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New Maplenoll Ariadne owner needing advice
Charlie---Try this link for plastic air barbs. My laboratory guys say they will have it---http://www.coleparmer.com/catalog/productsearch.asp?search=threaded+air+barbs 
Small NAD 533 upgrade.....Immediate pleasure.
a treacherous path you are going down :) Fortunately there is no return path. Keep the dream alive. I started 35 years ago with a BSR table and now have my own personal laboratory (a maplenoll table!) to keep my tweaking itch scratched 
New Maplenoll Ariadne owner needing advice
charlie, yep follow the progress every day. Starting to get the itch to tweak some more. I like how the roma has smoothed out all of the nooks and crannies. can't wait to see the finished productPiedpiper: thanks for your information. I tend to ag... 
New Maplenoll Ariadne owner needing advice
good strategy. Have you been able to source the airbarb? if not, let me know. The air barb is not a custom part so I know it can be located. Do you have the 40# platter or the 70# platter? I am looking to move to the heavier platter but will proba... 
dead quiet
Albert--what table did you go to? as for dead quiet, it is achievable but as others have stated, very difficult to achieve if your system is not already dead quiet. I still have a little hum that is due to the way i have my equipment set up. I hav... 
New Maplenoll Ariadne owner needing advice
Charlie--looking good! Are you going to modify the tonearm to get on the fly vta? Were you able to match up what you need on the airbarb. There are other companies out if this one can not match you up. Let me know 
New Maplenoll Ariadne owner needing advice
Charlie-- try this link to a company that specializes in small fittings. The page should take you right to the page that has air barbs with male plugs. You should be able to fit this one pretty easy. Sorry for the delay, my instrument gurus been b... 
Triplanar madness I tell u, madness
billi am using the universe on the maplenoll which has an airbearing linear arm that I modified. Great synergy with the universe cartridge. I get mesmerized just listening to the incredible detail this combination gives me 
New Maplenoll Ariadne owner needing advice
charliei will look at the barb tonite and see of i can find a source. Some of my instrumentation guru's at work might have a source.Surprised at mcmaster-carr response. Always had good success with them 
Unipivot vs Linear Tracking
I have not owned one of the elite pivot arms but i really like the linear arms. i am using a maplenoll table that uses an airbearing arm. took a while to learn how to use it but after that it has been pretty easy. i find the linear arms are great ... 
Triplanar madness I tell u, madness
see you got another universe. did you get the copper coils? i really love the one you sold me. If you got the copper coils, what was the difference between the silver coil 
New Maplenoll Ariadne owner needing advice
would love to see those pics. its going to be a different machine! 
New Maplenoll Ariadne owner needing advice
Charlie: Do you have any pics of your work, I would love to see the work in progress. Tremendous effort, can't wait to see how it turns out. 
Deep Cleaning Records With Steam?
this is interesting. i like the long spout and the downward pointing tip. It seems like it gives me more control. I have not had any problem with sputters or sprays. I do change out water each time i use it and use distilled/ro water. In either ca... 
New Maplenoll Ariadne owner needing advice
charlieI have my armwand filled with a silicon material to minimize the resonance. I have a teflon tube much to what you highlighted in the center of the armwand to snake the phono wires through. I am not sure it made that much difference though a...