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| How did you discover audiogon? I was at Yale a couple of years ago and a friend had a pair of Alon model 1 that he was looking to sell as he was going out west and his speakers wouldn't travel well. I went for a listen, he had a D-K amp and a Rega cd player. I had never heard a... | |
| What should I upgrade first? There is a good article in the current Absolute Sound #193 on the Logitech Transporter/DAC. This would be a major improvement in your digi front end and could become the hub going forward. Although it retails for $2k it will show you whats to come... | |
| Steam cleaning records 2 This thread long ago became one lonely mans search for relevance in a in a world that long ago left him behind. The need for attention and adulation would be better served in a forum dealing with mental health issues. Curiously the laws of chaos a... | |
| Front End Advice Sought is she a hands on kind of person looking for the best sound she can get or would she rather have a Bose turntable if they made one? Analog is very hands on, you are not going to be performing other household chores while listening to an lp in the ... | |
| Troubleshoot tracking issue Any problems with the previous cart?First make sure everything is level.Did you set the anti skate visually or did you just set it to correspond to the tracking weight. It sounds like there is too much pull towards the center so you could try back... | |
| Steam cleaning records 2 " I have been published in the Audio print world several times & I even got a "thumbs-Up" in the "2003 Recommendations issue of Stereophile"Crem- Would you provide links to these various publications. I looked through Stereophiles 2003 Recomme... | |
| Steam cleaning records 2 I won the Pinewood Derby when I was a Cub Scout. | |
| Which James Bond Theme Recording I have all the lp soundtracks for the Connerey, Moore and Lazenby (On Her Majesties Secret Service) Bond's. Great music, I love Shirley Bassey and Casino is great. I guess Bassey/Goldfinger is my favorite, I love the movies also but you can have t... | |
| Long Power Cord Seems like you would be better off having a new outlet installed. If access isn't too much of a problem it would probably be less expensive than buying a quality 25ft power cord | |
| best vocal harmonies in rock I'll second the Beach Boys, incredible harmonies | |
| Steam cleaning records 2 Crem-Sending your personal e-mail through the Agon steam cleaning thread? Haven't you chided others for moving off topic? Then again, I can see how you would mistake this for your own.As I asked before and hoped that you would chime in. Do you ste... | |
| Steam cleaning records 2 I checked out that site from Fremer and was amazed that someone would go to those extremes to clean a record. A question for you extreme steamers. How many times do you play the record between this procedure? I can't imagine it is after every play... | |
| whats more important-speaker or pre-amp cable? My experience has always been to keep the ic's short as possible and of good quality. Longer speaker runs will generally result in a loss of gain but the frequency response will remain intact, again using good quality runs.As Argyro said, the ic's... | |
| Steam cleaning records 2 Changes in the weather cause a need to tweek one's turntable & tonearm. Not apprecating those changes can result in slight smearing of mid-range,Crem1- If you can detect mid-range smearing during changes in the weather you are an audio GOD. I ... | |
| Novice looking for advice I would start with the speakers, but spend some time to get what you really want. The room and placement are going to be the most important factors in choosing a speaker. Then you get the appropriate power amp to drive your speaker, tube or ss. Po... |