terry9
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| LP Record Cleaning Machine - Ultrasonic or Vacuum RE: DamageI tested my home-made US machine by US cleaning the whole record, then stopping the motor and blasting the bottom third for 2 hours. I reasoned that the first cleaning should get rid of the gunk, and the 2 hour blast should eat away the ... | |
| TELEFUNKEN E88CC-TK I have used many different iterations of Telefunken 6DJ8 variants, and older is a lot better. In order:1. 1961 Telefunken 6922 specially selected for HP2. 1964 Telefunken 6DJ8 specially selected for HP3. US Amperex wasp wasted 69224. Early Dutch A... | |
| Koetsu step up transformer - who knows about it? Xronx is giving good advice.Oddly enough, I too compared a Rosewood cartridge through a Koetsu SUT (unknown vintage) and an Audio Note AN-8. The AN was much more revealing, and I would have to say somewhat better - but the cost!What I eventually d... | |
| Quiet"er" record cleaner? Czar has a good idea.I built my own based on a German industrial unit from ElmaSonic. The 80KHz setting is best. But it does radiate a lot of US noise, which most people cannot hear. Nothing against my 16.5, but the US is FAR better. | |
| Help diagnose the kind of power treatment needed Hello Lew.I would save your money for hardware. It's a pretty safe assumption that power at the wall is filthy. | |
| Capacitance settings on Manley phonostage I hear a slight but distinct capacitance effect with my Koetsu and an SUT. I have a 250-450pF variable cap across the SUT outputs. All my records sound good somewhere within that range.As I said, the effect is slight, much less than resistive load... | |
| Order of importance of cables Hello Rox.I suggest cleaning up your power. An industrial isolation transformer makes a difference, but it growls, and should be outside the music room. Almarg has good advice too, but I would add that capacitance and dielectric absorption are you... | |
| transformer or sweet but low cost phono pre amp You may want to build your own box around a pair of SUT's: less money, more quality. I use Sowter 8055's with the oxygen-free copper option, Vishay VAR resistors, and Eichmann connectors. Sound is good enough for a high end Koetsu. | |
| Spindle/bearing noise measurement Hello Graham. I use a good tonearm and disposable cartridge, with the stylus resting on the housing. | |
| Martin Logan panel renewal Hello Ptss.I am the proud owner of 2 ML Prodigy's. They are in storage. I now use Quad 2905's, which, to my ears, are far superior.My problem is the discontinuity between the (fast) electrostatic panel, and the (slow) cone speaker. I should also m... | |
| Need for Power Conditioning?? PTSSNo - they cost too much. I like to use 2x headroom, so use the more expensive component last. | |
| Need for Power Conditioning?? PTSSI put the isolation transformers nearer the pole. Also, they have at least twice the capacity of the CVTs which they drive. | |
| Need for Power Conditioning?? The power coming from most poles is anything but clean. I use industrial isolation transformers and constant voltage transformers, and they are superior to anything made for audio (anything which I have tried, that is). But, as Cox points out, the... | |
| Ssssh, is your tube preamp really that quiet? That's why I went complementary toplogy solid state. The only tubes which were sweet and quiet in my gear were Telefunken 6922's from the early sixties, specially selected for H/P. And good luck finding those - they cost the earth fifty years ago. | |
| Great Trumpet Players and Albums - recommendations For classical, I like Maurice Andre. Try his "Bach for Trumpet". |