack’ equipment, but I always thought that was bad practice for a variety of reasons- heat, interference among components, etc. And your amp, though on wooden strips, is still cushioned by the carpeting- better, I think to ... | |
| How to find the good CD recordings? @rettrussell- Welcome to Audiogon since it appears that was your first post. The recent LZ reissues on vinyl are fine and probably better than trashed old copies found in most used record bins. But, if you compare the reissue to an RL of II (or th... | |
| How to find the good CD recordings? Amazon is probably the least granular in terms of specific issue information and if it is a third party seller, I'm not sure how easy it is to communicate with them. I have gotten a few surprises via Amazon though- buying reissued vinyl, used and ... | |
| How to find the good CD recordings? @n80- I too am a big fan of blues, both the old rural stuff (I buy transcriptions, I don’t play 78s) as well as the electric era (from Chicago ’50s era to British blues revival). If you like crushing blues rock, try Barbed Wire Sandwich by Black C... | |
| How to find the good CD recordings? I’m not a big fan of Geddie Lee’s voice, but I know there are lots of discussions over the merits of various pressings and I have a couple of the records here somewhere. And Floyd- well, Wish You Were Here and Dark Side are obvious favorites, the ... | |
| How to find the good CD recordings? I just took a quick cruise through some of the Hoffman threads on Zep and there appear to be three major eras: the ’originals’, which I gather were mastered by Barry Diament; the ’90s era George Marino remasters and the John Davis remasters that w... | |
| How to find the good CD recordings? I’m just starting to take CD seriously, and for the first time, installed some digital equipment in my main system. The difference in sound among different CDs of the same album is as dramatic as the differences in vinyl LP pressings of the same r... | |
| What time do you wear? @inna- funny, I just mentioned you in another thread about ultrasonic record cleaning that I hadn’t seen you post for a while.I’m not a heavy wristwatch collector- I’m aware of the market and have a few odds and ends, an old Rolex, a fancy chronog... | |
| if I buy an ultrasonic cleaner for my records will I be able to hear the difference? I wonder what happened to user @inna? (He was a frequent poster here for a while). What does this have to do with your question? He sent me a somewhat noisy record he had a couple copies of, and was curious to know whether my cleaning methods woul... | |
| Audiodesk Vinyl Cleaner Pro - Drying Issue @marktomaras - it might be worth a call to Robert Stein, the importer, if you are in the U.S. The one thing I’d be a little wary of, given the mechanics of the machine, is messing with the record while it is spinning. And if it is the lips that ar... | |
| Audiodesk Vinyl Cleaner Pro - Drying Issue Thanks for the kind words, @cto007 When I had the Audio Desk it would leave wet spots, I suspect much had to do with the 'lips' being wet from the wash cycle-- i know there was a modification on the original version to ameliorate that. Haven't use... |