Recent content by clogman

Like the fishy reference Mike! It was more pronounced in one channel, but as I have tinnitus I might not have picked it up as much on the left side. Just glad it's all sorted now. Although sod's law says my CDP is now being pesky and its drawer doesn't want to stay open. So next thing is finding...

Just tested the CXC feeding into my Primare i32 internal DAC and found the sound detailed, dynamic and with good imaging. BUT also just a bit bright and tiring. Had to return it. But worth a try - esp if you can find a Richer Sound shop allowing you to trial at home without the 10% fee I was...

Woohoo :D finally completely resolved it after following one red herring after another (I am Dutch and rather partial to herrings in general...). Turns out that the phono stage gain, set to match other source levels, was mostly just below the threshold for input overload for a Primare i32. So...

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00002438V/?tag=pinkfishmedia-21 Dvorak piano concerto by Richter and Kleiber. Followed by Wanderer. Absolutely fantastic!

I've happily let my Tidal HiFi level subscription carry on after demo period. As mentioned previously, I'd also avoid lossless as that tends to sound flat IMHO (Primare i32 with MM30 board into SF Concertino Home). Classical choice actually not too bad at all and I've got pretty wide-ranging...

Thanks for the offer Mike! Alas not living near you since my student days. Really loved the place & have many happy memories. Now in Stoke-on-Trent. Best audio place here is Richer Sounds. No dealer with RCM afaik. But MCRU offered to try clean a couple if I post them. Buying RCM no option...

Charpentier - Te deum by Malgoire On ancient LP - surprisingly good & enjoyable!

Whips out credit card!

Apologies for confusion Mike! Lots of tension at home and work meant it took me a while to check more. Records I never cleaned wet previously do not have the pops. Just the normal low level "crackle" I always thought was normal with LPs when I grew up (80s) and which I'd hoped to remove with...

Thanks TBL. Looks interesting and appears to be sold by another outlet of the same company I bought the Knosti from on Amazon. And bought mains gear from directly. Did you as recommended use a microfibre cloth to dry? If so then which should I get? Really want to get this right this time, so I...

Get your point - made no sense to me either, but limited evidence seemed to point that way. But as a ground wire made and other tests show the problem lies elsewhere. Still a pain though! Would have tried to contact you/Rega directly, if only you had a way to do so. Now all I need to do is to...

Plot thickens. Tried interference check (nothing playing): no pop. When playing record pop at same place - so not cable problem. Right channel only. So now think this may be a cleaning issue after all - perhaps deposit left behind? If so then does anyone have affordable record cleaning...

Initially used Knosti with standard liquid. That sounded fine on my then combo with Arcam DiVa 75+, but led to gunk accumulation on needle - which I removed with putty (MCRU - free with the Knosti). Pretty stubborn stuff. Then ran it through another and longer Knosti cycle with Art du Son...

Hope you're right - will keep you posted Robby! If that is it then it flabbers my ghast why a reputable firm like Rega does not do this as standard anyway. And why it is such a highly rated deck...

Shanks Steve! Improved it is. Now just need to figure out whether I made a big mistake and how much I could get for one of these - with and without the SL-150 attached...