frankhertz

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Building high-end 'tables cheap at Home Despot II
Hi Paul,I checked my measurements again and got the same 223 mm pivot to spindle distance. The arm has a length of approximately 250 mm from the pivot to the front centre of the headshell. The tip of the stylus is about 8 mm back from the front of... 
Building high-end 'tables cheap at Home Despot II
Paul, the pivot to spindle distance is 223 mm. I used the template from EnjoyTheMusic.com to set the null points. That is why the arm board looks the way it does. I drilled out the hole and adjusted the position of the arm board. Eventually after ... 
Building high-end 'tables cheap at Home Despot II
Another idler wheel turntable to look out for. I recently purchased a McCurdy Turntable (pictures at http://www.tamminen.ca/mccurdy/).The story behind it, as I was told it, is that these turntables were used by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporatio... 
Building high-end 'tables cheap at Home Despot II
Lewn, I am using a LOMC, a Denon DL304 with an stated ouput of 0.18 mv on my L78. It feeds into an Denon SUT and I hear no rumble. My plinth is a layered one but not super heavy. I have not direct coupled but have damped the metal. I have greased ... 
Building high-end 'tables cheap at Home Despot II
Problem # 2 may be that your lift mechanism is interfering with the tonearm. Check to see if the flat part that supports your arm is not bent upward. I am not sure if this is the case for number 1 but the notches that set the speeds i.e the 33 45 ... 
RE:Magnepan Unitrac arm
Hello,I have one with a Denon DL103 on a Thorens 160 Super and love the sound. Go over to audioasylum.com, then to vinyl asylum and type unitrac into "Search" to get lots of information. By the way a NOS Unitrac went for nearly 600$US on ebay rece...