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Vicki, you seem to have a "nice bike" addiction. Do you know of a good place where you could get that treated?
Somewhere, on some hobbyist forum there might be a thread saying "you have how many high end headphones??"
Besides I think V works plenty hard to enjoy her toys
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I will try This ^.I've lately been on a rampage against that little crinkly noise that somehow gets left in the grooves after I've cleaned a record. (And too often on current pressings, comes in the darn grooves)FWIW, I've had some decent luck using the gooey In The Groove Roller after a regular vacuum cleaning.I changed the kind of velvet that my brushed are made of, too. That has helped.Are you doing a water rinse after the #15?
IMO if you hear that after cleaning it's fluid/residue left in the grooves... that is if it wasn't there before.
I do use deionized water after the # 15.
edit: I have plenty of DiscDoctor Miracle fluid left if anyone wants a good deal on the stuff, send me a message
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I've cleaned around 20 LPs with AIVS No 15, that were pretty noisy with my other cleaning regimes. This stuff is really good. Doesn't kill surface noise entirely on dirty/scuffed records, but it cuts it down quite a bit. Even made some newer RTI pressed vinyl play silent. The only annoying thing is you have to apply the fluid and let it sit on the LP for a while. Then come back to it and vacuum.
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Good t-day. Followed by a few hours of thursday night drinking and comedy
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I think it's really cool how far the hobby has come in only a little over 10 years. DH/4x races attracting 20k+ people, the amount of tech you can get on a < $1000 bike, people building what they want to ride/imagine on the trails and the merging/unifying of all the various off road disciplines. I did most of my early riding around Edmonton, but made the trip to Banff a couple of times. You'd rarely or almost never see any man made stuff on the trails, mostly just what was formed from people riding over and over. I'd love to get out to Whistler to ride some of the more progressive trails out there.
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That is a sick looking cycle Chris, glad you are really happy with it.
aerius I love the Kona frame. I was heavily into mtb'ing around 97-02, my first good bike was a Rockhopper. I always lusted for Kona back then (along with the long travel Judy fork
), but couldn't afford it as a HS student. I don't think their new line has as much of the character of the old stuff; the thin tubes, blaring loud colors, and the older logo like on your frame is much cooler. -
Got a Black Friday email from them today but all it really does is point to their Closeout sales:
http://www.needledoctor.com/Closeouts
Thanks Mike
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Not related to a remaster, but an annoying thing on a new release none the less. The new Zeppelin concert CDs from London show have an annoying 12.5 KHz and 15 KHz squeeeel throughout most of the songs, really obvious on Stax
A concert that had over 4 million people cued to buy tickets to and they let this crap slip through
Hopefully it will be less obvious on the home theater with the blu-ray
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I don't think his posts were inflammatory. FWIW we are trying to be more tolerant to new people.
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Looks like a great time Nate. I am pissed that this DeQuervan's Tendonitis is still nagging me. Not very painful, but it is so slow to completely go away, that I don't want to risk riding and making it worse.
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A question for those of you who eard about the KGSSHV : I have a SR 507 running on a old SRM T1. I expect the KGSS to be more detailed, with better controled bassed without lossing the magic on the vocals provided by the T1.
Do you think that would be the case or do I have to go for the BH described by KG on Headwize ?
julien
Either KGSS, KGSSHV or BH will be a big step up from the T1. Personally I do not feel the difference between a regular KGSS and regular BH were that big, but YMMV and all that, my biggest differences come from changing transducers and some sources vs similar amps.
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John jpnumbers happy birthday my friend!
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Probably because its lighter and the bike companies are selling carbon bikes so that is what the pros ride.
I personally would not get a carbon mtb. I would not want to worry about breaking the frame during a crash. With steel and especially Ti that would not be a concern.
But at least with downhill, strength is probably of more importance than shaving that last half kilo. These are heavy bikes with all of the shit on them. And Ti can be made really light.
I would be interested to hear if there is a quality Ti builder that will build a trail bike with 130+ rear travel (preferably on 27.5).
I wasn't considering carbon either. But there are people that have got their frames repaired several times by reputable third party carbon repair shops.
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A good steel or titanium mtb will last nearly forever even if you abuse the hell out of it. My '96 Kona Explosif was raced by the factory team for a year, then handed off to the development team for another year, then dumped for cheap to some guy in BC. He rode the hell out of it for 7-8 years then had it in storage for a bit before he sold it to me, and I've been trashing it for the last 3 years. Other than a small ding in the toptube and a hell of a lot of paint chips, it's still good as new.
A good Ti bike will be even tougher than my steel frame. Friend of mine is a former pro who had a full factory sponsorship. She has a few Ti bikes which had the shit beaten out of them on world cup courses year after year, other than a few minor scratches they're all good as new. Those bikes are anywhere from 10-20 years old and have more miles and abuse on them than most people can rack up in a lifetime.
Good to know... a serious question- why do all the 4x/DH teams race carbon bikes? Easier to repair, still lighter material (or cheaper to make carbon bikes in Taiwan, and they can push trickle down technology as a selling point in their non-WC bikes)? I'm just curious why they chose carbon over Ti when these bikes are built without any budget in mind.
It can't be because it's more durable... I hear about people getting their trail or DH carbon bikes repaired by third parties all the time.
My steel hardtail is an oldie as well and I've dumped it plenty of times at speed. I've replaced components that were broken, but the frame lives on.
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NFL home page- Andrew Luck was in 6th grade when Tom Brady won his first superbowl
That puts things in perspective and makes me feel old.Tom Brady
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Hate agreeing with deepak!
Then again, two custom road bikes will keep you from the Crumpton, so tough call.
It's not as much the MTB FRAME lasting forever, as say, the fork. Knowing Mike, he'll go high end, or one step down. That will typically be using the most advanced/newest tech. He'd probably want to go with a 1.5" HT, and then he could use more things, by changing headsets, no? There's the bottom bracket issue going forward as well (remember, we're talking "Upgrade Mikey" here).
Just let DeSalvo build what they think will win awards, so you can have a trophy to go along with your kit.
**BRENT**
Have the fork steerer diameters changed that much over the years? I know this tapered thingamabob is new, but besides that I thought they were pretty much only a few options
edit: ok looked up my ancient Indy, it's 1 1/8" diameter. You can still buy forks from RS and Fox with that steerer diamter.
A hardtail mtb frame should be future proof as well; as long as one is happy with the geometry/ride/etc. All just theory, not the route I would go.
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(forever is very relative when I am involved).
You are being too hard on yourself Mike
I would go custom with the road and non-custom with the mtb, resale on mtb stuff isn't good, and I am not sure any mtb frame would last forever... maybe one just ridden on packed singletrack or something
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Some of those SHM-SACDs are very good, and fortunate for us conservatively mastered. But there are also plenty of them that are junk or mediocre for the cost. The packaging is up to the usual Japanese high standards and is gorgeous.
I'll be trying DSD over USB at some point on my DAC.
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Curious did Dan D'agastino design this or someone else at Krell?
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(sorry, love that scene)
), but couldn't afford it as a HS student. I don't think their new line has as much of the character of the old stuff; the thin tubes, blaring loud colors, and the older logo like on your frame is much cooler.
That puts things in perspective and makes me feel old.
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