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| The "Very Best Record Cleaning Formulation" @drkingfish- fair. Just a personal thing for me. I recently finished reading a book on the history of surgery and the differences between the doctors (who were educated and held titles) and the barber/surgeons, who were treated as barbarians. Obvi... | |
| The "Very Best Record Cleaning Formulation" @rich121- are you the gent who had the older Monks double and we talked about sourcing parts? If so, I’m glad you got it fettled. One the issues that came up on the SH Forums when Neil’s first edition was published was that distilled water was no... | |
| Can/Is AI Used To Post Threads on Audigon? Why not? I’ve read that bots can sign up to internet accounts, and from there, if you’ve ever played with the freely available "AI," you can ask it to write a contract, for example. And it will do that. A little prosaic, maybe lacking some nuance,... | |
| The "Very Best Record Cleaning Formulation" Thanks @mijostyn and I absolutely agree that it is part of the process- the science is never "settled" in a sense. What struck me as odd is that the potential hazards of using alcohol in a US machine are well known- an open web search (not relying... | |
| The "Very Best Record Cleaning Formulation" I was a student of intellectual history long before I became a lawyer and am now retired from that and have been back in academia for the last ten years. One thing I learned along the way was that most successful learning processes were collaborat... | |
| BEST CD TRANSPORT As a mainly vinyl LP guy, I bought the entry level C.E.C. transport that I've used with a couple different DACs. It delivers what's on the disc without any artifacts and doesn't have the sound I used to associate with "bad CD." Some Redbook sounds... | |
| New Cartridge Causing Intermittent Popping Good for you. Troubleshooting that kind of thing can be maddening. I had an intermittent crackle a few years ago. Swapped out leads, all new tubes in everything (a little premature, but I wanted to make sure), a wanky XLR connector that I sent bac... | |
| Jazz for aficionados @stuartk said "BTW, the "spiritual Jazz" series is on the British label "Jazzman" I quickly scanned the various albums-- there's some material on these that is simply unobtanium these days as OG LPs. Great introduction to the genre. I'm a huge C... | |
| George Winston has passed away I remember him, some of his albums and of course the label. Apparently, he was into old timey stuff before he did the New Age music-- Fats Waller, barrelhouse and stride. It was an interesting era for music. RIP. | |
| The "Very Best Record Cleaning Formulation" @Wizzard- I’m fascinated by archival techniques including those used for LPs (not shellac). Most of what I did was compare sonic results using different commercially available fluids and methods. I met Neil Antin (@Antinn) on these fora - he is th... | |
| The "Very Best Record Cleaning Formulation" There was an apocryphal story about Percy Wilson's working group (that eventually led to the Keith Monks machine) using high octane vodka. It's sold in the States under a few brands, best known as Everclear-- basically grain alcohol. I guess it co... | |
| So This Really Is The End.... Nice eulogy for your local record store. I'm surprised they make any money these days too, apart from the rare/collector's market and that's not stuff you typically find in the local record store. | |
| I need Hign compliance cartridges I use Koetsus in my main system. In my vintage system, I use a Franken Denon 103 that has a micro ridge stylus, has been repotted into a wood body and tweaked by Steve Leung at VAS. His prices are reasonable, he can often supply the completed cart... | |
| Head-Fi can be so hardcore I don’t actively participate on that forum but DubStep Girl’s exhaustive comparison of rectifier tubes was invaluable to me and among the various tubes I’ve rolled, I found her descriptions to be spot on. Of course, market prices have gone up and ... | |
| Best Forum to hear experienced audiophiles exchange thoughts? Back in the day, before the Internet, we used to do listening sessions among friends. Some were associated with audio clubs --not so easy to find unless you are near a large metro area--and some were entirely informal--just a hang at someone's hou... |