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| ultrasound record cleaning machine damaged my records Dear all, I got back my Lyra cartridge from Japan. They sent me the following email. “This cartridge has been bumped (hit against record or other object) by the customer. The front magnet carrier (purple piece) have rotated around mounting sc... | |
| ultrasound record cleaning machine damaged my records After my last post I made a complete TT set-up, to confirm what were the causes of the distortion. Had it checked by an expert in TT setup. I found some issues. The O-rings of the suspensions towers were too stretched and one of the towers wa... | |
| ultrasound record cleaning machine damaged my records @dogberry, I understand your point. It was very clear to hear the distortion. Can we post in here an audio file? | |
| ultrasound record cleaning machine damaged my records After this long thread I went to my dealer to discuss the matter. We listened to all the records on his system. And to the surprise of all, there was no problem with the records when played at his system. The problem must be at my turntable, as th... | |
| ultrasound record cleaning machine damaged my records Meanwhile, my dealer contacted HummingGuru and got the following email. “Regarding the issue mentioned by this customer, to be honest, we have not received any reports/feedback about such an issue. We assume that the record he cleaned using t... | |
| ultrasound record cleaning machine damaged my records @antinn, thanks for your feedback. The only time I had no trouble was when I used the new distilled water with no cleaning fluid (the small bottle, of the same brand). However, it was with an old record, to which I listened before and after, with... | |
| ultrasound record cleaning machine damaged my records And by the way, @cleeds, I don’t fabricate affairs. That’s why I was careful enough not to put the brand of the machine before. | |
| ultrasound record cleaning machine damaged my records Following my last post, i made more experiments. Cleaning a récord using the old bottle of distilled water gave all the problems I reported before. It seemed the problem was with the distilled water. However, having courage to eventually destroy a... | |
| ultrasound record cleaning machine damaged my records Thank you all for your contribution. Thank you Antinn for your suggestion. I cleaned the record again with distilled water only. But the problem keeps there. I believe the grooves are damaged for good. Regarding your suggestion that an existin... | |
| ultrasound record cleaning machine damaged my records For more information, the frequency of ultrasound stated in the manual is 40 kHz. The output power (electrical) is 60W The exposed time is 5 minutes and 10 minutes drying time. The machine only allows one record at a time. The volume of water is... | |
| CHANGING FROM AUDIO RESEARCH TO AUDIO NOTE SYSTEM @ghasley , thanks a lot for your post. I will definitely have the system in my room and listen to see if it works well. by the way, the speakers will be ANE SPe HE, which have the hempel woofer and high efficiency. At the time is the best ... | |
| CHANGING FROM AUDIO RESEARCH TO AUDIO NOTE SYSTEM After my first post I had some more listening time to an AN system on my dealer. AN E LX Hemp, 94 db, AN M2 Line preamp and P1 SE SIGNATURE power. returning home and listening TO the same tracks on my system, the sound seemed hard and aggress... | |
| CHANGING FROM AUDIO RESEARCH TO AUDIO NOTE SYSTEM @ghasley , great point! We are on the same page about the REF5SE. This thread is being very useful to clear my ideas about the right move. I believe having a Shindo is difficult here in Portugal. It’s a dream and I believe I coud import it dir... | |
| CHANGING FROM AUDIO RESEARCH TO AUDIO NOTE SYSTEM There is one issue which I didn’t mention and is also a concern to me. What woul de the equivalent in AN to the system I have? To the Wilson Sophia a level 3 or level 4 speaker? (AN-E-SPe HE or AN E SPE ALNICO, taking into account that I don’t ... | |
| CHANGING FROM AUDIO RESEARCH TO AUDIO NOTE SYSTEM @fredgolds, I am located in Porto, Portugal. My system is quite good and gives great musical moments. But it is true that with the hearing I had with AN I got more emerged into the music and it was easier to listen. I believe my taste lies o... |