Tom,

  I've always been gullible, but then I'm the guy who trusts people  
until they they screw me, what do I know?

  When you're in the audiophile community,  you're not surprised by  
the new claims of  those  that praise the sound  a $4,000  power cord  
delivers. I wonder how many of those  big spenders wonder what they  
have in their walls - 14-2  Romex or what? You never know what crazy  
thoughts  will come down the pike. I remember the digital clock that  
was available from Radio Shack. Just plug it in to the same outlet as  
your pre and the sound bloomed!!!!! I forgot the name of the audio  
predator that came up with that idea,  but I bet he's  enjoying a  
cool drink on a beach in a tax free country thinking " There's one  
born every minute."

   Tom,  I just remembered, Machina Dynamica.

   regards, Ken  Happy Easter.



On Apr 1, 2010, at 9:28 PM, Tom Fine wrote:

> Ken, I think we got punked! That original post about wood glue was  
> April Foolish.
>
> That said, yes on the Aquafina, it's commodity-priced reverse- 
> osmosis water made at your local Pepsi plant. Beware other RO  
> waters because many companies add back a "mineral packet" to give  
> the water a more "spring water" and tap water mouth-feel. RO water  
> can feel greasy in the mouth if one is used to drinking hard water  
> from the tap. RO water also may taste "funny" to some due to its  
> lack of taste, if one is used to hard water from the well or spring  
> water that is mineral-laden, or chlorine-flavored water from the  
> municipal system.
>
> If you use Aquafina for this purpose, be kind to the environment  
> and buy the largest-sized bottles you can find.
>
> -- Tom Fine
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ken Fritz"  
> <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Thursday, April 01, 2010 9:11 PM
> Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] Clean LPs with wood glue?
>
>
>>   Hi Rod,
>>
>>   FWIW from an audiophile;  a VPI  $500 dollar recording cleaning   
>> machine with with an inexpensive cleaning solution does 99%  of  
>> the  job.  The solution; One gallon  of AQUAFINA, the best you can  
>> get  unless you distill your own,  which I do. Replace 4 ounces of  
>> the  water with Isopropyl alcohol at about 3  bucks for a quart at  
>> the  drug store, 82% or so is what you'll get. Add four drops of  
>> DAWN  dishwashing detergent and shake.
>>
>>   If you're fussy, buy a WATER WISE distiller at about $400  
>> bucks.  My wife has taken control of my distiller and uses it for  
>> all the  drinking and cooking water. After I bought the WATER WISE  
>> she  claimed the taste of the water was improved enough that she  
>> forced me  to install a Kinnetico water softener. That cost me  
>> about as much as  another  thousand or two records at Plan Nine  
>> records.
>>
>>   I won't complain, even though  water is water to me, as she is  
>> a  super cook!
>>
>>   Try the formula and take your wife out to dinner with the savings.
>>
>>   Ken
>> On Apr 1, 2010, at 6:17 PM, Roderic G Stephens wrote:
>>
>>> As I've probably said before, but just in case I didn't, I  
>>> bought  that "expensive" stuff more than five years ago have  
>>> definitely  found it to clean and quiet my recordings.  My spray  
>>> bottle is  still 3/4 full after all this time, so prorated, it's  
>>> been cheap  for me.  My major expense has been the distilled  
>>> water that I have  to keep replacing.
>>>
>>> Rod Stephens
>>>
>>> --- On Thu, 4/1/10, Michael Biel <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>>>
>>>> From: Michael Biel <[log in to unmask]>
>>>> Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] Clean LPs with wood glue?
>>>> To: [log in to unmask]
>>>> Date: Thursday, April 1, 2010, 10:28 AM
>>>> Frank Strauss wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> In the spirit of the day, may I say the above
>>>> technique would allow one to
>>>>>>
>>>>> engage in true multi-tasking-you could wash your
>>>> records and drink beer at
>>>>> the same time.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> What's the old joke -- you only rent your record cleaning
>>>> solution?
>>>>
>>>> Mike Biel  [log in to unmask]
>>>>