whart
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| Do you clean your records before play, after play, or once (and then never again)? Map- check out Rushton's thread on DIY US if you haven't-the price of entry isn't crazy, and you can arguably get better results, but it isn't about convenience. And in my estimation, you still need some sort of vacuum machine, to take advantage o... | |
| Do you clean your records before play, after play, or once (and then never again)? I don't like using the stylus as a dredge, but even after cleaning, some old records will still sound distorted or churn up stuff or foul the stylus- I will do an intensive re-clean, but at a certain point, if the record isn't playing cleanly, I'l... | |
| Ry Cooder recommendation... and the great Harry Dean Stanton. String- see the first response to this thread. | |
| Ry Cooder recommendation... +! Chazro. Other than 'Bop,' what other albums do both Cooder and Lindley play on together? (Love Lindley). | |
| May I Please Hear Your Quad 57s or Open Baffles? Terry, no I haven't. I heard a few interations of the post-63 models--not even sure I could tell you the model numbers--but that was some years ago. My other pair is a vintage pair of Crosby modded '63s, which I haven't fired up in years. I always... | |
| Ry Cooder recommendation... I'm no Ry Cooder expert, but the soundtrack to Paris Texas ain't bad. Cheap, standard issue old pressing should do it. | |
| May I Please Hear Your Quad 57s or Open Baffles? Robin Wyatt is somewhere in the NY metro area- Jersey I thought. He was often demoing with restored Quad 57s. To me, there is no other speaker like it. If all else fails, reach out to Robin- he has a website and is an active, but small, importer/d... | |
| Why pay so much for super high end? If people had the skill, time and willingness to experiment, modify and test, a lot of money could be saved, no doubt. And there is a robust DIY community- I give huge props to those folks that are skilled and can produce good sounding gear, some ... | |
| Where is the significant point of diminishing returns on hi-end turntable? If you go that route, you might have AF make a couple extra arm mounting boards, finished as you want, so you don’t have to try to match finishes at some future time. | |
| Jumper Cables - use the stock or should they be upgraded ? I can't answer @chrisr question as a matter of science. I can say that the factory jumper cables that came with my Avantgarde Duos circa 2006-7 were quickly replaced with Cardas jumpers to match the rest of the speaker cable I used at the time, a... | |
| Never Say No to a Rock Star I reviewed the book a few months ago, and did an interview with Glenn--you can find it online. What impressed me most- apart from a kid getting in the door of A&R Studios and quickly working his way up--to sit by the side of the great Phil Ram... | |
| What Happened to Lounge Lizards? Man, I remember them. I used to be friendly with another offbeat downtown band, The Microscopic Septet, sort of fake jazz played by top tier guys (and a gal for a while). Phil Johnson was a monster woodwind player. I think they may have re-booted,... | |
| Where is the significant point of diminishing returns on hi-end turntable? Issues over the OP's user name, Porsche and any sizable amount of money spent toward a turntable started with the first response. There has been an undercurrent of skepticism toward higher priced turntables in this thread and the discussion about ... | |
| Where is the significant point of diminishing returns on hi-end turntable? Davey- yes, and the same thing comes up (at a slightly different cost/risk) with certain valuable old pressings. I choose to play them rather than keep them on a shelf for posterity. As far as public roads go, it's the wild west out there! Drive s... | |
| Where is the significant point of diminishing returns on hi-end turntable? Lewm- how wonderful that you had stewardship of that car. Thanks for the reply. I'm not a "Porsche guy" (though I've owned a few of them and have enormous respect for the marque). The question--not to derail this thread- is whether you'd be willin... |