jasonbourne71
Responses from jasonbourne71
| $100-200 linear power supply @akg_ca +1 A voice of sanity! | |
| Nottingham Mentor Rebuild Yes, sand it and take it for an automotive paint job! | |
| Compatibility question You can look up Baerwald, Lofgren and Stephenson alignments. These are all based upon sound mathematical engineering studies. | |
| Compatibility question Not a complete disaster. Since it is a pivoted arm the areas of maximum distortion are at the start and end of an LP. With proper alignment there will be a broader area at the center where distortion is lowest. The farther off the alignment the sm... | |
| Weirdest record defect? If possible you could try returning it to Merge Records. | |
| Weirdest record defect? That is likely a pressing problem inherent to the stampers used. Earlier or later pressings using different stampers may be free of this defect. Otherwise the problem is in the master lacquer from which the mother and stampers were made. | |
| Compatibility question I don't think such a headshell exists. It would be a major improvement. The rest of the arm mechanism is good. Replacing that is a major operation. | |
| Compatibility question If you will be using a replica headshell then you will not be able to properly align any cartridge. That's a problem with the AR headshell. It only as a fixed position for the two mounting screws. No adjustment for tracking angle and overhang is p... | |
| Kind of Blue @simonmoon : +1 for Holdsworth! I have several of his recordings. | |
| Turntable prices. Is my mind going? @lewm : the AR TT was introduced in 1964 at a price of $78. I bought a nicely modded version from Vinyl Nirvana for $750. Taking into account the depreciation of the US dollar that is a reasonable price. | |
| Tubes Recommendation for McIntosh Preamp How do you know that these tubes a seller claims are NOS aren't just pulls/used? For example a lot of Tektronics scopes used Telefunken 6922/6DJ8's. When those scopes were scrapped those tubes appeared on the market, fraudulently being sold in fac... | |
| Kind of Blue I like In A Silent Way better! Bitches Brew is high on my list too! | |
| Tubes Recommendation for McIntosh Preamp Matching not needed for small signal tubes. Just get the same brand. | |
| Larry the Cable Guys Larry the Cable Guy says "Have I got a power cord for you fellows!" | |
| Larry the Cable Guys What, is he on YouTube now? |