November 18, 20169 yr comment_746659 Get a cheap pack of magnets, it'll tell you where the nails are. Report
November 18, 20169 yr comment_746665 Or get one of these I have an older model that works great when it's not pointing at me. Report
November 28, 20169 yr Author comment_747566 Getting there. Getting these things mounted in he corners is a heck of a trigonometry problem. I have three more to do and need a new strategy. Report
January 11, 20179 yr Author comment_751811 Back to my "crazy Feedback problem"....So, after playing with an embarrassing number of snake-oil laden isolation devices, which I will never ever admit in public, I have a solution. I tried inflatables (wide open, I know), squishy balls (not getting better), sorbothane (not really that one is a joke), spikes (not really into that)... things costing $0-$1000. I have to say this was easy because of my Enya torture track - surprisingly snake oil salesmen don't like empirical tests and demanded more "listening".Ok, anyone (maybe only Dusty cares) want to guess what worked? Hint is that it is a pretty large "isolation" vendor. I would have never tried it, but had a somewhat local vendor with some demo units and they just worked... Report
January 11, 20179 yr comment_751817 Auralex acoustic foam panels? Room Tunes? Are those still around? Report
January 11, 20179 yr comment_751819 I don't know, and too close to my bedtime to guess, but I am incredibly curious. If you want to give it 24 hours, I'll guess tomorrow. Speaker isolation (Auralex, Primacoustics) or Turntable isolation (...uh...). Oh, look at that, Auralex makes something called an ISO-Tone...that's my guess. What about volume, did that make a difference? Report
January 11, 20179 yr Author comment_751821 Turntable isolation.Volume made a difference to some extent. I also seem to getting massive static buildup which isn't getting drained away via the earth connection. It takes about 75% of a side and then goes a bit nuts, even with the needle a few mm from the record (and the mat just sticks like glue to the record). Regardless, this problem was definitely feedback and seems totally gone.https://vimeo.com/199100859 Report
January 11, 20179 yr comment_751825 Oh, TT isolation. You're link doesn't work for me, but I'll laugh if it's the rubber/cork blocks. Isobar outlet strip? Report
January 12, 20179 yr Author comment_751827 Hm. Tapatalk maybe is having problems with videos?Well, you can think why the cork blocks wouldn't work (tried those) - the turntable is on a shelf already which constrains which dimensions it can move in. It can't really move up and down as the wall won't allow that more or less (I am not a "physicist" like a certain other headphone amplifier manufacturer). The problem seems to be in the other direction ("in" and "out") - add some pseudo-science, hand-waving, etc. here Report
January 12, 20179 yr comment_751841 You did not answer anything. You are banished to the land of Bybee. Report
January 12, 20179 yr comment_751873 I'm on my desktop, I can't see the video either. Maybe it's private/non-shareable? Report
January 12, 20179 yr comment_751875 6 hours ago, swt61 said: You did not answer anything. You are banished to the land of Bybee. Surprising how many snake oil merchants invoke the word "quantum" without the blindest understanding what it means. In the UK the Bybee equivalent is Peter Belt http://www.pwbelectronics.co.uk/pwb-price-list Anyone for "Gold Message Foil", "Quantum Clip Film", "Morphic Green Cream" or even "“Friendly” Four legged stance device" - Belt has them all, and much more strange and wonderful nonsense beside. Report
January 12, 20179 yr Author comment_751888 I'm on my desktop, I can't see the video either. Maybe it's private/non-shareable?Hm, let me try on the desktop version. Report
January 12, 20179 yr comment_751909 I wonder if snake oil would be a replacement for beard oil... I'm also curious as to the solution to this riddle. **BRENT** Report
January 12, 20179 yr comment_751912 3 minutes ago, swt61 said: I was curious two days ago! ORLY? What brought you around to the dark side? **BRENT** Report
January 12, 20179 yr comment_751914 Oh youngster, if you only knew how fiddly, tuney and finicky i used to be back in the day. I would buy an album, inner sleeve and outer sleeve. Coat the album with the best rated coating of the day, play it once, while recording it onto Nackamichi's highest grade metal tape. Then store it lovingly into my collection. Don't even get me started on static control and stylus cleaning! Report
January 13, 20179 yr Author comment_751936 I ended up using Symposium Rollerblock Jr.I already turned in my "objectionivist" card.In actionhttps://drive.google.com/open?id=0ByiOVOm07uqqTlp2eWdwSGIwakE Report
January 13, 20179 yr comment_751942 Hey, we're only skeptics 'til something works. Edited January 13, 20179 yr by swt61 Report
January 13, 20179 yr Author comment_751957 Quit touching it. Stahp. What are you doing? Stahp.Poke Report
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