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| Keith Monks Audio no longer in business? No problem. Given the overall design, and depending on the robustness of the parts, it could last you a lifetime. I've seen some pretty old machines still in operation. For a vacuum RCM, I doubt you'll find much better, but it depends on what part... | |
| Record cleaning and care Yes, not really, it depends. What is the condition of the record?- cleaning won’t change damage; some phono cartridges and phono stages will also emphasize surface noise.It also depends on the level of cleaning you are comparing against ultrasonic... | |
| Keith Monks Audio no longer in business? Here is the list of suppliers/dealers from the Keith Monks page for North America. Scroll down and you’ll see it. I think Seth has a full-time job (at least he did) in the city. This should also have other dealers in the States. https://www.vinyld... | |
| The Science of Vinyl/Analog Setups I think you have to differentiate between acoustical and electrical recordings on ’78s. The latter did involve ’electricity’- at least in the creation of them. I get what you mean about the immediacy of the sound. That’s something that some vintag... | |
| Keith Monks Audio no longer in business? I have a Monks Omni, and at least in the States, they seem to prefer that you work through a retail dealer. I had some interaction with Jonathan, but communications were sometimes spotty, since he has a ’regular’ job I think. Seth Winner Studios, ... | |
| The Science of Vinyl/Analog Setups There's a wealth of material lodged at the AES from the original era on materials science of vinyl, including vinyl compounds, pressing and challenges in manufacture; curves, RIAA, the introduction of quadraphonic records; measurements of frequenc... | |
| Want to get into Analog @haircellcandy-- geezers are welcome in audio. @mrpostfire-used is the way to go if you know what you are doing; you’ll buy more for the same money. Cartridge- maybe not used (though I’m starting to explore old cartridges).@frogman - nice spot on ... | |
| Which courier do you prefer? Geoff- someday, that teleportation thing will catch on.... | |
| Vinyl***What If*** Hey Schubert is entitled to whatever view he wants to take on the subject of music. I worked with a colleague some years ago who didn’t listen to any music after the beginning of the 19th Century- and we worked together on catalog and masters, etc... | |
| Record cleaning and care Yes, I do a rinse step, because it gives me another shot at removing contaminants/cleaning fluid residue from the record surface after the first pass of fluid cleaning and vacuum; whatever fluid residue remains after that first pass is itself a co... | |
| Vinyl***What If*** cool, thanks @Frogman. I've got a few options and i'll add that one to the list! | |
| Vinyl***What If*** Yeah, @michaelgreenaudio and @cleeds- I haven't found that to be the case either. My system, which is 'mature' in that I have been using roughly the same basic components in the primary audio system for about 12 years, was set up for vinyl only un... | |
| Which courier do you prefer? German mail is way cheaper than French mail, or mail from the Netherlands, to the US. There’s also a wide range of pricing from the UK to the US, depending on the seller- it’s not additional profit taken by the seller, but record stores seem to be... | |
| Which courier do you prefer? Beruit. And other places nearby. Almost all UK pressings. There are people with great records all over the world. New Zealand has some wonderful pressings from the era- so does Australia- big market for British rock/folk/psych from the era, someti... | |
| Which courier do you prefer? My experience tells me you can have very positive outcomes, or a negative one with any shipper. I’ve gotten records from the Mideast via DHL to NY in a week, I’ve had parts shipped from Eastern Europe via TNT (which I think is now part of Deutsche... |