jyprez
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| Getting into analog is tough.... I recently took the plunge back into analog and I agree it is very difficult to do. It took me about 6 months to purchase all the components of my analog front end which now consists of:Michell Gyro SE MkII TurntableOrigin Live Silver armShelter 5... | |
| Cleaning Records Save your money for buying records. Here's my cheap-o method that works wonders on my old records. I got a crevice tool formy sho vac and plugged up the end with a bit of wood, then cut a slot about record width on one wide side using a roto-tool.... | |
| Cleaning Records 4yanx ... excellent post on cleaning. If you ever decide to sell some of those well cleaned, used records let me know. BTW what do you listen to (Jazz, Classical, Rock?) I am planning on building my own record vac using my shop vac and some of you... | |
| Has audiophilia changed your music taste? I think audiophiles care a great deal about "sound" but often very little about "music". If they did they wouldn't be nearly as fanatical about equipment. Many big recording artists have very modest audio systems. | |
| Dimensions on Michell armboard for Rega Thanks guys for the info. I have a woodworking and small metal shop and machine many types of jigs and small parts out of acrylic, wood and metal - so I figured this would be a piece of cake. I will also try some mahogany and cocobolo I have left ... | |
| OL Silver vs SME 309 Thanks again for all your opinions pro and con. IMHO a few perspectives from actual owners of these arms is worth more than 1000 over-hyped reviews in the audio press. While I still cringe at the $800 price, it sounds like the OL silver has some s... | |
| OL Silver vs SME 309 Thanks for your comments. I agree with TWL that the OL Silver looks pretty pedestrian - I might even say "cheap" looking. While it has gotten good reviews i am always skeptical of audio press hype unless someone can say they have actually done a c... | |
| MM or MC cartridge..... Audiogon needs a FAQ section for each of its major discussion forum sections. Too often I have read threads like this where frequent contributors become irritated with newbies innocently seeking answers to legitimate questions but - lacking skills... | |
| Where can I hear Teres Bwhite - I made the same speculation about the advantages of suspending the lead shot in mineral oil in an earlier thread discussing possible tweaks to the Teres only to be told that this was not possible because of potential leaks (seems to me it... | |
| Best Sax Jazz For a terrific "new" sax jazz artist try Joe Lovano! | |
| Creative and cheap DIY turntable/tonearm tweaks Ah, Ok so you are (both) saying that the cantilever needs to move in the vertical plane as well as horizontal for music reproduction (or is it just because the record is imperfect and potentially warped?)? I had thought that stereo reproduction on... | |
| Creative and cheap DIY turntable/tonearm tweaks As I understand it, compliance is how much a cantilever bends in response to the weight of the cartridge. I was not proposing to change the weight, just the mass. Mass and weight are very different things. With counterbalance a cartridge can exhib... | |
| Creative and cheap DIY turntable/tonearm tweaks As you suggested,I went back and read one of your threads on tonearm tweaks which discussed adding lead fishing weights protruding from the vertical axis. I am not an audio expert but I did study college physics enought to make me wonder that such... |