whart
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| Why do I keep torturing myself with remasters? Ole- for some of those uber collectible records, that’s where a good remaster would pay off. One of the reasons why some of these records fetch big money now is that the record at the time of release wasn’t popular and few copies were pressed. (Or... | |
| Wes Phillps has passed away I was sorry to see that. He was not well for a while, but he contributed a lot, and was well-regarded. Another reminder that this is all so finite- live life like you stole it! best,bill hart | |
| LP Cleaning My take- based on your description is that your "cleaning" is actually leaving something on the record. Probably residue from the cleaning fluid, mixed with whatever you might have dredged up out of the grooves in the process of using brushes and ... | |
| Please Support Music Education Music education-- to address CZ’s point- isn’t about teaching people to be musicians. It is all about exposure. Who knows, someone who has only been exposed to pop music of a specific genre may find beauty in the precision of Bach. And, it isn’t j... | |
| Turntable Recommendation 15K budget Avid Acutus, Brinkmann, Oracle, Nottingham,, Curious also why you ruled out Kuzma, if you don't mind replying.... | |
| New listening room electrical design Maril-Thanks re the material- yes, I suspected pulling out the old drywall would make everything easier and better. Glad you did. Let us know what you think of the sound once you get it up and running.bill hart | |
| New listening room electrical design Maril- for my own info, what led you to the Soundbreak product? (I will eventually be doing a build out too, that's why I'm asking). Sounds like you are well on your way.Exciting! | |
| Who's absorbing the cost? ebm- which dude? | |
| Who's absorbing the cost? Willie- the problem is, at least on the pressing side, it isn't newer technology. Most of the presses are old- many were resuscitated after years of being offline. Yes, folks like Chad have, in the process, added some computer assisted monitoring ... | |
| Phono/preamp/amp chain. One of them tube the others SS. Which one? Inna- to me, the amp-speaker relationship is symbiotic. So, choice of speaker may push you one way or the other with respect to the choice of amp. And, sometimes, the stereotypes about "tube" and "ss" sound aren’t always the result in practice. Th... | |
| Who's absorbing the cost? Low- oil crisis stuff was pretty bad in the U.S., but most of them still played. I have an original SOS label pressing of Lynyrd Skynyrd "Pronounced" with paper flecks embedded into the vinyl from regrind, but it still plays nicely. Go figure. (I ... | |
| Who's absorbing the cost? I honestly don't recall returning that many records due to defects back in the day- I'm sure they existed and I'm sure I returned some. I had "serious" gear starting in 1973 or so, and I'm confident that if a record didn't play or track well, I wo... | |
| Would owning Hoover Dam improve the midrange? How the transformer is mounted to the pole, the material of the pole--wood v metal and if wood, what type of wood, plus the type of cable from the transformer down stream all make a difference. I have my eye on a pole up the road with three 250 kW... | |
| help a Die hard ANALOG guy choose a budget CDP @sbank -Thanks. FWIW, re linear power supplies, i was pretty surprised to see how much some of the audiophile ones were (maybe I should not have been). And many of those were limited to one voltage/current output. I bought a decent bench supply of... | |
| Furutech Vinyl flattener or the ORB ? @downunder : Question for you downunder-- will you do repeated sessions (not necessarily back to back, but over time) with the DF-2 if the record still has problems in playback after a single session? I have had some records that flatten and play ... |