whart
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| Do you stop the turntable or let it spin while you run e record brush I never had good luck with record brushes, going back to the Decca. I’ve tried all kinds. They are good at pushing the dust into a line, but after that, advice typically is, push the collected surface lint/detritus to the label or to the edge, whi... | |
| Phono cartridge torque wrench @4krowme--probably "diminishing"--my issue with this is who supplies the info for optimal torque- the cartridge maker? Is this a spec that is commonly made available for different cartridges/arms? I don't recall seeing that, but apart from a Kuzma... | |
| Ultrasonic LP Cleaning vs. “Thread Type” Cleaning (Keith Monks/Loricraft/etc.) @Orthomead: I first learned about Swirl due to Sabbath and have them as UK Swirls, but then descended into the vortex: Gracious!, the Cressida albums, Patto, May Blitz, etc. I think I have roughly 50, some duplicates, not all the super rare ones b... | |
| Ultrasonic LP Cleaning vs. “Thread Type” Cleaning (Keith Monks/Loricraft/etc.) 1+ thumbs up @orthomead. I would also add that for something that may be long or more heavily contaminated, I prefer the manual or mechanical clean first anyway to get the heavy grunge out; after vacuum and rinse vacuum, then into ultrasonic for w... | |
| Ultrasonic LP Cleaning vs. “Thread Type” Cleaning (Keith Monks/Loricraft/etc.) @orthomead- I just want Neil to see your kind words by including him in this thread @antinn. I published the piece so I'm hardly neutral (in the interest of full disclosure) in viewing Neil's work as the most comprehensive single source of informa... | |
| How To Do You Measure the Quality of Your AC Power? I do not think there is a "one size fits all" solution to troubleshooting electrical system problems. My power company came the same day I called to do some perfunctory testing of the service entrance and all was good. I had found a few spots in t... | |
| Gale 401's Sorry for your loss. @douglas_schroeder ’s distinction between the casual "good enough" listener and the more serious efforts at trying to reproduce an approximation of live or real music in your room is a good one. Having said that, you might non... | |
| How many dealers do you use? Currently, none. I moved to Austin TX full time several years ago and have not established any custom with a local dealer. There are far fewer here than there were in NYC (obviously) despite the shrinkage of brick/mortar. The last dealer with whom... | |
| Bricasti M3/M1SE A close friend has been after me for a while to buy a Bricasti. I’ve been doing hifi since the ’60s (really the early ’70s in terms of serious gear) and only started to mess with digital a couple years ago. Mac mini running Audirvana and a couple ... | |
| What is it about spinning vinyl? mijostyn- nope, nor coins, comix, or other stuff. I was into cars for a while- had some nice ones. I'm also not a completist. Why?BTW, how come if I tag you @mijostyn, it doesn't call you out?And what's your name for short? I want to call you Milo... | |
| Pedal steel Sneaky Pete- another lost hero. Hell of a player. | |
| What is it about spinning vinyl? @reubent -- Bad assed album. Even the US pressing of the first album is fabulous compared to the UK, which is polite sounding by comparison. Second album of theirs, also on Swirl, is equally brilliant, but sadly, the US pressing is terrible. I was... | |
| Pedal steel Old video of David Lindley playing Mercury Blues at the Roxy. It is a two neck Hawaiian guitar on a stand, not sure it has pedals. Hard rock style blues with distortion. Maybe not your thing. A family friend in Nashville, originally known as a woo... | |
| Finally, a great stylus cleaner-Onzow Zerodust! I never found that product to be more effective than brushing. I do think the Magic Eraser and Blu-stuff will remove detritus that is stubbornly attached to the stylus tip, but in the last year or so, I stopped using those too- I know Peter L. adv... | |
| What is it about spinning vinyl? @mijostyn--do you own any original Vertigo Swirls? If you are in the mindset, you can just watch the record spinning.... |