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| Carbon Fiber Brush with Milty Gun? Dear Ghosthouse, these instructions slightly differ from the earliest zerostat method which was :- Hold the Zerostat, centred, 12" away from the LP.- Squeeze the trigger slowly over a period of 5 secs.- Hold for 2 secs- Release over a period of 5 ... | |
| Why are records still warped? "Here's a heartening story for the OP : I often accumulate new LPs but don't play them with the intention of getting them cleaned first. Yesterday I took a chance and played one that had been stored, uncleaned from new since 2013. Opening it for t... | |
| Scratches on acrylic platter Clearaudio Emotion My turntable has a heavy thick composite platter which was intended to be used matless (although the manufacturer did originally supply a carbon fibre + felt "sandwich mat" which could be "flipped" to cover alternate preferences) but I preferred (... | |
| Scratches on acrylic platter Clearaudio Emotion Do you normally brush the LP while it is moving? Could there have been some hard grit in between?In theory the characteristics of vinyl and acrylic are similar enough that they should not scratch each other?If this is happening because of grit (an... | |
| overwhelmed by record rituals Wolf/BDP24,I sympathise with all 3 viewpoints above. There is more than one strategy unfortunately. Folk have varying amounts of disposable time and the size of their collections may make it a physical impossibility to clean all their LPs before t... | |
| Azimuth question Lew,Regarding the guy who was invited by the Foz to tilt his cart by 15 degrees? I thought that the Foz was looking for the lowest individual value per channel but this suggests that it was trying to balance/equalise crosstalk???It would actually ... | |
| Lyra Delos 'belly cover' You are most welcome, Quincy. ;^) | |
| Lyra Delos 'belly cover' Not to diminish the problem that Quincy had in any way, I found Lyras to be less troublesome in tracking terms than carts with a solid plastic undercarriage where the stylus was also recessed underneath?In one case (many years ago back when Linn A... | |
| Why are records still warped? ..To elaborate further you can use the VTA calculation/rule-of-thumb promoted by MF & others to work out roughly how much of an increase will occur due to the height of the warp...(As a rough "guesstimate" you could be looking at a few hundred... | |
| Why are records still warped? Dear Ketchup,Although I'm not a mechanical engineer it's an effect that relates to the mechanics of the tonearm design and the position/height of the pivot relative to the stylus? An analogy I use to help me guess which way the force increases is ... | |
| Lyra Delos 'belly cover' Now that's what I call a thorough cleaning job, Quincy!A bit more scientific than my usual approach but showing nerves of steel just the same! ;^)Glad to hear you are finally getting some joy m8 :)Best regards, | |
| Lyra Delos 'belly cover' Dear Quincy,A quick health warning to save you further grief : please ensure the tweezers are non-magnetic. The magnet inside your cartridge is very powerful as is the tonearm's frictionless reaction. Once they get within an inch or so of the cart... | |
| Lyra Delos 'belly cover' Dear Quincy....apologies in advance for such an obvious question but have you checked that the washi paper is frayed and not embellished with "white" lint?When this happens (occasionally) with my Delos I usually just tear off a strip of kitchen ro... | |
| Why are records still warped? ...Not to mention dynamic changes in VTF as it rides the warp (depending on the arm) ;^)Funny thing is, although we can easily detect small, consistent changes of VTA, our ears seem to ignore them more when dealing with warped discs...(Or perhaps ... | |
| Why are records still warped? WPC,Very helpful information. Scary to think that the LPs are warping in their sleeves for reasons other than gravity/heat(!)Given your level of insight, perhaps you are the man to ask about MRA? Any idea why there appear to be such severe differe... |