kenyonbm
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| Ortophon spu-gt, which rebuild ? Thanks Viridian, do you have an opinion on what level of repair would bring out the best in the SPU ?At Sound smith it seems like the choices are: aluminum cantilever, ruby cantilever and ruby cantilever with special diamond tip.Jaspert, How does ... | |
| Ortophon spu-gt, which rebuild ? I see what you mean Jaspert, the Technics with the supplied aux. weight can balance up to a 13gm cartridge, and the head shell is 6gm, for a max. of 19gr vs the 32 for the SPU.I will rephrase my question :The various Sound Smith re-tips run $150, ... | |
| Ortophon spu-gt, which rebuild ? Viridian, thank you for your interest.I must tell you that I was surprised that this very early cartridge is still considered a high end contender, just because of its age, not from any personal experience.I want to use it at its potential, not pa... | |
| Ortophon spu-gt, which rebuild ? I see now that it is Ortofon, now that it is too late to change it. How embarrassing.What I am not sure of is which level rebuild to go for, ruby cantilever or aluminum, which profile diamond, that sort of thing.Also I see now that it is the ellip... | |
| Best Place/Way To Sell My CD Collection? After reading all these responses, which more or less indicate that you could expect to clear MAYBE $1000 if you sell as a lot, why not just keep them ?No work, no hassle and you don't give away your collection.Even a 1000 cds don't take up much s... | |
| How do I free up a stuck volume control? I have had luck heating the shaft of stuck controls.Assuming it is a metal shaft, remove the knob and hold a soldering iron to the end. Keep checking for movement as it heats up and don't get carried away.I use some Teflon dry lubricant to keep it... | |
| In re: MOG, and Anne Briggs "Baby I'm gonna leave you" was written in the late 50's by Anne Bredon, an American from Berkeley Ca. Born 1930.Ken | |
| can we still sort by zip code in items for sale? Hi all, I got this message regarding ZIP code seaches from Audiogon today, thought I would pass it on :Shannon replied:Hi kenyonbmWe are pleased to announce the launch of our zip code radius search!We feel that this search is a large improvement o... | |
| How many LP's do you own? How long did it take? Craigslist is your friend.There are billions of records out there and most people don't have the means to play theirs.I had a huge score at a rained out yard sale.The poor fellow came out and offered me the whole lot for $100.I had to go get my tr... | |
| How many LP's do you own? How long did it take? I have 6000+ LP's, accumulated over 2 years.Average cost is less than 9 cents each.I have stopped collecting for now.Ken | |
| can we still sort by zip code in items for sale? I asked the AG staff about this feature, searching by partial ZIP code, and was told that they intended to restore it. | |
| Do you believe in Magic? "Any sufficiently advanced self delusion is indistinguishable from marketing hyperbole."Ken | |
| Are CD players dead I would like to point out that another WhatHiFi article , from the year 2009, reports sales of 570,000 BluRay players and that BluRay represents 25% of the video player market, for total video player sales of 2.3 million.http://www.whathifi.com/bl... | |
| Rookie; replace my own amplifier caps?? I am sure you could pull it off.But there is always the possibility of something going wrong.And the cost will be considerable for quality replacements.I say, if it ain't broke, don't fix it.Ken | |
| Has anyone ever experienced the "Taos Hum" Well, yes I have.Many times I have gone to bed and heard what I thought was a truck or backhoe idling outside, up the block, and went to listen at the window and not heard it.I do think this is a phenomenon like tinnitus.I don't think it has an ex... |