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| Mazzy loves Little Feat! Probably saw Little Feat 4-5 times. Had Bring the Family on the turntable last night. Hard to beat Lipstick Sunset and Have a Little Faith back to back. | |
| What record cleaner is the most bang for the buck?? Second "The Vinyl Press" article. A very thorough and illuminating article. Have always used Audio Intelligence products and done by hand with a US rinse. Don't trust spinning brushes. | |
| Goodbye Everyone I will just say that when I see your name pop up there's the comfort of knowing a balanced and informative post is to follow. Best of luck. | |
| Moved Audio Quest cable to my DAC. WOW You have Mac 452 and that's now mid? My how things have changed. Had a pair of MC 275s in '85 same happened . Kids with college degrees now. Back down the rabbit hole! | |
| Anyone compare Zesto with Backert preamps? +1 | |
| Matching Power and Speakers -- Much Ado about Not-that-Much? (Tube amps and speakers) This has been visited any times. My opinion,for what it's worth is that to adequately power your speakers headroom is essential. Instantaneous power needed to avoid clipping is a huge factor as to providing dynamic range. Don't want my amps clippi... | |
| My Impossible hum issue. As to a cable upgrade Grover Huffman cables are well built and very reasonable You may have to go a bit above $100 but he does quality work | |
| Help me understand cartridge alignment Am having JR at WAM scope 2 cartridges. One can be brought to nearly perfect alignment in azimuth, SRA and zenith. The other has too much error to be compensated , even with shims. Personally prefer this scientific method rather than trial and er... | |
| Why do we stop listening to new music as we get older? I just can't find much new music that catches my interest.Oh how I wish I could | |
| Symptoms of UN-CLEAN power Bright, harsh, shrill. And this was from an all tube system. Fast forward to Equi Tech and Balanced Power Technologies. Also, in my system power cords do make a difference. Looking to move to the country though. Will report back. | |
| Do Turntables sound better with time? I agree that we accommodate to the nuances of our components over time. At the same time it could be possible your system/turntable has found its groove so to speak. Probably a little of both. I've recently made a few changes and to be honest hav... | |
| Cartridge Alignment To do it right, and there is probably no component that needs to be done right moreso than a tt/cart, I would suggest that you look into Boisclaire's website. Or give him a call. Tools there to help. Or you can call, very easy to talk to. . | |
| Transparent interconnect Cable, Super versus ultra Anyone know if Transparent has a good trade in policy? About to try out a Super phono cable may want to compare Ultra.. | |
| Do speaker cables really make a difference ? How about one's perception involving speaker cables you may enjoy thoroughly on a trial loan but they're the most expensive? I mean, I don't want to like them better but it's pretty undeniable as to the benefit. I want to like lamp cord better. ... | |
| At this level of high(er) end audio why not offer balanced connections? My experience with balanced through the preamp was a positive one There have been some good posts on this as to why there is value in going balanced as well the contrary. Having gone to single ended some factors have improved due to upgraded com... |