jimrick1
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| How To Store Record Collection? Do a search on Google (and eBay) for Lundia shelving. Lundia is made under license in a number of countries, including the United States. I use the 36" by 12" shelves and 84" uprights. Lundia says each shelf will support 100 kgs with no danger of ... | |
| Best table to Expect To Find at a Garage Sale I'm a dedicated garage sale/estate sale digger. Over the last several years I've found some good analog gear, including several Thorens TD160/165/166/145 turntables, a Fidelity Research FR64 arm ($10), and, best of all, a mint Thorens TD124/SME 30... | |
| jewelers loop Shure says that you MUST use a microscope with a least 200X magnification, and that it must have two side lights to reflect off the two sides of the stylus under examination. Also required are photos of new, worn, and extremely worn stylii of the ... | |
| Zerostat I've used a Zerostat for the last 30 years or so. They are easy to use and very effective. If you are thinking of buying a used one, be aware that they do wear out. If there's no "snap, crackle, pop" when you quickly pull the trigger and release i... | |
| Vintage speakers, need suggestions on amp & phono If you want to go really inexpensive, search out a vintage Akai M8 or Roberts 770X. These are reel to reel tape recorders with single ended integrated tube amps built in. The amps use EL84 output tubes for 6 watts per channel, and they also have a... | |
| How much does your system retail for? $450. That's right, well under $1,000. System consists of a Technics SP-10 Mk II turntable (traded for a Rega Planar 3/RB300 that cost me $200), with a borrowed Syntec arm and a NOS Signet TK7LCa cartridge ($50). Will soon install a NOS Sonus Form... | |
| Rocky return to vinyl UHF magazine had an excellent article on DIYing a record cleaning machine. Their website has an index to back issues, so you can figure out which issue to get. Their machine uses an inexpensive shop vac. I doubt that using a turntable to spin the ... | |
| $500-600 Used Tuner Check out the Tuner Information Center They call themselves, "The most complete source of factual information on vintage stereo tuners" and they are right.. | |
| Antique Sound Labs Wave AV-8 mods There are some excellent threads at www.audioasylum.com about mods to these amps. I use a pair of these to drive Stax electrostatic headphones, have not modded them yet but intend to do so. |