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| VPI 300 rpm motor kit in a DIY project. The 300 rpm motor is installed in place of the 600rpm motor in your VPI motor housing. It is to be wired the same as the original motor and the capacitor in the 300 rpm kit replaces the original capacitor. Not hard to do just look to see how the o... | |
| VPI Scout and Lyra I used a Lyra Argo and later a Lyra Skala on my Scout and got really great sound. My table went through many tweaks and I'm now using a different tonearm but if I were using the more or less stock Scout I would definitely want to try the Lyra Delos. | |
| Converting Coax to AES? Canare makes several models of impedance transformers that can adapt a coax cable to an AES input. I used to use one to connect a computer coax digital audio output to an AES input on my DAC because the DAC RCA coax input was being used to connect... | |
| A Copernican View of the Turntable System Corby, are the tonearm wires on your arms the same aa they were stock or have some of the arms been rewired with custom wiring? | |
| A Copernican View of the Turntable System Corby, what is the source for the threaded spikes you use on your armpod? | |
| Kleos Sibilance Before I upgraded from my Scout turntable with the original JMW-9 arm I used a Lyra Argo cartridge and also a Lyra Skala cartridge with the JMW-9 arm and I got excellent sound with no sibilance or other problems.The Argo weighs only 6.4 grams but ... | |
| McIntosh MA 2275 - Headphone Jack Debacle When I use headphones with my MA2275 with the speakers muted I can adjust the volume to the headphones. | |
| Scout drive upgrade The Teres rim drive works well on the Scout and has its own motor controller so you wouldn't need an SDS. The Teres provides very stable speed. | |
| Which 12AX7 tubes for EAR 834P phono stage? I meant Stillpoints. | |
| Which 12AX7 tubes for EAR 834P phono stage? Mitch Singerman upgraded some of the capacitors and resistors and installed JJ tubes in my 834P deluxe model. I also use Sillpoint cones which improved the imaging, definition, and clarity a lot. To my ears the 834P now sounds much better than my ... | |
| Alternative Tonearms for VPI I have a Scout turntable with the Super Platter and I also use a Teres Verus rim drive motor system. I have also mounted an Origin Live Conqueror MK 3 tonearm. The Conqueror requires an adapter to raise the arm high enough to work with the VPI pla... | |
| Fremer/SSM w/Rim Drive Michael Fremer wrote, "Ultimately, what counts is how a product sounds, and the Super Scoutmaster Reference Rim Drive sounded in a word, fantastic." "...Unless you're willing to move into +$25,000 territory, you could buy one and be done -- but I'... | |
| What tonearms are compatible with a Scoutmaster? Origin Live makes several tonearms that can be mounted on the Scoutmaster. They will need an adapter to raise the arm high enough to work with the Scoutmaster platters. I have an Origin Live Conqueror mounted on a Scout with the Super Platter. I a... | |
| VPI and 78 RPM I don't think the sds can increase the speed enough to obtain 78 rpm however I believe that VPI makes a pulley that will run at 78 rpm that is made for the 600 rpm motor. | |
| Anyone NOT like the sound of VPI? VPI makess a 3 gram stainless steel weight for JMW tonearms. Cost $15.00 at Music Direct and other dealers. |