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| Vintage DD turntables. Are we living dangerously? I now realize that you guys may be referring to the area UNDER the platter. Yes, mine is painted in that area. Only the exposed outer rim of the circular escutcheon is brushed alu or chrome or whatever.I remember going to visit Julius Futterman,... | |
| Vintage DD turntables. Are we living dangerously? Congratulations, JP. Perhaps having my TT101 in your shop had something to do with your pursuing the new purchase. So far as I can tell, the finish on your escutcheon (the decorative rim that shows above the plinth and bears the switch panel) is... | |
| The Palladian-A step beyond Halcro, I loved your observation about vintage MM and some (not all) vintage MC cartridges vs modern LOMC cartridges. It was bang on the money. Last night I was listening to my SS re-tipped Grace Ruby, about a $600 total investment, and wonderin... | |
| Vintage MONO Cartridge Question ? In theory, the noise generated by vertical motion of the stylus in a mono cartridge is cancelled by adding the positive and negative signals from each channel, in a mono cartridge that was created from a stereo cartridge. As I think Fleib is tryi... | |
| The Palladian-A step beyond Now I am getting angry. The second of my last two posts has also been removed, and I received yet another warning email. The email states that the criteria for censoring a post are as follows:"Content may be removed for one or more of these reas... | |
| Vintage MONO Cartridge Question ? I don't think anyone would argue with you that using a mono cartridge to play a mono LP is superior to using a stereo cartridge to pay a mono LP. And no one would argue with you about WHY this is true. I also agree with you in principle that I... | |
| Vintage MONO Cartridge Question ? Cleeds, I don't agree with your gross generalization, but that's beside the point. The OP seems to want a true mono cartridge, and most of those are going to be "vintage" by definition. It might be more constructive to direct him to consider one... | |
| The Palladian-A step beyond Flieb, What I read, on the website of a dealer who can hardly be said to be unbiased, is that aluminum was chosen for the cantilever, because its resonances are higher (not "lower") in frequency, above the audible spectrum, compared to boron, etc.... | |
| Where is the significant point of diminishing returns on hi-end turntable? Dear mmporsche, I think the AF Lenco is one of several good choices available, and it is not crazy expensive, either. Good decision. I own a highly tweaked Lenco L75 myself, so of course I would approve. So it sounds like you've got both "ends"... | |
| Can I convert stereo to mono for a phono input Peter, Sorry for being so pedantic and possibly condescending. I am sure you know what's up much better than I do, since you've got the stuff in front of you. I speak as someone who endured for several years an evident channel imbalance (L>R)... | |
| Can I convert stereo to mono for a phono input I would think that the read-out of a recording meter is very unreliable as to assessing channel balance. First, the needle is bouncing around. Second, you have no way of knowing how the material was encoded into stereo, meaning the fault may be ... | |
| Can I convert stereo to mono for a phono input Dear Peter,I have read several long treatises on azimuth and how to set it and why to set it. Two such experts were Victor Khomenko of BAT and Brian Kearns, a "guy" who used to hold forth on the vinyl asylum and who seemed to know what he was tal... | |
| Can I convert stereo to mono for a phono input I am feeling intellectually lazy, but a superficial reading of this thread leads me to think that the OP may want to achieve EQUAL amounts of crosstalk, by the method described. That's OK, but keep in mind that equal crosstalk of one channel into... | |
| Technics EPA-250 Cartridge Matching Concerns Funnily enough, I had put my A500 up for sale. Now I am reconsidering. You've really got 15?! | |
| Squeaky turntable When you start-up or when you touch (the platter?) while spinning, there is a side stress on the spindle and bearing. Both events pull the platter to one side. It is possible that, after weeks of rotating, either the lubricant in the bearing wel... |