lewm
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| I have only come here seeking knowledge... In the midst of all this banter, someone else up above was trying to get to the point I think of saying that all your audio system components should be plugged into one electrical outlet, ideally. This is because otherwise you could have been deal... | |
| Linn LP 12 hum not coming from Bryton phono stage. What I was getting at is whether the hum is due to a direct interaction between the cartridge and the TT motor. One manifestation of that would be that the hum is loudest when the cartridge is nearest to the motor. | |
| Phono Preamp. With transformer or fully active Elliot, Not that it matters one iota to the performance of your system, but I get a reflected input impedance of 145 ohms (not 110 ohms), for your 1:18 step-up ratio into a fixed 47K ohm load resistance on your Mc phono stage. And a step-up volta... | |
| Linn LP 12 hum not coming from Bryton phono stage. Have you noticed whether the intensity of the hum changes as you listen to an LP, from outer grooves to innermost grooves? If not, you might do that experiment and report back. Absent a defect in your current power supply, I doubt that the PS it... | |
| Phono Preamp. With transformer or fully active For DIYers, Jensen SUTs are also excellent, and Jensen offer technical advice on how to implement them, as do EMIA. Bob's Devices, Lundahl, Jensen, EMIA, are only a very partial list of good companies that make SUTs. Having said that, I don't own... | |
| Cueing issue There is not much downward force on the cueing device, to make it reach the full extent of its travel toward the surface of the LP (=VTF plus some mechanical advantage due to the location of the cueing device near to the pivot). In this case, the... | |
| Linn LP 12 hum not coming from Bryton phono stage. Cartridge? | |
| TT or Cartridge...what to buy? If you must have belt drive, I would favor Dr Feickert from your list. That unit comes with an Origin Live tonearm and a nice cartridge. The Dr Feickert turntables are some of the few that make an effort to reduce belt slippage and "belt creep",... | |
| Need Direction... Alesis MasterLink or Tascam 2000? | |
| Linn LP 12 hum not coming from Bryton phono stage. Cartridge? | |
| Is a Linn Sondek LP12/Lingo/Ekos with a Cirkus update, the last turntable I’ll ever buy? Coach, I could only respond by saying what turntables I own and like. I have a bias against suspended, belt-driven turntables in general. So there you go. Am I "right" to shy away from such constructions? I can only say my bias is a product of... | |
| Is a Linn Sondek LP12/Lingo/Ekos with a Cirkus update, the last turntable I’ll ever buy? Impossible question. If I wanted to be sarcastic, I might suggest that it is the last turntable you will ever buy, but it might be a prelude to the upgrade-itis that afflicts some Linnies, courtesy of Linn. Which can be as expensive as buying an... | |
| Clearaudio Concept Tear Down I guess the proof of the pudding is in your observation that the pulley is no longer vibrating. That's the endpoint I didn't see mentioned before now. I suppose you replaced the belt, as well. Better to use a belt that does not deposit a coating... | |
| Inner tracks vs outer tracks Yes. There are millions of words on this subject on this forum and on any other forum devoted to vinyl. Too many, in fact. Read any thread on cartridge alignment. Try not to get crazy. | |
| Clearaudio Concept Tear Down I'm just curious. You say the pulley was coated with rubber. Does the rubber represent wear on the (presumably) rubber belt, or is the rubber coating part of the original build of the pulley itself? If the latter, what did you do to the rubber ... |