whart
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| Turntable options @edgewear-Right on! There are some vintage tables that I would take in a heartbeat, including some of the Micro-Seiki. @sleepwalker65- the DD (a good one) will be a revelation. I bought an SP-10 new back in the day, back burned it for years, and o... | |
| What is the BLUE JEANS equivalent for Power Cables? I also like Analysis Plus. They make a basic power cable that is sold through online musician equipment suppliers for around 100 bucks a meter or so-- of course they make fancier cable, but I used it for a digital front end. I have the high priced... | |
| Turntable options What's funny is one dealer's description, which reads like "the world's most interesting man'- Koetsu owners buy real Picassos, not prints, smoke Cohibas from Cuba, not some cheap **** smoke from the drug store, and ...".It's a "lifestyle." Yeah, ... | |
| Turntable options Jade Platinum. What's surprising is that after several records, it sounded very good, even though it has no hours on it, and I really haven't fiddled much with VTA. What's also surprising (to me at least) is that i expected that midrange, but the ... | |
| Turntable options I would look into the Herron? that gets raves here from a bunch of folks who own it. I haven’t heard it so can’t comment on it. I would not put the money into a Steelhead unless you are after a lot of flexibility and are prepared to roll tubes- an... | |
| Turntable options Rome wasn’t built in a day. I did find that the Steelhead, despite its enormous flexibility and some serious tube rolling, was holding my system back. But by that time, i had the good-better turntable(s) in place. You’ll get there. @mulveling ’s c... | |
| Turntable options Nope. Not even with the XL. The fiddly part is in the initial set up if you aren’t used to it simply because there are so many different parts. Now that I’m familiar with it, I can break it down and reassemble it. It took me almost no time to inst... | |
| Degritter brand ultrasonic record cleaner @dgarretson - i haven't gotten hands on with these yet, but Tim, who wrote several pieces, went to a 0.35 micron filter and bought a cheap TDS meter and claims it is very effective. I'd have to check what pump he's using. (the last installment is ... | |
| Turntable options I’m a big fan of Kuzma and have had several of his tables. I had the original Reference, which is a very nice table especially for its combination of mass and built-in suspension. I gather that table has been updated. I’ve also owned and still use... | |
| Tube Rolling for Pre-amps? @lowrider57 -Brent Jesse is cool.@n80- call him, don’t try to decipher that website. It will drive you absolutely bonkers. I didn’t deal with him for years because trying to decode his website was like reading a bad spreadsheet. He’s a really good... | |
| Tube Rolling for Pre-amps? Right. My point is, tube degradation with small tubes is gradual. You may not hear a nasty and don’t necessarily know that it isn’t performing as fully as it could. Testing only tells you so much. For example, I use NOS ribbed Tele 12ax7s in my La... | |
| Degritter brand ultrasonic record cleaner @slaw- can't remember, did you buy an Elma too? | |
| Degritter brand ultrasonic record cleaner @teo_audio: I learned a little about medical science and holistic medicine from a veterinarian in Vista, New York who showed us ancient medical texts that explained the symptoms of our cat’s disease, since overwritten by more modern science, and t... | |
| Degritter brand ultrasonic record cleaner @wakethetown- the Elma P60H is the one that is more reasonable in price, but will require some attention to fill level and record placement due to its smaller size. Offhand, I know from their posts here that @dgarretson and @terry9 are users of th... | |
| Tube Rolling for Pre-amps? Small tubes often don't fail dramatically in the same way that amp power tubes can- but they will lose their high frequency extension and punch over time. It's almost like a new pair of sneakers- more bounce. I'm not sure it is worth getting carri... |