lewm
Responses from lewm
| Can a broken leg from a tube be soldered and used? Newbee makes a good point. But you do have to feel confident you have a firm contact that won't short out during use. Also, as I recall the ceramic sockets for the 6C33C are fairly thick before you reach the metal contact points, which places a co... | |
| Can a broken leg from a tube be soldered and used? Dear Ihcho, It was several years ago that I bought the 6C33Cs from Victor. I bought two sets of six matched pairs each. At that time, I think Victor had the inside rail to obtain tubes that had been built in the Ulyanov factory in the early 90s. T... | |
| Can a broken leg from a tube be soldered and used? I once purchased matched pairs of 6C33Cs from BAT for use in my Atma-sphere amps. You might check with Victor Khomenko, if you live in the US. Any extra cost was well worth it, since the first set of tubes have lasted nearly 10 years with no failu... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Far as I recall, yes. Has plenty enough output for a typical MM phono stage, however. | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Dear Headsnappin' (sounds painful): I am in Switzerland at a meeting this week. First thing I will do when I return is to re-audition my TLZ using the Stevenson alignment I found to work best with my Dynavector (meaning cartridge is aligned geomet... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Dear Raul, I am very sorry to learn of your recent illness. However, it is good to learn that you are recovering well enough to get back with us. | |
| Fozgometer? Dear Don_c55, You may be correct that as far as the stylus is concerned it is best off being centered in the groove, but this is by no means an assurance that azimuth is thereby optimal. The coils and motor of the cartridge can easily and often be... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Re the Amber Tribute, your theory makes sense.Please stop tempting me to buy that XTZ; I already have the TLZ, darnit. | |
| VPI Classic or Notthingham Hyperspace? My Notts Hyperspace benefited so much from addition of the Walker Precision Motor Controller that I came to think of it as an essential part of the turntable system. Possibly the Notts motor controller would be just as good, but don't leave home w... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? I think "Amber" is the name of the Australian vendor who still apparently has some NOS Grado Tribute cartridges to sell. At least that is what I came up with after I did a search using your terminolgy, Raul.My TLZ, which was the Grado top of the l... | |
| Cart not parallel after Mint LP alignment? Dear VP, I guess I did get a little exasperated. But for a while you did not seem to be reading or digesting the responses to your question, which from the get-go contained the information you needed. In fact, you seemed determined to ignore the g... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Funflyer. Thanks for your input. I agree with you that the thread has become a little too focused on minutiae, and perhaps I am a major culprit in that trend. Please know that I am totally aware of it. To some degree, I went ahead with my posts to... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Thanks, Dave. Adjusting VTA to neutral gives an improvement in the sound of the Azden. The lower mids and mid-bass filled in quite nicely and edginess was ameliorated. Also the sound of a clapping audience became more "real". I don't quite have th... | |
| Cart not parallel after Mint LP alignment? For goodness sakes! What Vinyladdict wrote and what Markd51 seconded and what Dertonearm and others suggested is exactly what I wrote way back at the top. How much more reassurance do you need? The ultimate would be to get Yip to confirm that he u... | |
| Cart not parallel after Mint LP alignment? Dear vocalpoint, The answers to all the questions in your latest and recent previous posts are all to be found in my and Tvad's posts that went before. Please read them and think about it. The protractor does not give a rat's behind about your hea... |