whart
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| LP's... Do they sound better now than 30 yrs ago? @markmendenhall - there are plenty of threads here and on other fora that sing the praises of US cleaning. I've owned both the Audio Desk and the KL. But, since I'm buying a lot of old records, particularly UK and EU post psych stuff, circa 1967-7... | |
| Is a power supply beneficial for component SQ if you have a quality power conditioner? I don’t know the answer. The noise from the wall wart may be ameliorated by the Shunyata. I had a bunch of Shunyata gear many years ago but can’t answer your question beyond what I’ve done with the linear supply for the wall warts. What was intere... | |
| Is a power supply beneficial for component SQ if you have a quality power conditioner? I don't have any digital components in my main system, but I understand that good practice is to feed them from a dedicated line separate from the line(s) powering the rest of the system. (I haven't gotten to your question yet). I know some power ... | |
| Rushton's DIY approach to ultrasonic record cleaning published by Positive Feedback The advantages of Rush’s approach are manifold: you can control heat, degas, filter using an external reservoir (which the newish KL does), use a surfactant and change the frequency if you opt for models offering such features. (Elma, for example)... | |
| Adjectives I think part of it is simply information overload. Not enough time to think. Email comes in, gotta respond. There is much wonderful about having all the info and data at your fingertips, but it can create quite a few problems. One is that even wel... | |
| LP's... Do they sound better now than 30 yrs ago? Case by case, record by record. I buy old pressings 10/1 over new ones. I have nothing against reissues or remasters as such; some do actually improve on the early or original pressing (whatever you want to call "original" also varies); some are o... | |
| Titles in the Carnegie Hall Selection Committee vinyl releases This may help: [url]https://www.discogs.com/label/455064-International-Preview-Society[/url]. Not sure this is a complete list since as you probably know, discogs is basically crowd-sourced, but it is a start. Let us know what you find. | |
| Why not batteries instead of power supplies? To add to the list, there are the folks at Definitive Audio/Living Voice in the UK that starting making full system battery supplies some years ago--covered in 6Moons, among other places. I'm sure improvements in battery technology have only helpe... | |
| Why not batteries instead of power supplies? I own the Veloce Lithio line stage, which is powered by lithium batteries; it was a "hot" product a few years ago, and now is rarely mentioned or even on the radar. Vytas, the designer/manufacturer offered an update about a year or so ago which I... | |
| When Money Is No Object -- You Buy Bose? Well done, @p | |
| When Money Is No Object -- You Buy Bose? There was a pretty rough picture of Faye Dunaway’s living room back when she was a top performer in H-wood--she had someone custom build in stacked Quad ESLs so they effectively disappeared but, it was hard to tell from the picture--they appeared ... | |
| When Money Is No Object -- You Buy Bose? People who live in glass rooms shouldn't throw sound waves. | |
| Upcoming Technics SP-10R (100th Anniversary Model) With apologies for the diversion re records for a moment@chakster - I am in the same situation, from the U.S. perspective- there are many records in Europe that aren't terribly expensive but desirable and the shipping cost is sometimes equal to, o... | |
| Question for cable/wire naysayers..... When I first started playing with good gear, there was no such thing as a premium cable. (Wasn’t Fulton the first commercial audiophile cable?). I wired my Quad ESLs with zip cord, can’t remember the interconnect, it wasn’t the cheap plastic molde... | |
| Why is good, deep bass so difficult? - Myths and their Busters @mapman I don’t know if it is #1 on your list, but in my experience playing LPs, some records simply don’t have much deep bass. Whether it is a result of the original recording, the mix, or the mastering, it isn’t there.There are many times listen... |