mke246
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| Should I update a vintage 16" broadcast transcription turntable? For that price or not much more you can get an older Technics SP-10 with something like a SME 3012 tonearm (12") on a cheaper plinth and have much better performance. You only need a ~10" tonearm to play transcriptions, so you could even mod one o... | |
| Turntable prices. Is my mind going? While I generally understand the ultra-high-end market, I can't help but roll my eyes at six-figure turntables that don't even spin at 78 RPM and have the exact same measurements as the $10k Technics SP-10R, $20k if you count the plinth and equiva... | |
| US source of Panzerholtz? Yes, I had Precision Composite Industries make me a custom replacement Albert Porter panzerholz armboard and am very happy with it. I toyed around with the idea of commissioning a new dual-armed Albert Porter style Technics SP-10 series plinth, bu... | |
| Tonearms for reference 78 RPM system Technics SP-10R Still loving my Fidelity Research FR-66S, but my alternative setup with a Dynavector DV-505 is also producing great results. 78s often have high-speed warps, and the Dynavector seems to track them very smoothly, picking up a lot less distortion th... | |
| Working with 78’s It depends what era of discs with which you're dealing. Most 40s and 50s 78s were cut with a 2.5 mil groove, but earlier discs are all over the place. Archiving 78s is an extremely complex topic, and there are reams of information out there. ... | |
| Turntables: 2 Tonearms. What do you Have or Know About? My setup for 78 RPM audio restoration: Technics SP-10R in Albert Porter panzerholz plinth Primary arm: Fidelity Research FR-66S direct-wired with Shure V15 Vx and dozens of custom Expert Stylus stylii with various truncated elliptical and conic... | |
| Connect 78 rpm turntable to Vinnie Rossi L2i SE amp? With 78s, the biggest factor is stylus size. You need a 2.5 or 3 mil stylus. There are a lot of options, but the easiest off-the-shelf solution these days is this: https://www.audio-technica.com/en-us/at-vm95sp Dual turntables are OK, but I w... | |
| Discuss The Viv Lab Rigid Arm I put my 9" HA arm up for sale a few easy-to-find places if anyone is interested. I’m still somewhat agnostic as to the discussion surrounding the fine details. Kind of tempting to try to put the arm to the test, but I’m mostly a 78 collector. Alt... | |
| Discuss The Viv Lab Rigid Arm @neonknight Thanks for mentioning the Dynavector DV505. That seems like it could be the perfect solution for my situation in that it’s a flush-mount and doesn’t require a massive hole to be drilled in my plinth. I’ve ordered one. It’s a bit of a f... | |
| Discuss The Viv Lab Rigid Arm I tend to side with mijostyn and the 'audio science' side of the debate. In general, I'm curious as to how much of the 'science' side of the debate is truly measurable. Computerized measuring apps have come a long way recently, as has high-resolut... | |
| Discuss The Viv Lab Rigid Arm I'm still debating whether my Viv arm will be suitable for 78 (mono) archival work...leaning toward "yes" being that any stereo inner groove phase errors can be corrected in my 2-channel software when summing the channels. Small potatoes in the sc... | |
| Discuss The Viv Lab Rigid Arm I’ve been waiting for this thread for a while. I have a 10" Viv Labs arm that I haven’t used much as my secondary arm. The main reason for purchase was that it’s easy and relatively affordable to implement on my plinth without buying an entirely ... | |
| How many turntables have you owned? Five; the life of a casual 78 collector-turned semi-professional transfer engineer in about eight years: 1) Audio Technica LP-120. Removed the built-in preamp to improve the signal chain. Used for a few years as a starter table 2) Dual 1229. ... | |
| FR64 to FR66 conversion Analogmagik I had my FR-66s modded by Richard Mak with great results. My use is pretty unorthodox, though. I use the FR arm because I need to track heavy (5 grams) with 78s and the FR arm is probably one of the best-suited if not the best for such a task. Ric... | |
| Am I a hopeless audio snob? Personally I find a Technics SP-10 or -15 series in an aftermarket plinth much more visually appealing than most of the fancy gizmo-looking belt-driven tables out there, but to each their own. Sometimes less is more. I do tend to agree, though, th... |