whart
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| Got an LP cleaner you want to make money on? Altaylor- most of the stuff I've seen on new records is visible to the naked eye- sleeve detritus, fingerprints, etc. Stuff on the surface isn't the same as what is in the grooves (thus, a record that has surface scratches can still sound fine whi... | |
| LP Record Cleaning Machine - Ultrasonic or Vacuum I'm using both methods, vacuum and ultrasonic (the AD). Love the convenience of the AD, but i also find that with old records- the vast majority of what I buy- I benefit from cleaning first with AIVS No. 15 and lab water, using my trusty old VPI. ... | |
| Rack Recommendations Typo correction: "Skepticism" but you knew what i meant. Damn, the post editing function rarely functions. Good luck!Bill Hart | |
| Rack Recommendations These racks have come along way from the days of the old Target stands. I am using a variety of the fancy stuff about which you express sketpticism- (Grand Prix Monaco with carbon fiber shelves and all the bells and whistles and HRS, as well as a ... | |
| Got an LP cleaner you want to make money on? I had mentioned in an earlier response to this thread that there is a vendor of used records that offers a cleaning service. He is located in Olmsted Falls, Ohio. I have no idea if that is near you, but here's his home page. (I've bought a few rec... | |
| Got an LP cleaner you want to make money on? I'm glad Doug took that one on, and diplomatically, to boot. As to cleaning new records, there are a number of issues going on, aside from the mold release compounds (which are part of the plastic nuggets now, and not a spray, like PAM*):if you lo... | |
| Sheffield Lab SBrown- without getting into the musical merits, the Moscow Sessions, as I recall, was not direct to disc. | |
| Got an LP cleaner you want to make money on? PS: if you have a couple friends who are local and similarly inclined, all of you could chip in and share a cleaning set up, as an alternative. | |
| Got an LP cleaner you want to make money on? There is an ebay record vendor who touts steam, plus VPI, plus ultra-sonic cleaning of his used records for sale and if memory serves, he also offers a cleaning service for customers to send him their records to clean. If you can't find him, i'll ... | |
| Hot Stamper - myth or reality? PS There are also RL mastered copies of The Band's self-titled album with the lime green Capitol label - another jewel, musically and sonically. | |
| Hot Stamper - myth or reality? Ebuzz- there is a fair amount of discussion on the web about the 'RL' cut of LZ II. The biggest issue with these is that many are trashed. Check to see if it is inscribed 'RL' on both sides- some copies are not. The preferred copy is apparently on... | |
| Sheffield Lab Lindis- I don't know that the Alice record is 'better' sonically than the Sheffields, but I guess my point (as others have said) is that choosing music over sonics, you can still find killer sounding 'regular' pressings and that pressing of "Love ... | |
| Sheffield Lab I have most of them that I bought back in the day, but musically, the 'pop' records aren't of great interest to me. Like a lot of 'audiophile' speciality recordings, many of them sounded 'good' for demo purposes but weren't something I'd choose to... | |
| Hot Stamper - myth or reality? I didn't watch the video. Does Michael use the term 'hot stampers' in the context of Tom Port's offerings or generically, to refer to recordings that were mastered 'hot'? | |
| Hot Stamper - myth or reality? I have certainly heard the term 'hot' applied to a particular mastering, the best example of which is probably the 'RL' cut of LZII. It sounds dramatically different than every other copy of that record I have heard. |