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| Tube tester recommendations I own the Amplitrex tester. It is a terrific, idiot-proof machine that has MANY advantages over vintage testers: it does not have to be calibrated; its display provides step-by-step instructions on what to do; it provides results as real measureme... | |
| Upgrade DAC or Buy New Smeyers,My CD player, a Naim CD555, is a current, in-production model. It uses "vintage" 1704 chips. I don't know what the current price of this player (the dollar is dropping oh so fast), but last I looked it had a retail price around $30k; that ... | |
| Upgrade DAC or Buy New I don't know about the particular units you are talking about, but it is wrong to assume that more recently designed DACs are superior to older models. All manufacturers are dependent on the chips that are available on the market. New generation o... | |
| Phono stage revealing limitations of cartridge? My first guess as to the source of your problem would be improper loading. Although the manufacturer of the cartridge may specify a particular loading, in reality, the proper loading differs from one phono stage to the next so one must experiment ... | |
| Deep Cleaning Records With Steam? It sounds like steaming is a good approach to cleaning new records, and very dirty records. But, if it is so very effective at removing all grime and residue, it may be less desirable to use on lightly soiled records or as an every day sort of cle... | |
| Lost on next upgrade from SME 20/2 + IV.Vi arm ... Jfrech,I take it that you are not unhappy with the sound you are getting; you just want a little "more." Well, there is to me, good news and bad news. First, there is no obvious weak points to your system (good), but that means that there is no ob... | |
| Raven v Walker. Colored v Accurate? I just want to add to SirSpeedy's comments about how easy it is to keep the platter clean for purposes of use of the vacuum clamp. I have a Basis Debut Vacuum. Aside from accidentally leaving the vacuum pump on when the unit is no longer in use, I... | |
| Norah Jones a tinge short I am not a fan of the singer, but, that aside, I did expect the CD to be well recorded, given that everyone was using it at CES a few years ago. I found it to be quite poor as far as the miking of the vocals. The rest of it sounded decently record... | |
| For Past & Present Sonus Faber Stradivari Owners A friend has Strads in a room that I would guess is about 16' x 25'. This is however, a dedicated, custom-built, Rives-designed room. These speakers sound very good. I would call them well-rounded speakers that can do everything right and sound go... | |
| Sound proofing floor Green glue appears to be the most commonly used adhesive in soundproofing projects. A friend has a Rives-designed dedicated room which used a lot of that stuff. | |
| Sound proofing floor Check out the following site for advice:http://www.soundproofing.org/index.htmlYour walls will also carry vibration to the structure below, so soundproofing could be a pretty big project. Good luck. | |
| Deep Cleaning Records With Steam? Crem1 and Thommas, I don't think we have a big difference of opinion. You both use RCMs and steam cleaners. I also use both, though I rarely find a record so dirty I need to avail myself of the steam cleaner. But, for me, the RCM is the essential ... | |
| Deep Cleaning Records With Steam? Thommas,I think R/O water works fine. I use it to clean my records. I would bet that most other forms of demineralized water would work fine too (distilled, cation/anion exchange that is not based or replacing water hardening minerals with salt). ... | |
| Deep Cleaning Records With Steam? The statement that distilled water is better than R/O water is factually wrong. Most of the distilled waters one can purchase contain FAR more minerals than R/O water, particularly the magnesium and calcium carbonates and the sulphate compounds th... | |
| Hardwood floors Sound treatments I have a lot of rooms that were acoustically acceptable with very minimal "treatment." Where audiophiles are involved, rooms can easily be overtreated and sound unnatural and sterile. So, generally speaking, go slowly with any approach to treatmen... |