dgarretson
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| Best preamp for atma sphere m60 under $3000 used? Of course the cost of an MP-1 is off-set somewhat by consolidation of separates into an integrated phono preamp. You can count on one hand the number of integrated phono preamps approaching the performance of MP-1, and on two fingers the number th... | |
| Top resistors I've ordered Duelund R to replace stock Caddock MP820/1 metal film in xover of Merlin VSM-MX, and will have results in 3-4 weeks. | |
| Top resistors Clabe,Hopefully you received my email; feel free to reply directly if you want more details. | |
| Top resistors Mr. C, I will email you directly regarding mods to BBAM. | |
| Top resistors Mr C,Thanks for info on VSM-MX application; I have been on the fence about modding stock xover. I am considering Claritycap MR or Duelund for that job. BTW, TX2575 in signal path in BBAM increases transparency vs. stock MK132. Best to look inside ... | |
| Are spare parts for the Sony SCD-1 becoming rare? Before lube, first clean up all exposed surfaces(including the plastic round gears and straight saw-tooth gears) with contact cleaner. Remove all old brown grease from the jewel spindle bearing. In addition to above lubing, apply white lithium gre... | |
| Are spare parts for the Sony SCD-1 becoming rare? Automotive moly grease or white lithium grease on the spindle jewel bearing, a drop of telfon oil into each end of the spindle assembly collar bearing, and a drop of teflon oil on each sled rail. Periodic spray of Deoxit into the sled motor-- whic... | |
| Upgrade for users of 1/2" mylar belt Doug, I have not yet laid hands on mylar tape, but I find it difficult to believe this material has no elasticity or even approaches the inelasticity of braided fishline. If you hold a 50" length of mylar in your hands(typical length of a TT belt)... | |
| Looking for ACCURATE SPEED turntable/tonearm combo Ketchup,I think a visualization of strobe is much too crude an instrument to detect transient speed variations caused by modulations in stylus drag. However, it's not too difficult to hear an obvious difference if your belt drive TT allows switchi... | |
| Upgrade for users of 1/2" mylar belt Doug,I've acquired a spare VPI 300RPM delrin motor pulley to machine flat in order to compare 1/2" tape to the custom thread/pulley drivetrain on my modded VPI TNT. I have a lathe, but I suppose I would need to devise a special cutting tool to mak... | |
| Ultimate Idler Drive Lew & Jonathan,Not sure how either car would do in the twisties of an LP, and a boring drive at speed limit of 33 1/3. But stylish to the extreme. | |
| Great Jack Bruce Albums,which ones? Cities of the Heart(2-CD Live) | |
| Levon Helm Dirt Farmer Vinyl My LP just picked up at indie record store is marked 247/500, so I assume this a very limited issue and mostly gone. | |
| Capacitor log Mundorf Silver in Oil K40Y9 that you have are .22uf/1000V; FT-3 is .1uf/600V; FT-1 is .01uf/200V. Other values and voltage ratings are available on Ebay. All are OK for electronics within their voltage range. The russian seller claims to have tested FT-1 .01uf/200V out... | |
| Capacitor log Mundorf Silver in Oil K40Y9 PIO sounds pretty good right out of the box and should improve within 10-20 hours. FT-3 teflon takes much longer to break-in and can be irritating until it does. I've had good luck paralleling K40 & FT-3; this seems to improve bass defin... |