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| Replacing AcousTech phono with Allnic H1201. Is it worth it ? inna- I don’t know how helpful this will be since I have the H3000, not the H1201. My unit is wonderful in my system, but part of that is likely the synergy with the rest of my system. It took about 150 hours to really burn-in, and changing rectif... | |
| Why do I keep torturing myself with remasters? Ole- you might enjoy reading this, both as to pressings and for the interview that is included as a link within this piece. (There is also another link in the piece to an extensive shoot-out I did a year or so ago on a number of different pressing... | |
| Why do I keep torturing myself with remasters? I think it is tough to generalize about original v remaster or country of origin of record- it really comes down to the specific recordings, masterings and pressings. On the Boston record, my listening notes published from about a year ago- compar... | |
| Audio Desk Systeme RCM - what's been your experience? Well, your existing unit is dead, and costly to repair, I gather, so if the price difference isn’t crazy to trade in on a brand new unit, assuming transferable warranty, you could always sell it, no? I don’t think enough time has passed to make an... | |
| Audio Desk Systeme RCM - what's been your experience? @terry9 : extremely helpful on several fronts.I don't want to hijack @soulbrass 's topic about reliability of the ADS, so perhaps we can start another thread on the DIY approach. Soulbrass, at least from my experience with both the ADS and KL, the... | |
| Audio Desk Systeme RCM - what's been your experience? This is great. Let's stay in the loop on this. BTW, that DIY thread is 'only' 145 pages. Many thanks again, Rushton, and to DGarretson for raising the topic of DIY in this context. | |
| Audio Desk Systeme RCM - what's been your experience? @dgarretson @rushton Thanks, both. That thread on DIY is about 230 pages long now! I've been slowly working my way through it, and have been doing a little additional research and inquiry on the side. My interest is less about cost cutting and mor... | |
| Audio Desk Systeme RCM - what's been your experience? I think the semi-DIY route @dgarretson described is not only more cost effective but offers more flexibility, particularly if you are willing to forego some of the convenience of the "one button" fully automatic audiophile models. The commercial a... | |
| Why do I keep torturing myself with remasters? Ole- search Laser's Edge Group- as i said, Ken has a bunch of different companies and labels under that umbrella. If you send him a message, you are welcome to mention my name. He visited recently- brought some interesting records, including an ol... | |
| Cheapest courier If you know someone with a DHL account, the rates are a considerable fraction of those quoted as "retail." I don’t really do much shipping, but a lot of buying, so it doesn’t help me too much, but I did get a quote from them at one point, based on... | |
| Why do I keep torturing myself with remasters? Ole, a couple of people have urged me to go to one of the Utrecht shows- likely where a lot of this stuff is going to show up. As to prices, I doubt you'll find any bargains on stuff like Il Balletto di Bronzo. But if you wanted to go wild, that's... | |
| Why do I keep torturing myself with remasters? I got Di Terra recently, original Italian pressing, for reasonable money. (It came from overseas) Ditto, a Le Orme, from a shop in Manchester. Ken Golden hipped me to a decent remaster of Comus, First Utterance and the shop also had a few Le Orme,... | |
| 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 ... |