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| Vintage DD turntables. Are we living dangerously? By the way, if one were paranoid about the platter mat slipping on the platter, very thin double-sided tape would forever take care of that problem. As to the issue of an LP sliding on the surface of the SS 300, I find that doubtful. There is some... | |
| Vintage DD turntables. Are we living dangerously? Chak, can you post some photos? I yield to Raul’s description because I know he’s seen, tried out, or owned most everything, but the notion of drilling an LP as he described it seems dubious at best. On the other hand, my sample of the SS 300 has ... | |
| Manley Chinook Owners Tube Rolling Tubes of the same type made by different manufacturers do sound different to me. But in my experience differences don’t hold up over time. Then too, same tubes from same maker can sound different from one another; there’s a sample to sample differ... | |
| Manley Chinook Owners Tube Rolling Cords are only a little more overrated than tube rolling. Which is overrated. | |
| Manley Chinook Owners Tube Rolling Keep in mind that only one of the tubes per channel in the Chinook (6922, I think) is actually being used for gain and is therefore likely to have an affect on sound quality. The other tubes in each channel are used as part of fancy Cathode follo... | |
| List of plinth builders for Technics SP10 MK3 Thx, but like I said, Rich has a mk3, and my remarks about shedding the outer chassis were only as regards the mk3. And it’s been done many times before by various companies. The motor of the mk3 is apparently easy to dissect from its chassis. | |
| List of plinth builders for Technics SP10 MK3 I was only thinking of the mk3, where electronics are outboard. It’s been done by many, including Steve Dobbins. Probably OMA too. | |
| List of plinth builders for Technics SP10 MK3 For two tone arms, I think you might consider building a plinth that encloses the motor only. In other words, get rid of the rectangular escutcheon that sits on top of the surface of most plinths for the mk2 and mk3. Once you get rid of the escutc... | |
| 200g vinyl, more static? Last time I looked, electrons were subatomic "particles". Otherwise, I still am dubious that the static charge is created by the stylus in the groove. But I confess I have no conclusive evidence to the contrary except the white paper published y... | |
| 200g vinyl, more static? I've been thinking about this interesting question, and it's very possible I am wrong in my analysis. If anyone has more data that pertains to LP thickness and static charge accumulation, please jump in. | |
| Arm Board source for Technics SL1000 MK2/MK3 You can probably get one custom made by Colby Lamb, out of aluminum, brass, or delrin, etc. Colby is located in Oregon, but the geography has never been a problem for me on the East Coast. I cannot overstate the quality of his work and the care w... | |
| 200g vinyl, more static? Purity of the vinyl or lack of purity may have some effect, probably does, but please quote something more authoritative than a magazine article if you want me to believe thickness makes a difference. The static charge consists of ionized particle... | |
| Cartridge repair by Moscow based Roman?? Great post by Chakster. I agree totally, for whatever that’s worth. | |
| Vintage DD turntables. Are we living dangerously? Yes, I think the BA website is kaput, last time I looked. They were either bought or went out of business, for some reason. One person suggested they had a lot of trouble manufacturing that mat, maybe because it may tend to be brittle and to fra... | |
| Eminent Technology LFT-8b in Harry's system I've only heard the Maggies cum ribbon tweeter in audio salons or at hi-fi shows, but the improvement is obvious, for midrange and treble, in every way. I think I subsequently owned the Tympani IIIs, with the huge woofer panels sitting in between... |