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RRL Cleaner, Vinyl Zyme, and Groove Glide
Lugnut: You are doing what i would love to do. I was going to check with my local Cal Lab to see if i could work something out with them in terms of inspecting vinyl and documenting the differences in cleaners. I would think that they would have s... 
Marantz 7 Questions
Brian was right on the money when he said "There is only one model, the 7, which is erroneously called the 7C. 7C refers to the optional wood enclosure ("C"ase).The 7T was the transistor model."I recently traded a Marantz 8 and 7T to a local Metro... 
Listening Fatigue
Stehno: By the way, i never "a broad sweep looping all line-conditioners into the same category with pretty much the same deficiencies or design flaws". It was you that commented that line conditioners that shared a specific design concept were "f... 
Listening Fatigue
Stehno: We could play games here forever. I made statements that i'll be glad to explain. You made specific statements that you can't and / or won't explain. Who's the person making comments about something that they don't understand, can't explai... 
RRL Cleaner, Vinyl Zyme, and Groove Glide
4yanx: If a solvent has some form of detergent action to it, it is not a neutral PH. Anything that isn't neutral will leave behind some type of residue that will have some form of interaction with the materials that it resides upon. On top of that... 
RRL Cleaner, Vinyl Zyme, and Groove Glide
Shasta: From what you stated, it would seem that you believe that the residue left behind by RRL's solvent is beneficial to the stylus / groove interface in terms of retrieving data and / or the life expectancy of both surfaces. What do you base t... 
Listening Fatigue
Stehno: I could easily answer all of your questions, but i'll refrain from doing so at this time. I'll be glad to do so once we've resolved what is already on our plates. After all, first things first : ) You challenged the statements that i made,... 
Listening Fatigue
Stehno: Thanks for the schooling. I do have a few more questions for you though : )1) How can "out of band" noise that is supposedly hundreds of KHz / MHz above the audible passband affect the clarity of the signal that we hear from our speakers?2... 
Tube pre for Forte 4a
Mprime: I'll be curious to see what you think of this combo. My experience with Forte' amps tells me that they don't work especially well with specific types of tube gear. I don't want to place pre-concieved ideas into your head about what to expe... 
Listening Fatigue
Stehno: Please describe what a proper line conditioner attempts to do and how it achieves those goals. Sean> 
Listening Fatigue
Driver: The Sunfire line of amps is voiced with a similar dip to what you tend to prefer. Mint604: Your comments are not only ridiculous in they slam a whole genre of speakers by saying that they are not capable of producing at least reasonably li... 
Whatever happened to Ultech
Didn't know that Ultech was right up in Wheeling. Thanks for posting that Brian. Between you and i, now everyone knows all about a company that doesn't exist anymore : ) Sean> 
FM radio in Chicagoland
Isellstuff: Hey, i didn't say they were perfect, i just said that they played a wider variety than most : )Aaron: I was listening to them mostly at work and in the car. My shop is SOOO close to them and they are SOOO strong out by my shop that the... 
Whatever happened to Ultech
Like most other "manufacturers", Ultech based their product on the availability of a transport / laser mechanism from another manufacturer. Shortly after their big review and the rise of their commercial success, the manufacturer of the transport ... 
Listening Fatigue
It is both recording and system related. Really good systems have you turning up the volume with reduced fatigue, so it's not directly related to volume. Sean>