noromance
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| LONDON Decca, Tzar DST and similar cartridges @bydlo Good read. Congrats. I tweak VTA by ear and lock it in when it sounds best - and I usually end up with the arm higher at the back. It will snap into focus within a small range so don't be afraid to experiment. My records must be clean becau... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Phoebe Snow - S/T (Shelter 1974) | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? ISB - Be Glad For The Song Has No Ending (Island 1970) | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Jefferson Airplane - Flight Log (Grunt 1977) | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Hawkwind - PXR5 (Charisma 1979) | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Carole King - Touch The Sky (Capitol 1979) | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Buddy Tate - The Great Buddy Tate (Concord 1981) | |
| You are invited on a "trip down memory lane". Oh, they also dispatched a Garrard 301 and a box of spare tubes like CV4004/M8137/ECC803S etc. probably worth $000s now. | |
| You are invited on a "trip down memory lane". The 10 tube phono preamp with dual regulated supplies and oversized external transformers I built back in the 80s which my folks threw away in ignorance when I was abroad. Paralleled Mullard M8137 phono stage tubes and CV5042 Brimar black plate ca... | |
| Harman Kardon TA-230 tuning knobs Like these? | |
| Pick my next tonearm....PLEASE Both are fine tonearms. You may not need to spend so much though. Look at the Jelco 850S from George Merrill for around $900 with the JAC501 cable. | |
| Herron VTPH-2A or Manley Chinook mk II phonostage What's wrong with it? | |
| I need a loudness switch Not kidding but look at ear cleaning too. | |
| I need a loudness switch The SS Carmen has a lowish output of just over 2mV. The Decware prefers 5mV.You could check with them to see if you could swap the 12AU7 for a 12AX7 for more gain which might give you some more "authority." | |
| Herron VTPH-2A or Manley Chinook mk II phonostage @lewm Easy now! I was being a little facetious. |