Yeah but if you've got it, you want to flaunt it.Originally Posted by DSJR
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I'm Dave.
Yeah but if you've got it, you want to flaunt it.
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It was a gift, Dave, so I've got to find some use for it!
Dave (monsieur hi-fi), I know how it is, but it's my turn for the bone tomorrow... Yipeeeee!
Marco.
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Turntable: Heavily-modified Technics SL-1210MK5G [Mike New bearing/ETP platter/Paul Hynes SR7 PSU & reg mods]. Funk Firm APM Achromat/Nagaoka GL-601 Crystal Record Weight/Isonoe feet & boots/Ortofon RS-212D/Denon DL-103GL in Denon PCL-300 headshell with Funk Firm Houdini/Kondo SL-115 pure-silver cartridge leads.
Paul Hynes MC head amp/SR5 PSU. Also modded Lentek head amp/Denon AU-310 SUT.
Other Cartridges: Nippon Columbia (NOS 1987) Denon DL-103. USA-made Shure SC35C with NOS stylus. Goldring G820 with NOS stylus. Shure M55E with NOS stylus.
CD Player: Audiocom-modified Sony X-777ES/DAS-R1 DAC.
Tape Deck: Tandberg TCD 310, fully restored and recalibrated as new, by RDE, plus upgraded with heads from the TCD-420a. Also with matching TM4 Norway microphones.
Preamps: Heavily-modified Croft Charisma-X. LDR Stereo Coffee. Power Amps: Tube Distinctions Copper Amp fitted with Tungsol KT-150s. Quad 306.
Cables & Sundries: Mark Grant HDX1 interconnects and digital coaxial cable, plus Mark Grant 6mm UP-LCOFC Van Damme speaker cable. MCRU 'Ultimate' mains leads. Lehmann clone headphone amp with vintage Koss PRO-4AAA headphones.
Tube Distinctions digital noise filter. VPI HW16.5 record cleaning machine.
Speakers: Tannoy 15MGs in Lockwood cabinets with modified crossovers. 1967 Celestion Ditton 15.
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Location: The New Forest
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I'm Steve.
Thanks guys.
The Zerostat will be a give - shes got to get me something...
Good call on the sticky hands though.
I do Milty Zerostat3 everytime I get a record out of the sleeve - really helps. I've found once suck cleanedand with Zerostating I don't have a problem but over a long period of time or one play of someone else's record I need to clean the stylus.
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I'm Ralph.
Those Nagaoka sleeves drive me bonkers,well worth spending the little bit extra for the Goldring ones methinks.
Wonder if there will be any under the
tree this year
Smilies, dunno wot u meenz
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Location: Cyprus
Posts: 154
I'm Yiangos.
Steve,more-or-less,i use the same setup as Marco.Problem is,my sme won't allow me to use the zerodust (platter/arm doesn't have the clearance when properly setup to place the zerodust i.e. arm body gets stucked between arm-rest and platter)therefore i use the Audio-technica thingie which,lucky me,i bought brand new back thenbut if i had to chose between the two,it would be the zerodust.Also,the Zerostat is a must as it effectivevly reduces static electricity.Marco,i also have the grandady of zerostat,the Metrostat.
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Location: Cheshire, UK
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I'm Clive.
I use a whole combination of cleaners though mostly zerodust and a brush (the brush first).
I use a carbon fibre brush on the record but I don't sweep the dust off the record as this scratches it, I use a Nagaoka roller to pickup the dust. For the stylus in addition to zerodust I have a clearaudio brush, a long haired brush, an AT vibrator and magic eraser. I don't use all at once! I use the magic eraser a couple of times per week or if I think there is some nasty crud on the stylus. The one thing I'm missing is a zerostat. I also have a Loricraft RCM.
Even with all this care I do have one recurring problem, maybe someone can advise? I get small white flecks on some records, these are much smaller than a pin head and are stuck to the record, they need to be flicked off with a fingernail. They can cause the stylus to jump out of the way so they are well attached. The possibilities I can think of are:
1) it's some detritus that's built up around the stylus which at some point has detached itself.
2) mould; my listening room is in my cellar, it is very dry for a cellar but in the summer we were on holiday for a month. With the lack of air changes (house closed up) and the summer we had, humidity was high in the whole house.
Thoughts?
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Dandruff?
Or it could be 'bits' coming off your Nagaoka roller.
ATB
David
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