whart
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| Modem speed, how important for streaming? @emergingsoul - not sure about that, but my experience in the early days of video streaming was that while I had enough bandwidth by static packet burst testing, there was some choke point at times, enough to throw the stream into buffering. This ... | |
| room setup suggesion needed Square rooms are tougher, acoustically. Consider the possibility of working a corner as the "center" of a stereo pair (as well as moving the speakers out from the "front" wall). Because you’ve referred to "rehearsal" space several times, I’m assum... | |
| ultrasound record cleaning machine damaged my records @oldrooney - FWIW@antinn was insistent that the book be made available for free. I was fine with that and more than happy to host the work. I've had a number of discussions with Neil, some far ranging, and always learn a lot. | |
| Would you move to a bigger house if you could just to have a better listening room ? We like houses and have owned some pretty nice ones over the years--although having a listening room is a consideration, it never drove the purchase. It was the architecture, quality of construction, location and other attributes. We've done some ... | |
| ultrasound record cleaning machine damaged my records Thank you Neil @antinn for recapping the data on "one step" cleaning processes and residue. Bill | |
| ultrasound record cleaning machine damaged my records That the distortion problem was related to not effectively removing the surfactant does not surprise me, nor am I surprised that Neil deduced this based on the facts provided. Before I connected with Neil (my blog is where his work on vinyl cleani... | |
| RIP Doug Ingle One of the first concerts I saw as a young person. Mind Garage, Rhinoceros and the Iron Butterfly. I loved the use of Inna Gada in Mann's Manhunter film. | |
| Turntable setup NYC area Mike Trei was my go to* when I lived in NY. *He did house calls, set up in situ. Nice guy to boot. | |
| When Was The Audio Golden Age? To me, the "golden age" of hi-fi began after WWII and especially with the advent of the LP. Marantz tube gear, big Bozaks, KLH 9s. Raw drivers, DIY, and pretty hands on. (Of course, there is the pre-war WE and Klangfilm equipment, originally desig... | |
| How Soon Do You Realize You Don't Like a Piece of Gear? I'd give the VdH a little time even if the character of these different units is "baked in" to the design. I've had an Allnic H-3000 for quite a while and recall that it took some time to come on song. As @wrm57 mentions, rolling the rectifier mak... | |
| Aric Audio Super 2A3 owners - favorite tubes? @alexberger said: "NOS 5U4G RCA is not something special. I like Ken-Ran 5u4G. But Linlai 5u4g are on the same level and very cheap. I had a U52 GEC/Brimar brown base. It was really great, better than other stuff I had but it is crazy expensive no... | |
| How effective is the ultrasonic V-8 lp cleaner? This is a pretty old thread. David Ratcliff, the guy behind the V8, passed away in around 2019. I think the "burnishing" Harry W heard was the result of the chemistry without rinsing- (I wasn't a reader of the old VPI forum so I'm taking this seco... | |
| Insurance for system @emergingsoul -thanks for the compliment. This system had its beginnings in around 2006 and has evolved over the years. (There were several previous systems going back to 1970). Having moved to Texas, I am in a larger room and that, along with so... | |
| Insurance for system I revisited insurance coverage on the hifi and record collection when I moved from NY to Texas at the very beginning of 2017. DOT insurance is by gross weight and a joke. I was covered by Chubb, which I started using years ago- they insured variou... | |
| Think I ruined stylus @tsbarro - did you examine the stylus under magnification with a good light? (You don't need to remove the cartridge to do this). Playing the dead wax /run out groove is not a big deal- I do have some records where the run out is not "locked" and ... |