whart
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| Thumbs up for ultrasonic record cleaning @Labpro–– Although much of this thread is devoted to DIY methods, many of us have had the Audio Desk. I owned one before the "Pro" was introduced, and based on the recommendation of some early adopters, reduced the amount of "fluid" I put into the... | |
| The quest for the hot stamper or is it a myth There have been many threads, here and elsewhere, on Better Records and Tom Port. I have never bought a record from him (for reasons explained below), but do agree that the latest audiophile remaster of a well-worn warhorse may not sound better th... | |
| Whats playing on your system today? Today, yesterday really, I took a deep dive into Hasidic New Wave, starting with their album "Psycho-Semitic"; sounds a little offbeat, to be sure, with the starting notes played on a shofar spitting out little blats, but it devolves and morphs in... | |
| What is wrong with Audiogon Forums? Let me know if you come to Austin. We live in the neighborhood on the hill behind the Continental called Travis Heights. The Austin Motel was taken over by Liz Lambert, the doyen of South Congress, a few years ago-- it is still pretty inexpensive ... | |
| What is wrong with Audiogon Forums? @bdp24- first time i went to the Continental, it seemed very dark, kind of forbidding, went in and it was like the set of a John Travolta movie. Everybody two steppin’! Yeah, still fixin’ to get over to the Broken Spoke. I’m not much of a dancer b... | |
| What is wrong with Audiogon Forums? @bdp24 - Erik- not as much as I would like. Some shows start very late and by midnight i'm ready to go to sleep, not out to a show. But yes, a wealth of bands and players. I've also started playing again (keyboards mainly, I sort of suck at guitar... | |
| What is wrong with Audiogon Forums? I think when Audiogon got sold and the site got rebuilt with a bunch of features, there were a lot of glitches. There are always a few that pop up. I think a lot of the fora used to use vBulletin software, but I don't think that's a constant any m... | |
| Best Solution for Ultra Sonic Cleaning Rush Paul has a formula he developed which is published here on Audiogon and in Positive Feedback in an article he did about DIY US record cleaning.Tima used a different formula, based I think, on the London Jazz Collector site cleaning formula. H... | |
| Audiophile x 5 months. Most of us learn by mistakes, trial and error, and steps forward, backward and laterally. It usually takes time, effort and money to get to a place that you want to be. Writing out the big check isn't always the right answer.Part of this game is t... | |
| Could I be a Retail Wretch? @inna- the last dealer I used in New York was actually not based in New York, it was Bill Parish, of GTT Audio based in New Jersey. Interestingly, the geographic distance–– about an hour from my house in the lower Hudson Valley––was never a proble... | |
| Could I be a Retail Wretch? Here’s the thing as far as dealers are concerned: if you find one that can provide the gear you like, provides service, support, loaners, takes trade-ins and will work with you, you should treasure them. I have had a couple of long term relationsh... | |
| Clean Power without the drawbacks of Conditioning Filtering. Advice? @inna- whenever I am in a medical facility, I'm checking out their A/C receptacles, and other gizmos. They have cool toys! #nolobotomy :) | |
| Turntable got absolutely crushed by CD I really don’t want to feed the analog v digital which one is better debate. I suspect that in many cases, the difference is a reflection of the level of gear being used- I disagree with Glupson that any old (or new) turntable is the same as anoth... | |
| Turntable got absolutely crushed by CD The Warne's Famous Blue Raincoat is a digital recording. | |
| Is it true records are sealed to look better.... I think the term 'sealing' is being used in two different contexts here: shrink wrapping the jacket a/k/a a 'sealed record' and some sort of sealing agent put on the vinyl. I am unaware (not that I'm the last word on any of this) of a coating bein... |