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| Best SACD player $1,000-$1,500 Range Check out David Schulte at the Upgrade Co. I have a Signature Edition Denon 2910 (universal player) in that price range. It sounds great. | |
| Jolida Reliability Have had a JoLida 502B since Sept 2001. Play it almost every day for a couple of hours each evening. Have upgraded all tubes, power cord and installed a HiFi Tuning Fuse. No problems at all in over 7 years. | |
| Spkr, interconects, or power cable upgrade first? Not arguing with those advocating addressing power cords first. I do suspect benefits of the change will depend on which (PC, IC, SP) is the "weakest link" in the chain...that is, which is doing the most to limit or degrade signal generation or tr... | |
| Spkr, interconects, or power cable upgrade first? Seems like mixed opinions so far. I can only cite my experience which was: replaced speaker cables first, then interconnects and finally power cables. I too was using Monster cables for speakers. They'd developed quite a bit of oxidation over many... | |
| Technics 1200 MKII modifications and noob help Welcome. As a Technics owner myself, I'd suggest you look into KAB Electroacoustics. See link below. Kevin specializes in mods for Technics turntables. Good luck.http://www.kabusa.com/frameset.htm?/ | |
| Best Neil Young Album? Lou - not recognizing those titles...what year? album? | |
| Vinyl on the Radio Doh! Rshak...more fool me. Thanks for setting me straight. Oh well. I actually thought the sound was a little better there than on some of the other channels! Too bad. The music is great - especially when they get into something less mainstream...... | |
| Vinyl on the Radio HFG - You might be interested in checking out Sirius satellite radio (can't remember channel number) - they have a "Classic Vinyl" channel. | |
| Tweaks that convince others you're truly nuts... Getting my speaker cables off the carpet. They are now suspended from the ceiling with monofilament and plastic wire tires. My wife tries not to notice when she comes into the listening area in our finished basement.She is very unhappy about the r... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? An antique store purchase, Ralph Towner, "Solo Concert". I really like this! Chick Corea, "Akoustic Band". | |
| Deep Cleaning Records With Steam? Gents - my 2 cents. By definitiion, steam is pure water vapor just as Sonofjim describes. Dissolved minerals and suspended solids are left behind during evaporation Some volatile organics will be evaporated as well. In practice however, the distil... | |
| Deep Cleaning Records With Steam? Be very cautious with bleach...it is a strong oxidizer and may attack some components of the vinyl if you over do it. | |
| Best short-lived band? Worth mentioning, I thought...Rockpile | |
| Tung-Sol 6550 - Current Issue Hello, CUH - Not sure this will illuminate anything for you...perhaps more by way of commiseration. I have a JoLida 502B. It came with stock Sovtek 6550s that ran without problem for almost 6 years. They seemed bullet proof. I went to JJ/Tesla KT8... | |
| KT88 Opinions Ducati - Talk to the guys at Doug's Tubes. I went from stock Sovtek 6550s to JJ/Tesla KT88s and more recently to Shuguang solid plate KT88s. Both mftrs. KT88s were better sonically than the Sovteks in several ways. Howevere, the Sovteks were ~5 yr... |