ghosthouse
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| Freak Me Out A 2nd vote for Medeski, Martin & Wood. Try their 1st (eponymous) and Combustication. Extremely well recorded IMHO. | |
| Record-playing Rituals? Shiprepair - FWIW, I made up some of the Mr. Clean Magic Eraser "lollipops" that Dougdeacon had described. Use the ME followed by carbon fiber brush (Discwasher, I think) before and after each side. I don't use any liquids. A magnifying lens confi... | |
| What's your favorite remake of a song Just heard "The Pretenders" do Dylan's "Forever Young". Very moving. Can't say it's a favorite - but really good. | |
| Beatles Session Musicians Who? I recommend "The Complete Beatles Recording Sessions" (The Official Story of the Abbey Road years 1962-1970) by Mark Lewisohn. Originally published in Great Britain by Hamlyn in 1988; now copyrighted by EMI. The book is based in some considerable ... | |
| Time between playing the same LP Shiprepair- Whether old wives tale or not, scientifically-based or not, I'd heard the same recommendations about waiting 24 hrs between replays of vinyl "back in the day". Seems from the feed back here it's an overly conservative "rule". None the ... | |
| Differences in electric outlets I'm interested in this possible upgrade myself.Elsewhere I've seen Cryoparts recommended.My recollection is they carry Cyro'd Oyaides. | |
| What is the best place to buy tubes? Newbee - Don't mean to beat up on the Tube Store if it's the manufacturer's quality issue. Also, just to be clear... the expected life/hrs they cited for the power tubes was well over 1000. When writing last night I couldn't remember the exact num... | |
| What's your favorite remake of a song When I first saw this post I was clueless (probably still the case in a larger context) but the other day on XM Fred I heard Devo's version of The 'Stone's "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction"...what a great cover! At the moment, "my favorite remake of... | |
| What is the best place to buy tubes? Wow...interesting. I've had 2 JJ Tesla KT88s from the The Tube Store fail at ~400 hrs and ~700 hrs. When I wrote them about the first failure, they indicated expected life was >1000 hrs and I must have gotten a bad tube. I thought it was just m... | |
| Deep Cleaning Records With Steam? Stelkor & Crem1 - As a precaution can a piece of metal (nail?) of the appropriate diameter be inserted into the LP spindle hole prior to cleaning? Might help conserve original dimensions.Just did my first steam cleaning. Treated Steely Dan's "... | |
| Best LP cleaner fluid for fingerprints Audiofeil - Let's stay focused on the original statements. My initial response had to do with removing skin oils (fingerprints) from hard surfaces. I work in the chemical industry and have for over 25 years. I'm aware of the difference between an ... | |
| Best LP cleaner fluid for fingerprints "IPA is a lousy solvent for grease and oils."Audiofeil - you're kidding right? I have to beg to differ. The topic was cleaning fingerprints off a hard surface, not laundering clothes. IPA is widely used in industry as a solvent for a range of orga... | |
| Best LP cleaner fluid for fingerprints Don't know about "best". Home brew 7:1 distilled water:IPA has been working for me. (recommended by others here on A'gon w/the addition of a small amount of surfactant which I omit). I apply with "lintless" makeup remover pads (buy a stack of 50 o... | |
| Expected hours for JJ Tesla KT88? Jab- I guess I should be glad I'm only dealing with 1 quad and not 5! I did purchase the JJ/Tesla's from the Tube Store (on their recommendation). I've been happy with their service though pricing with the declining dollar was better in the past h... | |
| Expected hours for JJ Tesla KT88? Hanki - Thanks for the input. The JoLida seems pretty robust. I'm inclined to run the JJ/Teslas for the time being(I have spares). As funds permit will consider buying a set of SED Winged 'C' KT88s. SED Winged C was on my short list originally. On... |