SteveFord
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I use that after the VPI to put some humidity back onto the album to cut down on static electricity and dust getting sucked onto the album like a magnet. I still have the original box from the 70s which makes my wife laugh.
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Did I say tubes? I meant Class D. That's the ticket!
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You'll need a tube amp and preamp to get the sound you're after. That's when you'll hear what they can do.
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It seems like only yesterday when Balok was learning to do The Hustle...
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Balok, Just HOW do you know that's a double album?
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The World's Largest Record can be seen here: http://www.today.com/travel/photo-op-worlds-largest-vinyl-record-visible-air-2D11936134 I can't stand Hotel California - go figure.
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I'd add Roxy and Elsewhere by Zappa/Mothers. Not that it matters but as to agree, I'd go with: 08. Allman Bros - Live at the Fillmore East 07. The Who - Quadrophenia 01. The Beatles (White Album) The rest of them don't really interest me very much. I can't believe they left out Tommy and Layla but what do I know?
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This whole thing seems like much more trouble than it's worth. My RCM takes around a minute and a half from start to finish.
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I would think so although 8, 9 and 10 wouldn't apply. That disc did show up just how bad my hearing has become over the years and at some really odd frequencies, too - lows as well as highs. Curse that Craftsman air compressor, it really did a number on me one fateful day.
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Dual is still in business? They vanished here from the US decades ago as far as I know.
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That's what happens when the supply runs out. I think my copy of Hot Rats was $30 last Summer. Check Amazon once a month to see what's new or else the sharks will eat you up.
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Gail Zappa is releasing Frank's catalog at the rate of two 180 gram titles at the rate of two per month. These are outstanding. If you like Zappa, buy these before the prices goes through the roof. Hot Rats came first (and was 200 gram), so far it's been Freak Out!, Over-Nite Sensation, Roxy and Elsewhere and Uncle Meat.
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Happy Trails, Same principle but I think it's a much more gradual process - ovens ramp up to temperature so quick. I'm not sure how hot that Groovy Pocket thing gets but people who have used them say it's a 24 hour process, sometime 48 hrs for the heavier albums. Just using a weight like I do takes quite a bit longer than that but it's not like I need to listen to Beck-Ola right this minute or else my life is ruined.
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The one I was referring to is this one for $80 and then you have to buy their Groovy Pouch, plug it in and off you go. http://www.vinylflat.com/ it's supposed to work well but I just wait it out with the weighted glass.
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YMMV, of course.
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Don't do that thing. You can either buy an electric doohickey for heating the vinyl or just do what I do: get two sheets of tempered glass glue them to some heavy plywood insert album in between the two glass sheets stick a gallon jug of water on top of the whole shebang and check it in a few months. The weight will flatten it back out. The heat in the oven trick will deform the grooves and it will go Weep WOW when you play it.
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Sheik Yerbouti - good choice! I just ordered some of the remastered 180gm Zappas - Freak Out! and Over Nite Sensation. I'm glad to see Gail Zappa is slowly but surely doing the catalog.
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You're going to need the guitar to go with it:
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They've gotten good reviews. I'm looking forward to seeing how PDR's DIY build goes.
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Good deal on the Jeff Beck/Rod Stewart. I've had that Yardbirds album for around 25 years or so and I've listened to it twice. I was so excited to get it, too! I put it on and went, HUH?
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That Yardbirds sucks, the Pink Floyd is REALLY good. How's that for a concise record review?
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A short respite but i am back!
SteveFord replied to bored184's topic in The Welcome Shop (Please read first)
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That's their forgotten model. It sells in Europe but not here so they've upgraded every other model but not the 12. One of these days I expect them to discontinue it. Kind of off topic, but I asked if they could make a smaller 20.7 (sized in between the 3.7 and 20.7) incorporating the push-pull technology that the 20s have so you can get "that sound" in a smaller package but that suggestion wasn't exactly met with much enthusiasm.
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MMGs are better than the ancient MG1s and 2s and you can't get the old ones repaired. 1.6s are very nice but some of them will have the older adhesive just so you know. I never had any problems with mine when I had them. You will need a sub with them. Who knows, you might just end up chucking the Theils and buying some 20.7s if you catch the bug...
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They solved the delamination problems quite some time ago. First it was sunlight, then it was humidity causing the problems. They're doing a 30 day trial for the 1.7s and those are very good speakers. I don't think too many will go back to the factory.
