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| How often do you upgrade turntable ? I bought an LP12 ca. 1987, after using a Thorens TD126 Mk II for some years. The LP12 fell into disrepair and wasn't used for a long time. Then I got a Rega RP3 in 2010, a Clearaudio Ovation in 2011 and a Clearaudio Innovation in 2023. On the last... | |
| Dusting gear and turntable @oldaudiophile hey, you asked, so I answered. I don't bother with a dust cover. I wouldn't be able to fit one for my turntable anyway, and it's really not a big problem. | |
| Dusting gear and turntable @oldaudiophile Stereo Squares (stereosquares.com) will make acrylic dust covers to standard sizes and/or to spec. They do very nice work. | |
| Dusting gear and turntable I don't really have much issues with dust. My wife vacuums on a regular basis (2-3 times/week), and even checks that I have the stylus guards fitted to both tonearms before she goes into the listening room with it vacuum. I have a feather duster f... | |
| Klimo type phono stage from China fills the roll of dual inputs. 1 MM and 1 MC. One MM and one MC does not fill the role of dual inputs in my book. That falls quite short compared to phono-stages that have two inputs, where each is configurable for either MM or MC independentl... | |
| Karajan Mahler Six There’s a Tracking Angle article/review by Mark Ward that’s very well written. https://trackingangle.com/music/the-original-source-does-mahler-on-steroids | |
| It's been a long time. I have a pretty nice digital source in my system. I power it up every once in a while just to make sure it still comes on at all. ;) | |
| How often to you clean vinyl and the needle? I clean an LP on my Degritter when it first acquire it. If it's brand new I just do a DW cycle. If I bought it used I do a two-cycle clean, once with detergent followed by a DW rinse. After that, I clean the record as needed. With my cartridges, ... | |
| My Analog Journey - Opinions Sought @limomangus Same, except just vinyl LPs for me. | |
| My Analog Journey - Opinions Sought I have an excellent digital front end (Naim NDX2/XPSDR) for streaming Qobuz over Roon (running on an Intel NUC with ROCK). I just never play it. I play records, old and new. They're awesome. They make me tap my toes. | |
| Enjoying the Original Music Streaming Format - Analog FM Stereo After so much digital streaming, much of it HD Flac, there is nothing like a well dialed in analog broadcast! @motown-l How is stereo FM better than streaming? Aren’t FM stations nowadays broadcasting digital sources anyway? You’re not claiming... | |
| Warm sounding phono cartridge I had Clearaudio cartridges (Talisman V2, then Concerto V2). I mostly like acoustic jazz and classical and I always thought those two Clearaudios had great treble extension, but were rather anemic and analytical in the midrange. I really wanted so... | |
| Warm sounding phono cartridge @artemus_5 It could possibly be due to the cartridge change. When I upgraded from a Dynavector XV-1s to a Lyra Atlas I was amazed at how much less I noticed ticks and pops on my old records. As if they had disappeared. Someone I know at Audio Que... | |
| Some thoughts on dust covers @lewm Wow! Really $60! I posted earlier about an acrylic platter you can buy on Amazon for $20. It doesn't have fancy handles (I've never needed) but it does the job nicely. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01NAHMUFW You can treat me to a d... | |
| Some thoughts on dust covers @elliottbnewcombjr I have never had such issues with the Clearaudio ring on my Clearaudio tables (Ovation, Innovation). I have used Clearaudio, Dynavector and Lyra cartridges. There is maybe a 1mm lip at the record's edge on the ring, but my cartr... |