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56 THE AUDIOPHILE STORE MORE CONNECTORS For crimping connections to certain connectors from WBT or Furutech, we recommend the gold crimping sleeves from WBT, and the special crimping tool. Buy the tool at the same time as appropriate WBT or Furutech connectors, and we’ll buy it back at the price you paid when you’re through. ORDER: WBT-0403 crimping tool (refundable), $125. The sleeves are shown here, actual size. WBT-0431 0.75 mm sleeve $0.50 WBT-0432 1 mm sleeve $0.50 WBT-0433 1.5 mm sleeve $0.50 WBT-0434 2.5 mm sleeve $0.50 WBT-0435 4 mm sleeve $0.60 WBT-0436 6 mm sleeve $0.70 WBT-0437 10 mm sleeve $0.85 WBT-0438 15 mm sleeve $0.95 WBT NEXTGEN CONNECTORS WBT makes banana plugs and spades for speaker cables, all of which lock tightly into any post. All use crimping technology. These nextgen connectors are far superior to previous versions ORDER: WBT-0610 Kit 4 angled nextgen bananas, $130 ORDER: WBT-0610Ag Kit 4 nextgen silver bananas, $290 ORDER: WBT-0681 Kit 4 nextgen spades, $130 ORDER: WBT-0681Ag Kit 4 nextgen silver spades, $220 The high-tech minimum metal “nextgen” phono plugs. Easy to solder, with locking collar. Silver version available. ORDER: WBT-0110, kit 4 nextgen copper plugs, $170 ORDER: WBT-0110Ag, kit 4 nextgen silver plugs, $280 FURUTECH CONNECTORS Rhodium-plated banana tightens under pressure. Installs like WBT banana. The spade installs the same way too.. ORDER: FTB-R, set of four bananas, $70 ORDER: FTS-R, set of four spades, $70 ANALOG PRODUCTS MORE ANALOG… LONDON REFERENCE Yes we can supply the awesome London Reference phono cartridge that we have adopted for ourselves. Other models on special order. this unique cartridge has a line contact stylus, and an output of 5 mV…right for an MM preamp. ORDER: LRC cartridge, $4695 GOLDRING ELITE If you have limited funds and you want an MC cartridge with a line contact stylus, this is a great choice. It's a detuned version of the very expensive (but discontinued) Excel we still own. ORDER: GEC cartridge, $745 MOON PHONO PREAMPS Simaudio has done it: come up with a worldclass phono preamp that does magic. The LP5.3 is one of the best available. Adjustable MM/MC. ORDER: Moon LP5.3, silver (black available on special order), $1599. Special price on interconnect, one with an LP5.3 order. ORDER: ANA-1 Navigator All-Cu, 1m, $405, for $260 ORDER: ANA-2 Navigator All-Cu, 2m, $495 for $350 ORDER: ANAB-1 Navigator balanced, 1m, $675, for $475 ORDER: AMI-1, 1 meter Mavros, $1195, for $895 ORDER: AMI-2, 2 meter Mavros, $1895, for $1495 Even more astonishing: the LP3 includes much of the LP5.3 technology, still offers MM/MC, but costs only a fraction. Lively and musical, it’s difficult to match. ORDER: Moon LP3, $599 Special price on interconnect, one with an LP3 order. ORDER AQS-1, Kit ,1 m Quadstar, $124.95, for $59.95 ORDER AQS-1A, Fully assembled Quadstar, $199.95, for $99.95 NOTE: The Moon preamps are shipped set for moving magnet setting. We’ll reset it to your specification so you won’t have to. LP RECORD CLEANER Concentrated cleaner for LP vacuum cleaning machines. Much safer than some formulas we’ve seen! Half litre, mix with demineralized or distilled water to make 4 litres. ORDER: LPC, $19.95 PRICES CAN CHANGE AFTER WE GO TO PRESS. WE WILL ALWAYS GIVE YOU THE BEST PRICE www.uhfmag.com/AudiophileStore.html EXSTATIC RECORD BRUSH The Super eXstatic. Includes a hard velvet pad to get into the grooves, two sets of carbon fibre tufts. We use it every time! ORDER: GSX record brush, $36 J. A. MICHELL RECORD CLAMP Clamp your LP to the turntable platter. We use the J. A. Michell clamp, machined from nearly weightless aluminum. Drop it on, press down, tighten the knob. ORDER: MRC Michell record clamp, $75 ORDER: MRC-R clamp for Rega and short spindles, $85 ATLAS QUADSTAR PHONO BOX Got a tone arm with a 5-pin DIN plug. Substitute this Quadstar cable and box, and add the interconnect of your choice. straight DIN (shown) needs 7 cm clearance. If you have less, get the version with an angled DIN plug. ORDER: AQPS, Quadstar phono box, $248 ORDER: AQPA, Quadstar phono box, angled DIN, $248 TITAN STYLUS LUBRICANT Amazing, but true: dabbing a bit of this stuff on your stylus every 2 or 3 LPs makes it glide through the groove instead of scraping. Fine artist’s brush not included, but readily available in many stores. ORDER: TSO-1 Titan stylus oil, $39.95 ZEROSTAT ANTISTATIC PISTOL A classic adjunct to the brush is the Zerostat anti-static gun. Squeeze the trigger and release: it ionizes the air, which becomes conductive and drains off the static charge. By the way, it works for a lot more than LP’s. No batteries needed. ORDER: Z-1 Zerostat antistatic pistol, $94..95 LP SLEEVES Keep your records clean and scratch free. Replace dirty, torn or missing inner sleeves with soft-plastic-in-paper Nitty Gritty sleeves. ORDER: PDI, package of 30 sleeves, $30 IF WE DON’T LIKE IT YOU WON’T SEE IT HERE
VINYL ESSENTIALS TEST LP This precision-made German test record lets you check out channel identification, correct phase, crosstalk, the tracking ability of your cartridge (it’s a tougher test than the old Shure disc was, and the resonance of your tone arm and cartridge. When we need to test a turntable, this is the one we reach for. ORDER: LP 003, Image Hifi Test LP, $48.95 TURNTABLE BELT TREATMENT What this is not is a sticky goo for belts on their last legs. Rubber Renue removes oxidation from rubber belts, giving them a new lease on life. But what astonished us is what it does to even a brand new belt. Wipe down your belt every 3 months, and make analog sound better than ever. ORDER: RRU-100 drive belt treatment, $14.95 SUPER ANTENNA MkIII Ours has no stupid rotary switch to muck things up, and with a 1.8m low-loss 75 ohm cable and gold-plated push-on F connector, it has low internal loss. Covers analog and digital TV bands as well as FM. ORDER: FM-S Super Antenna, MkIII, $55 CLEANER POWER AUDIOPRISM POWER FILTER The Power Foundation III is a bargain, and does a wonderful job of cleaning the gunk from the power line. Requires 20A power cord (it has a different IEC connector. We recommend the UHF14, shown at right. ORDER: APF, Audioprism power line filter, $849 ORDER: UHF14-20-1.5 cable, $99..95 ENACOM LINE FILTER Economy price, but astonishingly effective, we wouldn’t run our system with less. It actually shorts out the hash on the power line. ORDER: EAC Enacom line filter, $105 THE AUDIOPHILE STORE 57 MORE POWER TO YOU Better access to electrical power. Change your 77-cent duplex outlets for these Hubbell hospital grade outlets. Insert a plug and it just snaps in. A tighter internal connection as well. The cheapest improvement you can make to your system. ORDER: AC-DA Hubbell duplex outlet, $23.95 ORDER: AC-D20 20A duplex, red color, $28.95 UHF 14 POWER CORD No budget for a premium cable? Make your own! We use several ourselves. Foil-shielded, to avoid picking up or transmitting noise. Assembled or as a kit. With Hubbell 8215 hospital grade plug and Schurter 15 A IEC 320 connector. For digital players, preamplifiers, tuners, and even medium-powered amplifiers. ORDER: UHF14-1.5K, 14 gauge power cable kit, $74.95 ORDER: UHF14-1.5 14 cable, assembled, $99..95 Need it longer? Add $20 per metre extra 20-AMPERE POWER CORD This is the one with the big IEC connectors whose contacts are rotated the other way. It’s for certain large power amps and the Audioprism Power Foundation filter. Marinco 20 amp hospital-grade wall plug, which fits only a 20 amp wall outlet. Available with a 15 amp Hubbell wall plug instead. ORDER: UHF14-20-1.5 cable, assembled, $99.95 Need it longer? Add $20 per metre extra UHF/FURUTECH POWER CORD We were so pleased with the performance of our UHF14 cable that we wanted to hear it with the upscale Furutech connectors. Wow! Pure copper IEC connector and copper/gold wall plug. ORDER: UHF14F-1.5K, 14 gauge power cable kit, 149.95 ORDER: UHF14F-1.5 14 cable, assembled, 174.95 GUTWIRE G CLEF POWER CABLE Multiple shielding, including external electrostatic shield connected to a clip. Used by UHF. Length 1.7 m, longer cords on order. G Clef www.uhfmag.com/AudiophileStore.html 2 STINGRAY POWER BAR Most power bars knock voltage to your equipment way down, and generate more noise than a kindergarten class. The Gutwire Stingray Squared doesn’t. 12 gauge double-shielded cable, Hubbell hospital grade connectors at both ends. Indispensable! ORDER: GSR-2 Stingray Squared power bar, $285 has 195 conductors, 3 shields providing 98% shielding. Available SEE EVEN MORE PRODUCTS optionally with 20A IEC plug (for amplifiers requiring special plug) IN OUR ON-LINE CATALOG ORDER: GGC G Clef, Square 1.7m, $385 www,uhfmag.com/AudiophileStore.html INSTANT CIRCUIT CHECKER Plug it into an AC outlet, and the three lights can indicate a missing ground, incorrect polarity, switched wires — five problems in all. The first thing we did after getting ours was phone the electrician. ORDER: ACA-1, Instant Circuit Checker, $21 IEC ON YOUR DVD PLAYER Why do big name DVD players come with those tiny two-prong plugs for their cords? A good shielded power cable will do wonders! ORDER: DVD-A, GutWire adapter, $39 HOSPITAL GRADE CONNECTION When we put a quality AC plug on our kettle, boiling time dropped by 90 seconds! The best AC plug we have ever seen is the Hubbell 8215 hospital grade plug. It connects to wires under high pressure, and it should last forever. ORDER: AC-P2 Hubbell cord plug, $25.95 Amazingly good at a much lower price are these two cord plugs from Eagle. Male and female versions. ORDER: AC-P1 Eagle male cord plug, $5.95 ORDER: AC-PF Eagle female cord plug, $5.95 Making your own power cords for your equipment? You’ll need the hard-to-get IEC 320 connector to fit the gear. ORDER: AC-P3 10 ampere IEC 320 plug, $9.95 ORDER: AC-P4 15 ampere Schurter IEC 320 plug, $18.95 BETTER DIGITAL IMPROVED CD WITH FINYL The maker of Finyl claims it reduces surface reflections and provides a higher contrast image for the laser cell of your player. Use it just once. We get a lot of repeat orders on it. One kit can treat over 200 discs. Or order the refill. ORDER: F-1 Finyl kit, $40.00 ORDER: F-1R Finyl refill, $35.00 CLEAN YOUR PLAYER After a few months, your player may have more trouble reading your CD’s. Unlike some commonlyavailable discs, the Milty CD lens cleaner is non-abrasive, so we use it and rest easy. Can be used wet or dry. ORDER: 2021 Milty CD lens cleaner, $35
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