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| Is this the solution to LP static issues?? Seems to be! Davey, I have no idea what Miracle Surface with 317X is. This attachment purports to be the advertisement where it is first announced: [url]http://classicalmusicreferences.com/home/classical-music-record-sets/rca-records-miracle-surface-ant...[/ur... | |
| How would you characterize the VAC tube amps? Not that it's meaningful, but that VAC Phi Beta 110 integrated amp is one the most beautiful pieces of electronics ever made. Kevin seems like a nice cat- talked to him many moons ago about a line stage. (I should have bought that integrated amp w... | |
| A blessing? Or a curse? I have a very good memory for facts, details, things I've read or heard though that ability (recall of page numbers where particular passages appeared in text) has declined with age. I do not trust my auditory memory, though, and need to do direct... | |
| Avantgarde Acoustic Duo - Measurements and discussion I have been living with a pair since around 2006. This is an old review and there were various running changes to the model, a sort of major change (the Omega upgrade) to the drivers and perhaps crossover and the newer models are set up differentl... | |
| Vinyl Accessories - Skip It or Buy It! I use a Monks. I've tried a variety of fluids, including the one Monks offers, the "new" Torumat branded "Groovy Fluid" or some such by Brooks Berdan, Walker's 3 and 4 step fluids, Hannl fluid from Germany (thanks @Syntax), Audio Intelligent and ... | |
| Vinyl Accessories - Skip It or Buy It! @cleeds wrote:8:18amslawA big problem with machines like the Audio Desk ( I own one) and the KL is the inability to be able to actually clean the inside water tank ..."I have the Klaudio. When the tank is drained, any crud is drained with it. Ther... | |
| In praise of the ESL-57 I would not under-estimate how good the Quad II amps are with the 57, though they are very underpowered for most applications, my Quads sing with them. When I originally had the 57s set up in the '70s, I used an ARC Dual 75a (which was new at the ... | |
| In praise of the ESL-57 Biggest issue as far as I know is arcing- when I had mine refurbished, a protection circuit was installed. There are people who DIY repair these things but that's way beyond my competence. Lot's to read about them if you dig, though. | |
| In praise of the ESL-57 I bought my pair in 1973-4 (the receipt is still around somewhere) and ran them until around 1990 when I switched to the 63, which had been modified by Crosby Audio Works. That speaker played louder, but lacked the coherence of the 57 in my estima... | |
| Amp repair cost — is this right? I used Bill Thalmann to restore a whole bunch of old components I owned for use in a second, vintage system. I dropped off all the equipment at his shop- got a tour-quite a place, packed to the gills with hi-fi, musical instruments, vintage electr... | |
| Just spoke to an old client of mine..........Avantgarde owner I found it very tricky to get the Duo, the smaller horn/hybrid, to cohere- crank the woofers to get impactful bass and they sound discontinuous with the midrange horn; back off the woofers and you improve coherence but the speaker is bass shy. I s... | |
| Second hand vinyl surface damage. Impossible to tell without play checking the record, ideally after a good cleaning. There are tell-tales that can indicate a record is trashed, but even a pristine looking record can suffer from groove chew by old kludgey tone arms. I tend to look... | |
| All posts are listed in reverse chronology If you are saying that there are threads with posts that are completely out of sequence, that's one thing, but the sort button at the top of each thread, including this one, lets you put earliest or latest first as an ordering sequence. Perhaps wh... | |
| How do you know when an LP is a first or early pressing? There are two distinct inquiries here- one is how to determine if a record is truly a first pressing, which not only involves an examination of deadwax nomenclature, but label, including logo, sometimes the packaging, and what country of issue as ... | |
| Jazz is not Blues and Blues is not Jazz....... According to David Lindley, every song can be made into a reggae song. I largely disregard genre, other than the short pitch- most music (unless you dig deeply into early ethnic stuff that pre-dates recording technology) has a variety of influence... |