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| restoring a technics linear tracking turntable Mobil 1 is a bad idea. The rail is not sealed, and the oil will attract dust. Also, the oil is more likely to migrate to other places it is not desired. Too much oil, or grease, and the slow downward cuing of the arm will be lost. For the rail, I ... | |
| rega rb300 tonearm lift not working - fixable Axel, I checked the link you provided and it only mentions the silicone for use for replacement in lifts originally using silicone: "If the cartridge drops too quickly when you lower the cueing lever, then the original silicone fluid has leaked ou... | |
| rega rb300 tonearm lift not working - fixable I had this problem a few years ago and cleaned the lift. Bad move! Afterwards, it dropped like a rock. Even the thickest grease did not slow the descent rate. I wrote to Rega, and they responded that they use Roccol Kilopoise damping grease. Unfor... | |
| Help in isolating a TT with spring suspension. What cartridge are you using?A poor cartridge/tonearm can add to your problems. A high mass arm and high compliance cartridge can put the resonant frequency of the cartridge and arm exactly in the range of the nearby footfalls, which are typically... | |
| Thorens TD145 It's pretty easy to test if the cartridge is failing. Change the connections at the cartridge while leaving the turntable rca's plugged into their current location. With the phono preamp turned off, of course, swap the red and white leads and then... | |
| Opinions on Pioneer and Sansui turntables please I had an SR838 that would not maintain speed. The strobe disk used for speed control had warped. The warp caused a severe speed irregularity every revolution. The warp could not be eliminated. It was not possible to fix because a replacement strob... | |
| Can a Thorens 165 tone arm be replaced? I think $100 is too steep if it isn't working. I think you should look for a better deal. You are going to spend $100 on the table, and another $300-$400 on the arm and adapter. You might as well look for a Rega P3 2000 for about the same price. T... | |
| Arm choices for Thorens TD 150 MKll AB TD125 or TD150? Either way, there is lots of room on the armboard for most any arm. If you can find a used Hadcock that would be my first choice. Though I haven't heard them, I think the Sumiko MMT or FT3 would also be good choices. I understand t... | |
| Thorens 124/125/126 vs Rega P3/MMF-5 I downsized from a Well-tempered Classic to a Rega P3. The P3 was very enjoyable in my system. I lived with the P3 for a year before I tried downsizing further to a Thorens TD-145 mk1 (same as TD160, but with auto-stop), but could not live with th... | |
| Best place to connect phono preamp to Fisher 500C? I owned a Fisher 500C for a year, and enjoyed it a great deal. (The following is recycled material from two years ago when I owned the Fisher. It is posted at www.audioasylum.com in the vintage asylum. There are some Fisher experts there, and lots... | |
| CLEARAUDIO - UNIFY 9'' better than OL1 rb250? Judy426, I do not believe the Hadcock 228 is a drop in replacement for the rega. I own a hadcock 228 and it was not a drop in replacement for a modded rb250 I replaced on Michell Gyro SE. (On the Michell, I had to reorient armboard so the cutout w... | |
| Tonearm mounting on Rega cutout question Desmondjim, I own a hadcock 228 and it was not a drop in replacement for an rb250 I replaced. You are right about the different pivot to spindle distances for the rega (222 mm) vs the Hadcock 228 (212 mm). Even though you can move the hadcock clos... | |
| 3 questions re: Rega RB 600/RB 1000 The Rb-1000 has a three point mounting system that is different from the screw/nut arrangement on the RB600. You may need to have your armboard drilled for the RB-1000. | |
| GMA Europas vs Platinum Solos I had the Platinum Audio Solo's for about a year. They were in a small room - 15x15x8. They produced the deepest bass (down to 26 hz), and the widest and deepest image I have ever experienced in my home. They are ruthlessly revealing, however, and... | |
| Loose RB 300 Tonearm Stem Stefanl, there are 2 screws holding the anti-skating housing to the base. It sounds like yours are loose. This happened to me, and it is a relatively easy fix. The hard part is to find the screws! They are normally covered with plastic plugs and b... |