Hey there, - as I'm beginning to purchase vinyl again ( first time since I was about 8 years old ).. I was wondering what the basic vinyl care necessities are? I remember my Dad using some kind of velvet type block to run across his records - Would one of these suffice?  I've read about carbon...

It's got two plugs. I'll make sure this time its initially plugged into the.same socket, or perhaps a surge protector into the same socket, anything else that could potentially damage the avr? Just a note.. although I'm returning the AVR this week for a replacement... I've been reading some...

  Hey all,  I'm about to send my new receiver back for exchange - but before I hook up my turntable again and potentially run into trouble,  is it possible to cause some kind of haywire electronic damage inside my  AVR with a turntable electrical surge of some sort?  For some reason when I...

Just an update - I took it to the shop,  and surprisingly had a great experience!  It was so good in fact I was compelled to write them a letter - for those interested in my results / experience,  I've posted it below:        I just wanted to write you and tell you how utterly impressed I...

Quote: Bummer.  Well I guess I'll see when I take her in for a look see.   I'll report back.

Quote:   No I have no idea how to do that - I was going to let the turntable clinic show me - but it's not open until Thursday.  I hope I didn't damage it in the mean time.

Just an update - I had the Dual up an running for the first time with the new receiver yesterday.  It sounded like absolute crap at first .. but was able to significantly improve the sound today by buying 1. new rca cables to extend it the 5 feet I need ( I know not ideal but best I can do )...

Thanks for your advice guys.  I found a well respected shop downtown that carries a lot of high end audio equipment that has a " Turntable clinic " where you can bring it down for a " Free " tune up.   I suspect though that this tune up consists of them telling me I have to spend X amount of...

Hey there, ... I've slowly been converted to an audio junkie.  As such,  I've spent what ( for me ) is a crazy amount of cash on new equipment over the last 6 months or so.  My most recent purchase is a Marantz 6007 AVR being delivered next week.   With that comes a phono input,  so I thought...