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| How best to eliminate LP warps I got more fussy about warped records when I doubled down on record cleaning methods and noticed how many records don't lay truly flat on the platter- using a Monks, rather than VPI, RCM. I used the Vinyl Flat for a little while, it could work, b... | |
| Best first track Best Clapton, to me, is Detroit Ballroom, Fall '67- Cream were at their peak live. Sadly, this is not an authorized release. I wish Clapton would legitimate it-- it is purportedly a board recording, but there are at least two different versions. ... | |
| New Koetsu on Ebay from Japan??? The value of the warranty with Koetsu is that they will rebuild the cartridge in its entirety, keeping the original body. This may not make sense for a 4k dollar cartridge, but at a certain point, it is a fraction of the cost of the cartridge at r... | |
| What is your record cleaning regimen? KL actually introduced the model w/ the separate reservoir, a filter and a water system hook-up before it withdrew from the business. Dave @Record Genie have no idea if he still posts here, bought one. I don’t know what differences there are betw... | |
| The birth of a new thread dedicated to sharing our newly-acquired "old" LP's. One you might grab before it disappears, is a pulled from the tape reissue of a rare lounge/soul jazz act, Bobby Hamilton Dream Queen. It was released in the last week. OG is very expensive, and you'd only want this in top condition. Listen to th... | |
| HT & Stereo System Fuel Shortage Coming According to Grid Operators Gents: I have no "inside baseball" info. I shared what I did based on living here when the storm happened and reading about the aftermath. Texas generally has lower energy costs, at least for traditional petroleum and gas; I think the push to "gre... | |
| HT & Stereo System Fuel Shortage Coming According to Grid Operators I live in Texas now, after NY metro for more than 35 years. The infrastructure where I am-- very proximate to downtown Austin, is new. But we lost power during Uri for 4.5 days, it was like 6 degrees, something I’m used to from the NE, but not in ... | |
| Is the Walker LP system necessary if one already uses a good RCM? @lewm- I'm with you on the rinse step for several reasons, not the least of which is that it gives you another shot at removing the residue. Yeah, I used Lloyd's magnet to "demagnetize" records for a while- it seemed to work, but I got out of the ... | |
| Is the Walker LP system necessary if one already uses a good RCM? Lloyd died recently. I used the 3, and then 4 step, Walker products-really liked his unidirectional applicator-- for quite a while, but switched years ago to AIVS #15 and a pure water rinse. I could not tell the difference. I use a big Monks Omni ... | |
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| Audiophile Tool Bingo For starters, Erik, useful in phono cartridge set up. I use different magnifiers for different purposes. I wear one of those illuminated eyeglass magnifiers to brush cartridge while playing, but that isn't exactly set up. Anything small I need to ... | |
| Audiophile Tool Bingo Good lights; good magnification; | |
| Factory service for products from the 90's @stereo5- I’ve owned cars that dated back to WWI. Some of the great cars were made pre-WWII. The analogy fails. There are pieces of equipment that are well worth restoring- old WE, Saul/Sid era Marantz, etc. (there are many post war cars that are... | |
| Factory service for products from the 90's Lamm never authorized third party repair or made schematics available. I do have a guy here in Austin who rebuilds pre-war tube amps, so if I needed him to work on the Lamm ML2s, I suppose I could get his help. But, Elina is planning on opening a ... | |
| Quad ESL service, Electrostatic Solutions or Quads Unlimited ? A happy ending. that's all folks! :) |