boothroyd
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| Help.... I'm scared to 'upgrade'! @mijostyn Yes! That’s what I get for late night postings. 🙃 I have recommended the Channel D Lino C for friends needing XLR outputs with excellent results. It is a very full featured unit I should not have forgotten. | |
| Help.... I'm scared to 'upgrade'! @oranfoster Very nice gear and system! I hate to ignore your phono preamp suggestions and be that guy who just pounds a blind drum for purposes of justifying my personal decisions but . . . Consider a transimpedance phono stage such as VDH The G... | |
| VPI-HW19 first model @czarivey Great to hear it lived to see another life! I think you’re going to realize excellent performance from that old Hurst motor now that care has been given with proper cleaning & lubrication. Happy listening 🎶 | |
| How long ago did you catch the bug? Around 48 yrs ago when I was 10. I remember it quite well. I was running through a large department store in 1974 with my twin brother to go check out their sporting goods section when I was stopped dead in my tracks running past a full display of... | |
| easy listening for small/medium bright room Could it be a bad tube in the Croft? Seems like you’ve got a nice little system! The pmc db1i will emphasize their low frequency output when placed nearer to a rear wall due to their rear port. | |
| Usless but interesting ....how many of you old timers started with original Large Advents? Another fun thread renewed! Always wanted a pair since the late ‘70s. Didn’t end up with an Original Large Advent pair until about 8 years ago. Still love what they do! Musical as all get out. Worked really well on my lowboy 9” angled ADS L810 s... | |
| Replacement for my Benz Micro Ruby Yes, but I can totally understand JMW unipivot users wanting a wood-bodied Benz 🎶. That combo is undeniable with upper bass & lower midrange “meat-on-the-bone” and texture. Very engaging musically. | |
| Replacement for my Benz Micro Ruby Benz is very much in the US: https://www.sierrasound.net/benz | |
| VPI-HW19 first model Best of luck! You’ve got nothing to loose 👍 To emphasize the importance of mechanical grounding, press an edge of the motor frame against something of mass such as the top of your work table with it turning. Feel what happens when the vibration c... | |
| your first system- It was 1979, my sophomore year of HS NAD 3140 integrated amp Sony PS-X60 w/Shure V15 phono Nakamichi 480 cassette Celestion Ditton 15XR spkrs w/factory chrome stands *updated Celestions with a factory kit to accept the improved tweeters ~ 198... | |
| VPI-HW19 first model While the mechanical aspects of the motor are critical, don’t underestimate the electrical performance! Jan @ VPI did a fair amount of practical research into the vibrational performance of various motor capacitors. The newer high voltage caps ar... | |
| VPI-HW19 first model With the output shaft clip removed along with the bottom friction-fit cover removed, just push the output shaft into the motor housing and remove from the bottom of the motor. Identical to the top washer/bushing, you’ll find a matching washer/bus... | |
| VPI-HW19 first model A common problem with the early HW19 motors which were not rigidly mounted like everyone else was doing at the time and VPI changed to. VPI should be able to provide you with a replacement 600 rpm motor capacitor that should greatly reduce motor ... | |
| SME 30/2 Controller Fluid damper of the tonearms is of course different from the turntable suspension dashpots. Reading the 30/2 manual makes it obvious that the turntable’s dashpot damping increases rigidity. Less damping by their “up to 2mm” recommendation will ma... | |
| I am enjoying my analog system, but what can I do to improve? Hanging around an ultrasonic RCM may require use of super tweeters! Ray Kimber of Kimber Kable had a frequency spectrum analyzer app on his smart phone at one of the Audio Shows which revealed the incredible high frequency (ultrasonic) noise thos... |