billwojo
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| Russco, QRK, Sparco, Garrard, Thoren, Fairchild, Roberts oldhvymec, do you have any pictures and details of your Russco builds? I'm already planning to get rid of the ball on ball spindle thrust bearing with a ball on Delrin thrust pad. I have a new bottom bearing brass setscrew that I will machine for ... | |
| Russco, QRK, Sparco, Garrard, Thoren, Fairchild, Roberts I tried checking out your page on here and all I get is a spinny thing that never stops. It's under "Systems"Do you have pictures posted else where?As far as your Fairchild, that really sucks. It had to be someone that knew exactly what you had. S... | |
| Russco, QRK, Sparco, Garrard, Thoren, Fairchild, Roberts Just got a Russco Studio Pro Model B in very good shape. This will get a complete tear down and restore. Doing the mechanical work and machine work is not a problem, but I'm not into wood working and don't have access to those kind of tools. Not s... | |
| Anyone familiar with the Empire brand of cartridges? Really long post about Empire cartridges over on AudioKarma. jason, they are not forgotten, just harder to find. Not cheap back in the day so not as many sold.BillWojo | |
| Russian Tube Preamp, No Return, Here I go again Elliott, even if the pin out is the same and the operating characteristics are very close it's always best to look at the filament current draw on the data sheets and compare. I would suspect being a larger octal tube that there is a good chance i... | |
| How good is the Micro Seiki DDX-1000 Direct Drive turntable ? Hey pindac, you painted a real picture of doom and gloom for anyone interested in vintage tables. I think spindle bearing problems are far more rare than you make it sound. I've been collecting vintage tables for years and have yet to have a table... | |
| What tomearm ? Well I would rather send something like a tonearm across the country to a known high quality tech than take a chance on someone who may or may not know what they are doing. Working on tonearms is kind of like watch repair, very delicate mechanisms... | |
| Turntable for a Denon DL-103 cartridge Go with the Pioneer PL-41D, it's a superbly built belt drive machine with all high quality parts. Back in it's day, the PL-41 was Pioneers flagship TT. Lot's of info on restoring one of these over on AK, get a proper belt, new thrust pad for the s... | |
| S/PDIF-how different than an IC? Find a set of the old A/V composite cables and strip the yellow (video) cable from it. Works fine.BillWojo | |
| Russian Tube Preamp, No Return, Here I go again I could hook you up with a nice black face C11 Carver for a bit less than that. Almost the same unit but you can actually read the face plate. That light grey with black lettering is tough on the eyes!BillWojo | |
| VAS (Steven Leung) cartridge repair/retipping service? I got one week turn around time. Probably depends on his work load. Plus with Covid, you never know how it could effect someones business. Most folks claim pretty fast turn around time, it seems to be the general rule. @ scm, you sure you didn't s... | |
| Biggest bang for the buck in retipping a new Denton DL103R That sounds like a lot. I would talk to Steve at VAS Audio in NJ to see what he can do for you. I'm all about upgrading the Denon DL-103 series but when your getting to that kind of money I would be looking at a different cart. BillWojo | |
| what are some of best tonearms you own or experience with. I can't make comparisons to a lot of the pricey tonearms mentioned in this post but I think the Victor UA-7045 and UA-7082 tonearms have a lot to offer and they have been mentioned by at least two regular posters in this forum. I have both of thes... | |
| Best type of metal for turntable platform? As far as metal goes the one material that has been in use for machine tools for decades is a special grade of cast iron called Meehanite. It's known for it's superior damping quality's , very important when designing a machine tool. The last thin... | |
| Electrovoice Duchess IV in California "They sound is amazing, fantastic imaging and the best midrage you will ever hear."That is a quote from the add. Since they are pick up only I'm sure an audition could be arraigned before purchasing. lewm, why so down on vintage speakers? If take... |