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| Why will no other turntable beat the EMT 927? Hi Henry, Yes, I can hear subtle differences among them, and yes, it is impossible or at least very difficult to sort out the root causes of those differences because of the tonearm/cartridge differences. However, I think those of us who regularl... | |
| Why will no other turntable beat the EMT 927? I've got a Victor TT101, too. And a much tweaked and modified Lenco sitting next to it in one of my two systems. The TT101 is very linear sounding and very musical. Linear in the sense that no particular register is emphasized (bass vs mids vs ... | |
| Why will no other turntable beat the EMT 927? In the interim since he initiated this thread on the EMT 927, Thuchan purchased, restored, and re-plinthed a Victor TT101, no slouch among direct-drive aficionados. I would like to know how he feels about the EMT 927 in comparison to his new TT10... | |
| Tonearm mount on the plinth or on Pillar ? Dentdog, There is no need to be apologetic regarding your affection for the Resomat. You have lots of respectable company in that regard. Like I may have written elsewhere, if not here, I am curious to try one myself. In the past year, I had an... | |
| MM/MI Phono Stages If you insist on front-panel adjustability for load and capacitance, there are only a few choices, either vintage Japanese or modern ones that may or may not include MC gain options inseparable from the design. EAR is one I can think of right awa... | |
| Bad NOS tubes... Jea48, First, I apologize for sounding so pedantic. Your post actually prompted me to do some research on the metals used in tube pins. In the URL you provided, are you referring to this passage?: "The 6DJ8 family was originally developed by Amp... | |
| Bad NOS tubes... Jea48, Gold-plated pins are a sure sign of recently manufactured tubes. Vintage tubes of the good old days rarely had gold-plated pins unless specified by the type. For example, some milspec 6900s had gold-plated pins but most did not. GE 5-star... | |
| Does anyone run 2 or more turntables... Tim (Pryso), I would not dare to buy yet another turntable, but if the new Technics does indeed have a coreless motor, as I also read, then it may prove noticeably superior to the original SL1200, which made me wonder why they built it to look exa... | |
| Bad NOS tubes... Czarivey, For a source of truly NOS discrete transistors that may have been discontinued, try James Electronics in California. They had every transistor I needed for rebuild of my Beveridge direct-drive amplifiers (ca 1980 vintage), when no one e... | |
| Does anyone run 2 or more turntables... Dave, It's telling for me to learn that you prefer the PD444 (direct-drive) vs your other 3 turntables, which if memory serves are either belt-drive or rim-drive types (do you have a Terminator Salvation?). I have come to the same conclusion, as ... | |
| Does anyone run 2 or more turntables... Just to keep your thread alive, I now have 5 turntables up and running, although only 4 of them get even occasional use. My Victor TT101, mentioned above, was finally fixed by a genius in NYC, JP Jones. If you have a "broken" direct-drive turnta... | |
| Bad NOS tubes... Guys, Here are the facts as I see them:(1) The OP bought 12AU7s for a preamplifier that presumably uses 12AU7s, so there is no question that he bought the right tube type. In terms of operating parameters, all 12AU7s are alike. (The OP should repo... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? If you have a Grace F9E or Ruby in need of a re-tip, I highly recommend the Sound Smith upgrades, either the LC stylus on ruby cantilever or OCL stylus on ruby cantilever for a little more money. I got the latter re-tip on my Grace Ruby, and I da... | |
| Tube advice Dear ADG, Yes, I own a Hickok tube tester, and the number of times it has served me to detect truly defective tubes is near to zero, because such tubes gave away their condition just by listening to them. It is not that useful for tube matching, ... | |
| Bad NOS tubes... The driver stage is typically low stress, and, since there is no gain in the driver stage, most likely to be "quiet". Try the "bad" tubes in the driver stage and let us know what happens. What is the vintage and brand of the original set of "sto... |