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| Well Tempered latest products If the damping fluid is hygroscopic, it can absorb moisture from the air when there is high humidity and lose that water content when the air is dry. In that way, I suppose the volume of damping fluid can appear to go up and down, but the fluid it... | |
| Nude Turntable Project Henry, I see that you already started a separate thread to discuss the problem. Sorry for asking you to repeat yourself here. I will read what has already been asked and answered on the other thread. Almarg is a very knowledgeable and thoughtful g... | |
| Nude TT / Armpod question If you have a very heavy and very stable outboard arm pod, and if the turntable is also weighted down, and if both are supported on the same perfectly flat and very stable surface, then it can be made to work and hold the alignment, as Banquo and ... | |
| Nude Turntable Project Question: "I placed the 420STR on the record and hit the 'mute' and that's when an almighty noise erupted." Is this step #5? You just placed the 420STR on the LP and then un-muted?I presume the tt was activated, platter was turning. Yes?Can you ch... | |
| Nude Turntable Project "It is now possible for me to design a circular aluminium frame cut and welded out of 10mm thick flats into which I can just 'drop' the Victor."Be careful, Henry, that's what some of us call "a plinth".If you want to take the time to describe in g... | |
| Eminent Technology ET-2 Tonearm Owners The seller has no feedback, AND it's Audiogon. Also, altho it's a rare collectible and there is no real market value, the asking price is about 2X recent sales prices for this item of which I am aware. | |
| What is the best vintage TT for new audiophile? Jean, You have a decided idler bias. EMTs are stratospherically high in price these days, even for examples in really nasty condition.For much less money than Jean's #1,2, 4, and 5 choices, and for a direct-drive option, I suggest Denon DP75 or DP... | |
| Hi pitched hum from TT pre-amp? Or a tube socket going bad or a tube that is loose in a failing tube socket. Take a look inside. Could be fixable by merely straightening up the culprit tube in its socket, but then you may want to make plans to do some freshening. | |
| Setting Azimuth Oh yes, forgot that you were reading off the tonearm cables. Just out of curiosity, does your system SOUND like there is a channel imbalance in the same direction as indicated by the Foz, when you connect the tonearm to the phono stage? If not, th... | |
| Setting Azimuth Dear Arnold, Last night I realized that the suggestion I made re tube swapping to localize the source of your channel imbalance, in my last post, was needlessly laborious. Whether your phono and linestage are tube or transistor type, all you need ... | |
| Setting Azimuth "How does one adjust channel balance?" When all else fails, you need a classic balance control on your preamp/linestage. Modern equipment frequently omits such a control. The two channels may be different in output for any one of a number of reaso... | |
| Can you believe this? Dear Harold, Life is priceless with or without a turntable. If you have evidence to the contrary, please let me know. Glad you're happy. | |
| Setting Azimuth Dear Brian,Doug Deacon and I agree: Azimuth does not have much effect on channel balance. But I am just a shlub. Don't take my word for it, although I did experiment with this just to prove to myself that it is true. Using the suitable test track ... | |
| Lenco Lamp Replacement Bulb Find some sort of part number or similar type marking on the bulb and use it to do a Google search. Using the brand name in your search may help as well. I predict you will find a replacement bulb, but if you don't, forgeddaboudit. | |
| Setting Azimuth I recall looking at the display on your computer and seeing how adjusting azimuth affected the relative phase of the two channels. I know you prefer to say that adjusting azimuth affects phasing. Most of us do not have the equipment to monitor pha... |