whart
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| Ultrasonic LP Cleaning vs. “Thread Type” Cleaning (Keith Monks/Loricraft/etc.) @lewm: As @vinylshadow mentioned, these pumps are off the shelf. Monks claims theirs is specially adapted to spec from a pump commonly used in dialysis machines with a low failure rate and the ability to run continuously for a long while. If you s... | |
| Turntable isolation platform Recommendations? Thanks, mijostyn. I learned to listen on stats. I'd love listening to a big pair. Getting me to come back to the NE is a whole other question, but I used to love autumn in New England. Gorgeous- the Adirondacks, Maine, Vermont, all of it. Used t... | |
| Possible Cartridge Suspension Collapse? You know in all this time I've now been in Texas, I have yet to see a roadrunner. I keep looking. I guess I have to leave town....:) | |
| Possible Cartridge Suspension Collapse? In my experience, the "hours" of play actually on a cartridge bear more on stylus wear than suspension collapse-- which I think can happen when a cartridge is relatively new (the part-time audiophile site had a review of an Airtight Supreme, and s... | |
| Turntable isolation platform Recommendations? @speakermaster- normally, I would agree that a wall shelf is usually a good alternative and cost effective. I'm dealing with a turntable that is about 170 lbs with one arm, add another 30 lbs for 2nd arm pod (not in use right now) and the HRS plin... | |
| Ultrasonic LP Cleaning vs. “Thread Type” Cleaning (Keith Monks/Loricraft/etc.) @mglik - I think the maintenance and care of the "traditional" Monks is overstated. When I got mine, used, I knew it was not performing as it should and had it rebuilt by the guy who does the institutional work for Monks based out of NY. He also s... | |
| Ultrasonic LP Cleaning vs. “Thread Type” Cleaning (Keith Monks/Loricraft/etc.) I use a Monks Omni-basically a reboot of the original Monks with some refinements, in combination with ultrasonics (like Mike, I have the KL, which has -knock wood- continued to function well though it is not new). If I had to choose one machine, ... | |
| So damn hard deciding which tube preamp to buy! @janpro- As a consumer of the 6h30 I have to agree that the current production tubes do not sound good. Those old DR Reflectors though, at least in my line stage, are as good as any tube I've heard in my system. | |
| So damn hard deciding which tube preamp to buy! It is very hard. Even before supply line problems ala Covid, it was hard to make comparisons "in store" without other variables-room, associated equipment in play, etc. Ideally, you’d want the ability to hear the unit in your system. I did have a ... | |
| Turntable isolation platform Recommendations? @Mijostyn- yeah, there’s something on the bottom, but I also was concerned that the metal top of the Minus K would have a sound and liked what the HRS brought to the package, having used it for some years before getting the Minus K. The one downsi... | |
| Can the need for novelty and change be mitigated by rotation? @mahgister: one of the difficulties of discussing system attributes, including identifying problems, trouble shooting and the like is that we aren’t in the room to hear it for ourselves and use our own intuition--we are at a remove, and as I think... | |
| Can the need for novelty and change be mitigated by rotation? @mahgister said: "[Y] ou forgot that acoustic and psycho-acoustics laws or principles and methods apply to any room and any system, these laws and methods are one of the main sources of optimization for a system/room/ears...I probably should have ... | |
| Can the need for novelty and change be mitigated by rotation? I think as room size varies, so do the possibilities of equipment variation while achieving "full" optimization in the room. The possibilities are potentially endless and we then can argue the merits of particular boxes, wires and source type and ... | |
| Subwoofers with room correction built in? @redwoodaudio said: "This is an interesting option from Underwood hifi by DSpeaker: 8033 SII subwoofer equalizer. Just for the subwoofer."That’s the unit I mentioned upthread. It is inexpensive, comes with a calibration mic, allows you to do repe... | |
| Turntable isolation platform Recommendations? @tomic601 - was just listening to an old Jackie Mason routine on jews and gentiles-- hilarious. As a member of the tribe, we typically had no mechanical or other manual labor type skills- we'd call a guy. Now that I'm in the post-career phase of m... |