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| Graham Phantom B44 2 or Taela ? Pradeep,For the sake of your blood pressure and equanamity, I withdraw my earlier comments. ;-)We did mount the 901 and the results were as Paul and I hoped and expected. The Talea is now the second arm we've heard tame the 901's sometimes over-en... | |
| Blue Note reissues Actusreus,I've no experience with the cheapie Blue Note reissues, but the sound you described is consistent with pressing voids, which are caused when the vinyl plug and mold are not up to temperature when pressed. The vinyl can't flow into all th... | |
| Furutech De Stat or Talisman? The Talisman did nothing for me regarding static, which we have alot of during our winter months (northeast USA). My Zerostat discharges static much better.The Talisman does have a beneficial demagnifying effect on media, cables and tubes, but IME... | |
| JA Michell TecnoDec armboard question What Audiomax said. When you need help with hardware, visit a hardware store: Home Depot, Lowes, Ace, True Value, etc.Once you've identified the thread pitch X length they'll probably have a choice of materials. You can feed your audiophilia nervo... | |
| MFSL Super Deep Cleaner or Enzyme? I was an RRL user for years, but always found it beneficial to use enzymes on noisier records. Back then I used Buggtussel, which eliminated many clicks and pops. Vacuuming is done on our Loricraft PRC-3.When AIVS came out with its current fluids,... | |
| Graham Phantom B44 2 or Taela ? Pradeep, It was my pleasure and Paul's to host you in our home. We concur in what you heard. This was our second such comparison, albeit the first with an Orpheus, and the results were the same on both occasions. Thank you also for bringing your O... | |
| Graham Phantom II VS Vector 4 Tonearm Kipdent, a caution. While it might seem impolite to refuse Ebm's generous offer of some giddy biscuits, please consider your health before accepting. We wouldn't want to lose you. | |
| Spacers for Rega P3 The mid sounds much better now. Could 2 mm have such an effect ?Apparently! Why doubt the evidence of your own ears?Technically, if you think of it from the perspective of microscopic stylus riding inside a microscopic groove, an arm change of 2mm... | |
| Spacers for Rega P3 Loosen your arm's lock nut and slide some playing cards beneath the arm base, one at a time, until you get the height you want. Then measure the thickness of the cards. (If you have a feeler gauge, use that instead of cards of course.)As for what ... | |
| subwoofer thump on player If a thump occurs on multiple LP's precisely once-per-revolution, the cause must be in the rotating parts of the table. It might be an uneven spot in the platter or matt, a worn spot on the bearing, an anomaly in the drive system or motor or anyth... | |
| Vinyl Cleaning: Device to keep label dry? I have one of those Groovmaster's shown in the post linked by Hifihvn. It does its job well. The guy who made them used to sell direct on ebay but he doesn't seem to be listing them now. If you can't find one for sale, Google "groovmaster" and sev... | |
| Vinyl records Agree with the above. Differences between one pressing run and another can be dramatic. For the most part, each pressing run requires a new stamper, which introduces a variable. Further, different production engineers or plants often made their st... | |
| rumble issues - see old thread update Agree about the Stillpoints, we both heard similar advantages/disadvantages. Like you, I'd rather not have that compliance so close to the TT. I'd ditch them too if our Salamander rack weren't so ringy (it's like your Dakota Mahogany granite, exce... | |
| SOTA Cosmos or Garrard 301 ? Score to date...Garrard: 2Sota: 2Nicely shaded insights: 3Gmuff's right on target! :-) | |
| rumble issues - see old thread update Oops! Dogma demolition time!"Adding a suspension beneath a non-suspended table" is exactly what devices like the Minus K do. Chris Brady and others have found that it provides major benefits beneath even the heaviest (unsuspended) tables and is ma... |