terry9
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| Trans-fi Terminator T3PRO opinions please... I bought this tonearm nearly three years ago, mounted on Nottingham Analogue's second best table from a dozen years before: 20Kg platter, upgraded bearing, upgraded plinth. Terminator's improvement over the $1500 NA tonearm was significant.The com... | |
| Spin Clean seems to add noise to records? Hello Rebbi.I always allow my records to air-dry in a dish-rack after cleaning and rinsing. When I first began washing records in my callow youth I used tap-water on a few, leaving a deposit which only came off with ultra-sound. Are you perhaps us... | |
| Opinions on bang for the buck on TT & tonearm I second the Trans-Fi Terminator tonearm (yeah, I know, but I didn't name it). Mine is working with a Notts Mentor (one of the last, with the new bearing), which I have re-plinthed to good effect.Friends with Schroeders seem impressed with the com... | |
| Thinking about getting into vinyl again... Glad it worked out for you, Ct. A knowledgeable dealer, as they say, is beyond the price of rubies. | |
| SUT's carts and amps When I had ARC gear, they were most accommodating. Why not ask them directly? They can probably advise a very inexpensive fix to reduce the gain. | |
| phono hum Magnetic fields decrease according to an inverse square law, that is, twice as far away means one quarter of the field strength. Try moving the amp 20 inches away - cheaper than new hardware. | |
| 6 new Totem Hawks vs a used Wilson system? Well, J, I don't think that there is anything wrong with having an obvious upgrade path. An upgrade can be done at any time, at leisure. Why not buy it once, and buy it right? | |
| 6 new Totem Hawks vs a used Wilson system? Hello Jason. I had similar decisions to make about 10 years ago. I opted for 6 new Quad ESL's. The most important variable is how you like to listen to your rear (surround) speakers.My preamp allows me to listen to 2-channel stereo through all 6 s... | |
| When to recap? Hello Brad.It depends on the caps. Electrolytics age - 40 years is very old for such a cap. I would definitely replace all electrolytics with new ones at this point, especially the power supply caps which come just after the rectifier. Many brands... | |
| LP Record Cleaning Machine - Ultrasonic or Vacuum Hello Ebuzz.diyaudio.comLook up forums, ultrasonic-record-cleanerGood luck! | |
| LP Record Cleaning Machine - Ultrasonic or Vacuum Hello Ebuzz."Some of those Elmasonic machines are as expensive ..." Just what I said to myself. Then I noticed that the Elmasonic were just that much BETTER than the complete US units for sale; 80 KHz is just the start. They are built to run relia... | |
| LP Record Cleaning Machine - Ultrasonic or Vacuum Sorry for the delay, Ebuzz.I bought a skewer-like label protector for cleaning 4 records at a time, on Ebay. I mounted this on a frame, then affixed a very low speed motor to the frame. I put the frame over a German commercial grade machine from E... | |
| Subwoofer: should we even use them at all? Good question, Elegal.In my opinion, it depends on the system. If your main speakers are cones, add a cone subwoofer. If your main speakers are Magnepan, add a Magnepan sub. If your main speakers are ESL's, the Magnepan sub just might be fast enough. | |
| Thinking about getting into vinyl again... Hello M.After 50 years of analog, I find that a well-set-up budget vinyl rig is superior to a poorly-set-up premium rig. I suggest that you buy a minimum vinyl rig (new, because then you can expect it to be OK) and learn how to set it up. Everythi... | |
| LP Record Cleaning Machine - Ultrasonic or Vacuum Ebuzz, bubbles are not bubbles. The variables are:1. size of bubbles - monotonically decreasing with increasing frequency 2. distribution of bubbles - some machines concentrate them in a few locations3. number of bubbles - some machines just don't... |