whart
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| Think I ruined stylus @tsbarro - did you examine the stylus under magnification with a good light? (You don't need to remove the cartridge to do this). Playing the dead wax /run out groove is not a big deal- I do have some records where the run out is not "locked" and ... | |
| Am I right for this forum? @tomic601- I don’t know if you are joking or serious, but I think a lot of audiophiles get caught in a vicious circle of trying to improve playback quality and then looking to yet more gear to improve it more, to the point where it is less about m... | |
| Jazz for aficionados I listen to a lot of post-bop stuff from the '70s- not fusion, more in the vein of spiritual or soul jazz. Cecil McBee appeared on a huge number of records (and is still with us as far as I know). The jazz scene went sort of underground-- the "lof... | |
| A GOOD dry record cleaning device @j-wall -Isopropyl Alcohol, not India Pale Ale. Not that I'm advocating its use in the context but it is not an uncommon approach. Acronyms are dangerous, aren't they? | |
| Are You A Disciplined Audiophile? My reaction to the question is a little broader than letting something "settle in" before I evaluate it critically. There are all sorts of people in this pursuit of hi-fidelity, from very dedicated enthusiasts, to people "in the business" to more ... | |
| A GOOD dry record cleaning device I have lots of different "dry" brushes- I’ve always had mixed results- I know some people "mist" them with some IPA and pure water to better pick up the surface detritus but I don’t do that. Most of the brushes can get the dust all lined up nicely... | |
| Use of a splint when changing cantilever and stylus This site shows a variety of replacement cantilever/stylus assemblies. They all appear to use a hollow tube which would snug onto the "stub" (what is the term for this?) of the old cantilever. It seems to me that there is little need for a splint:... | |
| What happens when the stylus tip wears out on a $12,000 cartridge? Harold Weiler wrote about the wear and care of records and styli back in the mid-’50s. The book is long out of print and can be found, among other places, on the Shure site (though as far as I know, Shure had nothing to do with the original public... | |
| Kind of Blue OK, FWIW, one of the challenges in musicology librarianship is descriptions in catalogs with appropriate cross references. Not easy. But think about a large repository that is made available not only to scholars but to the average person- how do t... | |
| Tube Depot's "NOS vacuum tube sale" Andy (Vintage Tube Service) is the best I have experienced within the US, but he has some limitations. He’s pretty old school too, which is fun but don’t expect instant gratification. I’m surprised Tube Depot would sell pulls as NIB/NOS- I don’t q... | |
| Kind of Blue @frogman -thanks very much, nice to see you. I'd be interested in looking at how a music librarian catalogs stuff. Oh, I'm getting on the phone with one in a minute or ten. I'll ask her. I tend to like material that bends the genre a little- wha... | |
| Kind of Blue "Crossings" is almost a compendium of jazz styles and motifs turned on its ear. It keeps morphing. I compared a sealed Green Label to the Kevin Gray cut a few years ago. Listening to that album was a revelation. My impressions fresh from a compar... | |
| Tube Depot's "NOS vacuum tube sale" I think they are legit. They have very few tubes I use- I did buy a pair of old NIB 12ax7 Tele ribbed plates from them a couple years ago- fresh old stock. They had a pair of NIB WE 3ooBs for close to 20 grand at one point (with boxes that looked ... | |
| Rediscovered My album collection. Where to buy online. What to buy is going to dictate where to buy in many cases. With Tone Poet, I had no problem buying many copies of things like Katanga! when it was in print. (why so many- I give ’em away). Records like that I have no problem with Amazon. Rare re... | |
| Kind of Blue Surprised that great Oliver Nelson record isn’t mentioned. A warhorse to be sure, but to me, at the level of Kind of Blue. I think the reason that the old recordings can sound so good is manifold: the studio equipment was far more primitive, l... |