robbiesd
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| Do you buy new, used or new or used gear? In the `70's & `80's I bought new or discounted new and some discontinued. Since then my desires have gone further up the ladder than my budget so I buy used now. | |
| Is Sound Stage an artifact of recording? Interesting that Paul McGowen's post today is on this subject. Here's his para-phrased opinion of it: "SoundStage: It's already in the recording! …A stereo recording carries spatial information as tiny amplitude and timing differences between t... | |
| Loading speaker stands with? Lead shot is my preference. Sand will absorb moisture over time and clump unless it's well dried first and sealed into the stand. | |
| What one change to your room, system, or setup made the biggest improvement? The first was adding room treatments, both absorption and diffusion and then it was going from 2 to 4 subs. | |
| Vacuum Record Cleaner Rreplacement I use both a VPI and a Humminguru. Humminguru 1st so all my drying is done on the VPI. Since the Humminguru uses so little fluid I rerouted the discharge to a tube and dump it into the VPI's waste jug and use a new US fluid batch every time. I fou... | |
| Need some help shipping speakers LOVE IT! Would rather spend that valuable time in Hawaii scuba diving. | |
| Is it worth getting an 11 year old cartridge re-tipped? I would contact Lyra for a price and time as well if you haven't to compare a factory rebuild to others. I feel the others will all do a fine job but not with original parts if that concerns you as palasr comments. I had S.S. rebuild a Helicon l... | |
| Classic Aragon 8008 BB Amplifiers Hey CincyJim, What tweaks did you make to your 8008bb? I have one in need of repair and plan to contact Sybesma's Electronics today. Anyone else have other suggestions for a repair tech for Aragon amps? | |
| Research for subwoofer 2 Rythmic's and you'll be happy but 4 would be better. | |
| Ian Anderson and Jethro Tull tksteingraber: Early Tull was much preferred… Aqualung, Benefit, Thick as a Brick, Stand Up, This Was. Later Tull became to pop-ish for me. I completely agree. But I've heard some recent material and enjoy it as well. | |
| Recommendations for custom amp stands? Nice work bigtwin! I'm lost as to why some of you think the material the box is constructed of will make any difference at all? It strictly contains the sand! Perhaps the material the top plate (sub plate) the amp sits on is made from will have s... | |
| We Vinyl Ultrasonic or Vacuum Cleaner? I modified my Humminguru so that the discharge water is routed thru tubing to a milk jug on the floor behind my cleaning station which I then only have to empty occasionally. I rinse and dry on a VPI. I'm not concerned about steps so I use a marke... | |
| Who here continues to regularly use a CD player? I play CD's almost everyday and vinyl a few times a week. Qobuz a few times a week as well. | |
| plinth material 10 mm seems way too thin just from a support perspective to be the only layer of the plinth. If it were a sub-layer what might you consider for the top layer? I have a left over slate piece that's about 18mm thick. My current table has a 3rd bot... | |
| plinth material Thanks pindac. I haven't yet ventured to Lenco Heaven but spent many hours there when I built one out of slate several years ago. At that time I only saw a few mentions of the material but not any projects with it. Do you suggest 2-3, 25mm layer... |