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| Carpenters @harold-not-the-barrel : not sure where you are located but this old compilation--The Singles-1969-73 has long sounded good and is readily available: https://www.discogs.com/Carpenters-The-Singles-1969-1973/master/85600 | |
| Carpenters This thread reminded me of Todd Hayne’s film school project. For those unfamiliar with it, Hayne’s filmed "The Karen Carpenter Story" using Barbie dolls. Sounds dumb, but after watching moving humanoid figures with dialog for a few minutes, you fo... | |
| Best vinyl purchases based on pressing, studio production, sound quality and enjoyment. If you dig peak Linda Ronstadt, you might explore Andrew Gold, who worked with her on a number of those great albums. He was a producer, arranger, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist who is almost forgotten today. He came from very successful mus... | |
| Sound Quality of red book CDs vs.streaming Hi, George. I am familiar with DR measurements and the effects of dynamic compression. I guess my question should have been more pointed: how do you know what mastering you are getting on a streaming service? Are mastering credits provided by the ... | |
| Sound Quality of red book CDs vs.streaming I’ve just started taking digital seriously as a playback medium (as opposed to using it for background music or work related stuff) and have been pleasantly surprised by how good it can be, even with a relatively modest set up, compared to my viny... | |
| What unknown musical artist would you like to share with your fellow audiophiles? That’s pretty much where I spend my most of my time. Brian Davison, every which way-- US Mercury is fine. Not crazy expensive for a clean copy. Sounds a lot like early Traffic. White boy blues shouter plus jazz and exotic motifs.Blast Furnace- S/T... | |
| How to pre clean a very dirty LP before Ultrasound Machine? Right on re mold @paulcreed probably makes sense to wear a mask too, you don't want to breath that stuff. | |
| How to pre clean a very dirty LP before Ultrasound Machine? Agree with @analogluvr --if you are in NY you should be able to source distilled water cheaply at a grocery in 1 gallon jugs. If you don’t have a vacuum RCM, you can manually pre-clean. Tap water is filled with minerals and you are adding contamin... | |
| Electrostatic Speakers @davidclarke- So, you have some direct history. The XA was my first 'real' turntable and the LST was a pretty serious speaker in the day-- pretty inefficient as I recall (and ML did his thing with those as well). I slung hi-fi in late high school,... | |
| Electrostatic Speakers @davidclarke-You might reach out to Kent McCollum at Electrostatic Solutions in the midwest. I know he restores the original Quad and the ’63. He restored my originals that I purchased in 1973, added a protection circuit, and more modern, standard... | |
| I am hunting for a very high end manged power filter. Thanks @folkfreak - I had purchased the big Equi=Tech wall cabinet for eventual install in a stand alone building, but time and expense got away from me. I eventually sold the E=T to another audiophile. I gather that Torus made those transformers.... | |
| I am hunting for a very high end manged power filter. I know virtually nothing about computer remote controlled power systems, but as the core of a power system for audio, I opted for a large isolation transformer made by Controlled Power out of Troy Michigan. The company builds to order for medical ... | |
| Thumbs up for ultrasonic record cleaning @totem395 - Tomtem- i think you misstated the article which (correctly as I understand it) says that higher frequency = smaller bubbles. The theory, so far as record cleaning goes, is those smaller bubbles may do more to get into the grooves. But ... | |
| Is the Last Record Preservative system a worthwhile investment? Thanks for the response, @billstevenson | |
| Is the Last Record Preservative system a worthwhile investment? I wonder if the demonstration @billstevenson described put the records in question to more of a test than normal play. The data on vinyl recovery after play is scant. I don't use LAST, but there are plenty of records I've purchased over the years,... |