whart
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| I'm happy with my cleaning method of LP's but am I missing anything? There is a qualitative difference in cleaning: some of it has to do with 'best practices' (almost no additional cost, save for two sets of applicators, vacuum wands and some level of purified water, like distilled, which is reasonably cheap). Flui... | |
| Using Macbook Air as audio source you can set up a virtual system, Marcus, so that when somebody clicks on your name, it offers a link to that. It will allow you to load a bunch of photos. Click on my name as an example of what I’m referring to; there is probably an FAQ here on ho... | |
| Using Macbook Air as audio source @mgattmch - no pics here of your system? I remember the Gale speaker.Something about second systems using vintage that don't cost both arms and a leg that are special. I have had the same experience, using old Quads and an assemblage of equipment ... | |
| Using Macbook Air as audio source I only started using digital in my main system a couple months ago, though i’ve been playing in this sandbox since late ’60s~ I started with a Mac Book Air running Audirvana. Worked fine. You’ll upgrade as you go. You can use an iPad (or possibly ... | |
| Cost to clean a record Relatively low cost + effective in my estimation would be DIY ultrasonic combined with some form of more conventional fluid cleaning using an applicator pad. Plus a pure water rinse. I’m pretty brand and method agnostic, have owned the ’made for L... | |
| FM antennas.............Does ANBODY still make them? You might also talk to C. Crane. I was researching FM antennas for a vintage McI tuner-- hadn’t had a tuner hooked up in like 40 years. Guy who had developed an elaborate tuned array who subsequently sold his company told me about C. Crane. They h... | |
| Recommendations for CD Player/DAC Combo @tyan42-- interesting perspective from today's vantage point, you said "It seems like building a cd player into a DAC makes a lot of sense, like an integrated amp...."When the consumer products first hit the market, they were integrated. Today, it... | |
| “MQA is a philosophy”..John Stuart I am constantly seeking out new music, much of which is older -- until I recently brought digital into my systems, there were many recordings I did not have access to. In my case, I suppose being uninformed is better than being misinformed, I gath... | |
| Is It Possible? @prof-- your comments are pretty on the money. Listening to the original Quad is in some ways like sitting in the balcony. I never had double or triple panel set ups, and was never happy with woofer integration on the old Quad; I didn’t even try o... | |
| Is It Possible? I owned a pair of Crosby-modified ’63s which I enjoyed several decades ago, after an even longer love affair with the original, a/k/a the ’57, which I’ve owned since 1973. I had those restored somewhat recently, after languishing in packing crates... | |
| Ed King Don't forget Strawberry Alarm Clock! | |
| Room correction, DSP for dummies. I guess I walked into a debate between David and Bill (the ’other Bill) unwittingly. My concerns with whole system DSP (and I’ve never heard the Lyngdorf ) if that’s what’s being discussed are:settings and adjustments- is this done entirely throug... | |
| Room correction, DSP for dummies. @david_ten - I’m sure someone could speak with more knowledge, but the ones i’ve used have a mic that comes with the unit, you put it into test mode and it sends a sweep frequency through the system, starting at very low frequencies, runs the rang... | |
| Room correction, DSP for dummies. I used to be a "purist" but....I got religion with a modest home theatre system that was in my front parlor-- nothing especially WOW, an older Meridian pre-pro that was a cast-off from the bigger projection system, a McI multichannel amp and a sma... | |
| My 6922 Tubes Are Too Bright! My comment about the Mullards, earlier in this thread, concerned an older tube. I have no experience with the current tube offered under the brand, and only suggested the Mullard because it sounded very warm-- too warm to my ears- in a Manley Stee... |