whart
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| Chime in if you bought a second table that cost a fraction of your main table. I’ve had my main table and air bearing arm in place since around 2006-7, various cartridges over the years. With the big Minus K below it, the thing is substantial in weight and size: Several years ago, I had Bill Thalmann restore an SP-10 (mk ... | |
| What is your record cleaning regimen? Sure. No mystery- just one generic name for the type of vacuum arm that the Keith Monks, Loricraft and a few others use: That’s the business end of the nozzle- smaller aperture than the wand or slot type vacuum heads; also note the "string"-... | |
| Best music in 2022 Dream Queen, Bobby Hamilton, etc. A very hard to find, expensive spiritual jazz, lounge act record that was pressed in very limited quantities. Reissued by Now Again, from the tape, cut by Bernie G. (whether that spins your propeller, it says th... | |
| Will rebuilt Quad ESL 57s take the place on a great $30K dynamic speaker? I have owned ’57s since 1973 and recently had them rebuilt by Kent at Electrostatic Solutions. I’m now using my old Quad II amps with really good glass, instead of more powerful ARC tube amps in the 60-75 watt range and think they sound better wit... | |
| Best power amp for Quad 63 @RalphKarsten from @ Atma sphere does post here. Kent at Electrostatic Solutions did the restoration of my 57's. | |
| Best power amp for Quad 63 I used an ARC Classic 60 when I had Quad ’63s- they were Crosby modified. That amp was not as warm and "juicy" in the old tube sense as previous ARC amps I had owned and used- Dual 75a (still have it, sitting idle); Dual 70 mk ii (nice amp). At t... | |
| What is your record cleaning regimen? Records are not made or packaged in a clean room environment. I buy mostly older records, sometimes dead inventory, sometimes "used" and of course have bought new records over the years. QC is surprisingly off even for the audiophile stuff. Every... | |
| 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 ... |