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| ISO advice on record cleaning fluids AIVS No 15, followed by some kind of "pure water" rinse. You should buy two vacuum arm mounts and wands- one for the fluid and one for the rinse. The Disc Doctor or MoFi type pads work well on the VPI- though they absorb more liquid initially than... | |
| JBL Everest DD67000 vs. Avantgarde Duo Mezzo I would think that Shindo amp would be great with the Avantgardes assuming you already own it. Room size- you don't need a huge room for horns, mine's larger than yours but you could get it to work- you'll probably be a little more "near field" th... | |
| Best type of Sub to consider? Thanks, bdp. I know when I ordered the 12" from them in paper cone that I looked at 15" versions, but I'm probably not going to invest in more woofers or subs (than I already have) until I move and reassess the speaker system as a whole. | |
| Best type of Sub to consider? BDP- does Rhythmik make a sealed 15" sub with a paper rather than metal cone? When I looked at their site a while ago, I thought the 15" were all metal coned- but may be wrong. | |
| JBL Everest DD67000 vs. Avantgarde Duo Mezzo Right. As I mentioned, the issue of sensitivity bears on the kind of amplifier that can be used, and the SET is magic with the horns. However, at least with the older Duo, the issue is continuity or blending of woofers to mid horn. And the powered... | |
| JBL Everest DD67000 vs. Avantgarde Duo Mezzo Gdhal, I have thought about the Everest as my next speaker simply because it is less involved than custom made horns with unobtanium drivers. I don’t doubt that the Everest benefits from some power, probably for the bass. I also don’t know enough ... | |
| JBL Everest DD67000 vs. Avantgarde Duo Mezzo gdhal- compared to conventional speakers, yes. My Duos are 104 db and the units with the so-called Omega driver are 106 db if memory serves. This may make the difference between using an SET amp or not. My ML2s, which are 18 watts each, are more t... | |
| JBL Everest DD67000 vs. Avantgarde Duo Mezzo It’s lovely choice to make. I’m not sure the Everest can be driven by the usual SET amps- they are efficient but not crazy efficient. That would be the chief benefit of the Avantgarde, though bass integration has always been the trick: I have olde... | |
| Obscure bands Balleto's YS is pretty famous in prog circles, no? Along w/ Museo, and a few others. I've been buying some as Seven Seas old reissues from Japan- the price of Museo is nuts. I think all that early Italian and German prog is generally obscure but ... | |
| Inna gadda da Vida long version Yeah, the story is, he was in LA area, and hitching up toward Santa Barbara. She could only offer him a ride to Mulholland area, and he would have been stuck- he was better where he was, near a freeway (I guess) to get a ride all the way. Funny th... | |
| Inna gadda da Vida long version If you can find an early US pressing in decent condition (assuming you still play records), it doesn’t sound bad at all. And that recent mono reissue of Heavy is fun.I saw them back in the day- opening acts were Mind Garage and Rhinoceros. I loved... | |
| Hunting for 1st pressings CZ- did you mean '80s - I remember record club offerings in the '60s and early '70s. I think your statement earlier, about listening to multiple pressings, is the only way- in some cases, the first pressing sounds better to me, in other cases it d... | |
| Are audiophiles still out of their minds? grm- sounds like you are a smart fellow. Glad there is fresh blood coming into the hobby-we often bemoan the fact that no younger people are "into" hi-fi, but it sounds like you are focused and thoughtful. This hobby can bring great joy on a numbe... | |
| Beach Boys Pet Sounds by Analogue Productions I'm a pretty regular participant there, but didn't see your thread. I'm not a huge Pet Sounds fanatic (I know some people regard it as a pinnacle album) and have that old Carl and the Passions twofer.As for Steve and being banned, I know that if y... | |
| Gimme the funk. I dig much, Strawberry Letter #23 as covered by the Bros. Johnson. (Much as I love Shuggie). |