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Belle Klipsch Maintenance
@sneem You do not have to do anything. The grill cloth keeps dust out of the horns and what happens in the "chamber" means nothing. I would vacuum it out maybe once a year. It is very tough to hurt horns. You use an upholstery brush to vacuum off ... 
Is There a New Record Pressing Machine Out There?
@larryi I checked a bunch of Audiophile pressings. The lip appears flatter on the heavy records, but it is still there. The Wilco Record is not only dead flat but the edge is perfectly squared off. The lip is rounded off on all the other records. ... 
Is There a New Record Pressing Machine Out There?
@larryi Thanx for the explanation. I will go back and look at a few of my audiophile pressings to see if there is a common denominator. I also have quiet a few records with built in rumble. It would be nice if someone would come up with a new lat... 
Planar Speakers and Diffusors
@ozzy That is incorrect. The back wall reflection is their one big weakness. The design is so successful because it limits reflection from everywhere else except the back wall. Instead of having to worry about four walls, the floor and the ceiling... 
Is There a New Record Pressing Machine Out There?
I should also note that this particular record is a fabulous pressing, as quiet as they come.  
Turntable prices. Is my mind going?
@grislybutter You have to make it shiny to sell it. Cars are the same way. The Italians know that better than anyone. Everything is a matter of style. Appearances. Ferrari has a history of making some really awful cars, but they have standing bec... 
Apogee Acoustics repair
@kennymacc If you like that kind of sound Sound Labs ESLs are the way to go. They are bulletproof. You can not blow them out and they do not wear out. They are even more reliable than a dynamic speaker, much more reliable. I use the best drivers i... 
Turntable prices. Is my mind going?
@grislybutter , I know of plain looking units, but most units get the Goochi treatment first utilized by one of audios capital a--h-les Dan D'Agostino. Remember the gold screws! Dan is still pushing the limits. I would not use his electronics if t... 
Turntable prices. Is my mind going?
@tomic601 Sapphire is spelled with two "P"s. The Sapphire was a brilliant. David Fletcher took Edgar Villchur's design and flipped it upside down creating the most stable turntable to date. That design has since been borrowed by SME, Avid, Basis a... 
Turntable prices. Is my mind going?
Mark Levinson's rules of audio. If it looks cool is sounds better. If it costs a fortune it sounds way better. The myth of the unobtainable.  Lay instinct aside, the function of a turntable is insanely simple and not hard at all to manufacture fo... 
Turntable Isolation
I hate to say I told you so. Sorry about that. I guess I did not comment until after you had ordered the Townsend. All those feet thingies are also garbage. To properly isolate a turntable the suspension needs to be tuned below 3 hz, three bounces... 
Planar Speakers and Diffusors
Hi Ozzy, I have been using Line source Dipoles (planars) since 1978. I owned Apogee Divas for 6 years. I currently use Sound Labs ESLs.  You are headed in the right direction, but someone fed you the wrong information.  Line source dipoles radi... 
Schroder Tonearms - where do I purchase? are there authorized sellers in US?
@wrm57 When we talk about tonearm resonance and damping nobody is thinking about a resonating counterweight aside from the fact that thin coatings do not do much. As for Long Arms, Schroder will not make an arm longer than 11" He feels that is ma... 
Schroder Tonearms - where do I purchase? are there authorized sellers in US?
@wrm57 That is the kind of marketing that drives me nuts because people have a hard time understanding what they are saying and assume it must be true. The resonance that concerns us most with tonearms is that between the mass of the arm and the ... 
Absorption of digital hash
@ptss That plate is Permalloy. It has magnetic properties similar to Mu metal but is much less ductile. Mu metal can be formed easily into various shapes.  I have digital equipment all around analog gear and I don't have to shield anything. I do ...