whart
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| Ultrasonic record cleaners Thanks, Neil (@antinn) -that does sum it up nicely. | |
| Ultrasonic record cleaners I’ll throw one more log on the fire--using surfactants in an ultrasonic should also involve some method to rinse and remove the fluid/contaminants once the cleaning is done. Some of the made for LP ultrasonics use forced air. When I had an Audio D... | |
| Bedini Amp repair Bill Thalmann is reputable, in Virginia and is probably very busy. He did a whole raft of work for me- an old tube preamp, a pair of ancient tube amps, restored a period Technics SP-10 etc. He was the Tech Director at Conrad Johnson. His shop is c... | |
| how were copies of vinyl made in "third-party" countries @grislybutter - I don't want to sidetrack this discussion with the MoFi situation but there are bad sounding all analog records and good sounding records that used digital processes. I have a thing for post-bop "spiritual" or "soul" jazz from the ... | |
| how were copies of vinyl made in "third-party" countries So @steve_wisc @grislybutter : one way to start is to put into a good search engine "best vinyl pressing of"____ [name of album]. If it is classic rock, you will get hits for the Hoffman forum, in other cases, hard to predict. (I buy a lot of ... | |
| Ultrasonic record cleaners @drbond - loved the bread commercial if you remember it. I cannot control the web, but I use Cloudflare and have a really good IT guy here in the States. If you have access to a robust computer/printer system (work?), you might ask them to print ... | |
| how were copies of vinyl made in "third-party" countries With the exception of some knowledgeable record collectors/archivists/mastering engineers in the past (decades ago), I think a lot of the learning about records occurred (at least for me) after the Death of Vinyl.™ The market turned from mass prod... | |
| Ultrasonic record cleaners Hi, Terry. Thanks for the kind words, Neil really deserves the credit for his experience and effort. @antinn great to see you here too! | |
| Ultrasonic record cleaners @Harpo75- just a word of caution- isopropyl alcohol fumes can be explosive in an ultrasonic setting. Glad so many people have found Neil. Be well. | |
| Ultrasonic record cleaners Most of the art/science of record cleaning is in method and good practices. It doesn't hurt to have robust equipment that you like, but a lot of very effective cleaning can be done manually, at low cost. I've been poking around at this subject si... | |
| Ferrari Purosangue with Burmester Audio I installed an expensive audio system in my first Ferrari many years ago and after a month, had the installer remove it. I wanted to hear the car’s music-- especially if one is driving vigorously. I kinda like those 4 door semi-SUV Ferraris- the ... | |
| Dilemma Where in Texas are you heading? I made that move, from NY metro to Austin a while ago. Austin is, despite all the shiny tech and money and boom-town vibe, a bit thin on hi-fi. There are a few record stores here and a record show that happens perio... | |
| What Neutral Means in Reviews & Our Discussions? Are We Confusing Tame/Flat For Neutral? I've been using the same amps in my main system since 2006-7- a pair of Lamm ML2 SETs. They make magic with my Avantgarde Duos. I have no idea if the amp is colored. It makes music. I've maintained it and I don't think about other amps. The high p... | |
| Does creating a loom in cables in a system make a significant difference? I've messed with "high end" cables since the late '80s. Yeah, you can hear a difference. Maybe you shouldn't- that is, the cable is coloring the sound. I dunno. One serious guy I know swears by basic old stock Rat Shack and his system is beyond ... | |
| Record collecting versus hoarding @sokogear- with respect, I'm not sure you understand that there are record collectors apart from audiophiles. One famous one just passed- he had what some consider to be the best collection of 78s in the world- not by volume but by rarity. He was ... |