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| How often do you folks vacuum clean your albums? We typically wet clean/vac one time. CF brush before and after each play. Clean stylus properly after each side (very important, especially with modern styli).Before we started using the new AIVS solutions I used to be able to dredge up a line of ... | |
| Review: Alaap Audio (Doshi) Mark II Tube preamp Nice review Peter and thanks for the mention. Glad if I helped in any way as you've built/improved your system.As both you and Mothra said, the Alaap lets the music through with less distortion, compression or blockage than we've ever heard. All o... | |
| Brag About Your Vinyl Collection Viridian: 2Rest of world: 0 | |
| Instructions for a Turntable Basics Protractor Rega arms are not designed for Baerwald alignment. The standard Rega mounting distance of 222mm puts the arm too far from the TT spindle for some cartridges to reach both Baerwald null points. You'd have to move the cartridge farther forward than ... | |
| Instructions for a Turntable Basics Protractor A laser leveller does work but a thread (not "string", I misspoke) is actually more accurate - thanks to the parallax effect. Sometimes simplest is best. :-)One thing we ought to have asked is, what tonearm/turntable are you planning to use this p... | |
| Instructions for a Turntable Basics Protractor No problem Mark. It was Frank Schroeder who taught me the string trick. We all learn from each other! | |
| Zerodust, or similar stylus cleaners Schipo,You want a plain white Magic Eraser, not the detergent laden blue stuff. Anyone who has "how to use" questions can email me for a Word doc that explains safe and proper use in detail.Zerodust alone is inadequate for stylus cleaning. I've re... | |
| Instructions for a Turntable Basics Protractor In addition to Markd51's good instructions, the trick to using the TTB well is to get your eye used to the parallax (dual images) from the mirror. Some people find this distracting, but in fact it is the best feature of the TTB and the one that ma... | |
| How did you get into vinyl? My parents' hi-fi console played vinyl instead of shellacs, so I went with the latest thing! | |
| Vinyl Virgin seeks additional advice Panamared,Your guy's final advice was correct. If the problem recurs, contact Rega for service. Repairing or adjusting the bearings is a warranty issue, not a user or dealer adjustment.A stylus brush is useful and necessary, but it's not sufficien... | |
| For those using 'Holographic Mylar' as a tt drive "Smooth the icky thump"? Sounds like a new dance craze! That increased stiffness is visible, as you said. If the patch were much longer it would probably cause excessive slippage. I once tried 3 mil mylar tape and that was much too stiff. It could... | |
| Playing fine presses with an unknown cart Agree with the other responses. Clean the new records while you wait (yes, even new vinyl must be cleaned). It will feel like you're playing them but you won't be doing any damage!If you MUST be impatient, replace the stylus on that old rig or at ... | |
| For those using 'Holographic Mylar' as a tt drive Milos,The advantage of taping across the belt is the same as cutting on an angle. It lets you avoid vertical joins or material boundaries. Those can cause a thump, or at least some microscopic slippage, when they encounter tight bends like the mot... | |
| educate me do I have to stick with MM or can I move to MC...?Technically, there's no reason you couldn't go to an MC.... and would I want to? Possibly, but as Tobias and others have tried to advise, it would be an error to move very far up the cartridge hier... | |
| For those using 'Holographic Mylar' as a tt drive That is the right kind of tape, though mine's clear and not blue (thank goodness). It produces stronger and more permanent belt joins than those silver splicing tabs. If enough people order maybe they'll keep it in stock. There must be millions of... |