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| Vintage DD turntables. Are we living dangerously? Chakster, You asked about testing a TT101 by running it continuously. One guy who put himself out there as a DD repair expert took my TT101, plugged it in at his shop (or so he told me) and ran it for two weeks, with no issues. He then sent it ba... | |
| Eminent Technology LFT-8b in Harry's system bdp24, Sorry for the pedantic discourse on "OTL". You would be surprised at the number of audiophiles who do not know the differences in meanings of the terms: OTL, balanced, push-pull, single-ended, and direct-drive. My main point was, as you k... | |
| Koetsu surprise Raul, You are a never ending riot. Your opinions are "facts". Anyone else's opinion to the contrary is merely an opinion. I can't even get angry any more. | |
| Curved and Straight Tonearms So, who first promulgated that thought, Bertrand Russell or William Butler Yeats? In the Second Coming, written in 1919, Yeats wrote:"The ceremony of innocence is drowned; The best lack all conviction, while the worst Are full of passionate intens... | |
| Vintage DD turntables. Are we living dangerously? I doubt JP wants to do a cosmetic restoration of a TT101. First, his main passion is the SP10 Mk3, for which he has re-created the vital chip (MN6042, I think) using discrete components, with specs superior to the original. (I bought one, but I ... | |
| Eminent Technology LFT-8b in Harry's system First of all, what a coinkidink! Back in around 1970, I was being paid very little as an intern in a hospital, and I craved a pair of IMF Monitor loudspeakers. As a financial compromise, I bought a pair of IMF Studios, instead (from Lyric Hi-Fi ... | |
| Eminent Technology LFT-8b in Harry's system As I understand it, Roger Modjeski was definitely "around" Harold Beveridge, and if anything he may have had a hand in the design of the amplifiers or maybe just building them. But Beveridge was the guiding genius behind the whole ensemble, and I... | |
| Vintage DD turntables. Are we living dangerously? Nothing Fawlty about my logic.Chakster, the person whom you quote here has got to be Thuchan. Who else owns such a collection of vintage turntables? Moreover, in one of the articles, I am "Lewis". I gave Thuchan a chip to repair his TT101. And... | |
| Eminent Technology LFT-8b in Harry's system bdp24, Really 120 db at 0 Hz? The sound of silence.The LFTs are somewhat like my Beveridge panels in their principle of operation, except the Bevs work on high voltages provided by the Beveridge amplifier, rather than on electromagnetic forces. (... | |
| Vintage DIN phono cables, any good? In my praise of the Eichmann, and now the KLE, bullet plug, I did not mean to slight the Xhadow. It looks to be very well designed and certainly influenced by the Eichmann design. Yes, I think I overheated at least one bullet plug in my lifetime... | |
| Vintage DIN phono cables, any good? Chakster, I just skimmed the review on 6 Moons. Thanks for providing the reference. I guess it's just me, but after 30-40 years of audiophilia, reviews like that make me gag. At the same time, I have been using the Eichmann silver bullet plugs ... | |
| Any Allnic users out there? Hum problem. Dear Nandric, I left Connecticut nearly 40 years ago in order to move to Washington, DC, and I consider Connecticut to be my native language. Moreover, I still tell people I am from New England. | |
| Curved and Straight Tonearms What "game" was changed by Rega pick-up arms?I agree that the modern trend is definitely in favor of straight pipes. | |
| Vintage DIN phono cables, any good? FWIW, I use an aftermarket DIN to RCA phono cable on my FR64S with solid silver wiring. My FR64S has the "silver inside" decal, so I thought it would be interesting to go all the way with silver. An eBay vendor sold me the wires for a very reaso... | |
| Curved and Straight Tonearms Somehow, the OP's actual question about pivoted tonearms with straight vs curved arm tubes (or "wands") got completely lost as the discussion turned to turntable and speaker mass. But most of the main points were made.(1) As others mentioned, if ... |