rushton
Responses from rushton
| Vintage vinyl or new reissues? Vertigo, this is a complicated subject and it varies a lot by specific record. The key factor is the mastering and pressing quality of the two records you're comparing. One certainty in all of this is that you can tell nothing based on the record ... | |
| Basis Debut Mk v or Walker or Brinkman ? Congratulations, Strapper!! My wife and I have never regretted making the commitment to purchase the Walker TT. I hope you will get as much enjoyment from it as have we. Welcome to the family of Walker turntable owners!. | |
| Adjusting tubes for bias and other tube hassles Adjusting the bias on the majority of today's tube amps is extremely simple. Quite a number of manufacturers now include "auto-biasing" circuits so there is nothing for the user to do. Where manually adjusting the bias is still a requirement, it's... | |
| Basis Debut Mk v or Walker or Brinkman ? I will echo Russ' comments about needing to listen to the Walker turntable in order to really appreciate what makes it so special. I'm clearly biased in favor of the Walker having made that decision several years ago, but with the overall level of... | |
| tweaks Walker Audio's Extreme SST contact enhancer applied according to instruction on all of your contacts will significantly improve the clarity and resolving capabilities of your system. I recommend starting there before buying any sort of hardware. A... | |
| How can I identify reissues?? Alto High Fidelity is a reissue company principally known today for their reissues of the EMI catalog. They did some number of reissues from the Decca catalog before Speakers Corner began with its own cycle of Decca reissues.As to identifying Spea... | |
| Best Chicago area HIFI shop? Essential Audio -- the owner, Brian Walsh, is definitely one of the "good guys" in the business. By appointment.. | |
| Walker Diamond arm Congratulations on getting the new arm installed, Perditty. And thanks for the sharing your reaction!. | |
| Anyone A/B'd AIVS vs.Lloyd Walker's new solution? Stew3859, you might take a look at an earlier post by Slipknot1 where he comments about his experience with the Walker Audio Prelude relative to his previous use of the Audio Intelligent:Initial Impressions: Walker Audio Prelude LP Cleaning Solution. | |
| Joni Mitchell Blue - Wow help me Agoners Dodgealum, you're welcome. Most of the comments I've read so far are in accord with yours: a very good reissue. I look forward to listening to my copy. I don't doubt Albert's experience with the LP, so maybe there is some variability in the pressi... | |
| Joni Mitchell Blue - Wow help me Agoners For those who may not have seen Steve Hoffman's comments on how he mastered this LP and why it will sound different than an original pressing, you can read is remarks here:http://www.stevehoffman.tv/forums/showthread.php?t=103068My system is down ... | |
| Walker Audio Prelude LP Cleaning Solution Tafka_steve, thanks for the great explanation of enzymes. I enjoyed reading it. . | |
| Walker Audio Prelude LP Cleaning Solution Perditty, Lloyd tells me that you need to use the enzyme step only *once*. After that first cleaning, if there's ever a need to clean the LP again, just use the cleaning solution and rinse. | |
| Walker Audio Prelude LP Cleaning Solution Joe (Slipknot1), thanks for the update on the Walker Audio Prelude record cleaning system. The only thing missing is that "holy cow" remark you made to me over the phone. :-)I heard the same results Joe described in a demo in Lloyd's system about ... | |
| Symphony 5th - best recording Love the kid who loves the da-da-da-dummm. :-) |