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Tape Deck Owners: What % of your time do you listen to TAPE, DIGITAL or VINYL?
Tape 30 Vinyl 60 Digital 10- Steve Jones
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- Forum: Reel To Reel Tape Deck and Content Forum
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Beethoven Piano Sonata Lecture-Recitals
This is an absolutely wonderful series where Andras Schiff deconstructs and analyzes the LvB sonatas at the piano. If you have time and are serious about this music, no better or enjoyable way to learn.- Steve Jones
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- Forum: Classical Music Forum
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Wagner Ride of Valkyrie
I wholeheartedly second the recomendation for the Solti recording of Der Ring.- Steve Jones
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- Forum: Classical Music Forum
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Equalizer
Yes, the DBX 1231 is excellent and relatively inexpensive. It's built like a tank, far more robust than the typical DBX gear, part of their higher quality "pro" series of devices. I will likely be accused of heresy for promoting it on a high end audio site. I use it quite successfully to...- Steve Jones
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- Forum: Acoustics and Room EQ Forum
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What turntables do you use? Pictures would be nice as well :-)
To each, his own. I offered my DIY turntable design to the thread for interest of the members of the forum. It's a very good, functional design but surely not the state of the art.- Steve Jones
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- Forum: Turntables
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What turntables do you use? Pictures would be nice as well :-)
Mine is a Frankenstein-style creation. The Plinth is a 16x24x3 inch walnut butcher block with a matrix of 3/4" holes drilles about 2 inches deep on the underside filled with silicone acoustic dampening elastomer. The bearing is one I rescued from a Rega Planar. The subplatter is the...- Steve Jones
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- Forum: Turntables
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Platter mat preferences!
I replaced a cork mat on an acrylic Groovetracer platter with Herbies Grungebuster mat. It was a substantial improvement. The record played directly in the platter was clearly inferior to both mats although is is commonly suggested as the best use of this platter type. Also I use a small...- Steve Jones
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- Forum: Tweaks
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Teac A-6300
This machine is at least 45-50 years old and ideally should have replacement of the electrolytic capacitors in the audio sections--the record and playback amplifiers--and adjustment and calibration. You will need to have an experienced, capable technician perform cleaning, lubrication and...- Steve Jones
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- Forum: Reel To Reel Tape Deck and Content Forum
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