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| Oracle Delphi Mk V suspension height For the sound question: The old Oracle is a Mk I with the Pabst Hall effect DC motor, the Mk II suspension, a Perfectionist Engineering polymer bearing, a separate linear 27 V DC power supply, an acrylic platter mat from Holland, and is in good wo... | |
| Oracle Delphi Mk V suspension height Wrote Oracle Tues & Wed, no response yet. Went to Lowes & got a faucet handle removal tool. Raised the pulley by 2 mm to a height of 72 mm above plinth (spec 71). Raised the skirt height to 19mm (spec 20). Good enough for me. But the Oracl... | |
| Oracle Delphi Mk V suspension height The springs are correct (yellow, red, green) & seated correctly, 2-3 turns show below the holder. The bounce is good. I did not disassemble the bearing to check the thrust plate, but the spin is free. The distance between the bottom of the pla... | |
| Spindle hole restoration? Have you considered using a lightweight record clamp and just center the record to the mat? | |
| Best isolation cones I am using herbies tenderfeet on my OPPO 105.Cardas wood blocks were a disaster (sympathetic resonance with the drive went out of control), therefore I would tend to recommend against solid supports like cones. I removed the OPPO feet and placed t... | |
| Do I keep the Oracle Delphi IV/V? I'm using a Graham 2.2 arm on a modified Oracle Delphi II and it is super. The newer Graham arms, however, may be too heavy for a suspended table. | |
| Greenville, SC PTM: Be sure to look up Robert Taylor, longtime Audio Research & Vandersteen dealer near Lake Norman. | |
| Cheap phono cable Check with Drew Baird at Moon-audio. He can make a reasonably priced cable specific to your needs. I am using a Silver Dragon with Cardas mini-DIN to Furutech XLR. | |
| Banana Plug to Spade Adapter Drew Baird at Moon-Audio does a great job of re-terminating speaker cables. | |
| Buzz coming from power amp - not through speakers If you are using it with a TV, then you very possibly have a ground loop problem related to your cable or satellite box.I use the L & R audio outputs from my satellite box to feed my receiver and not the outputs from the TV. I just mute the TV... | |
| Moving to a dynamic speaker from a Electrostatic I changed from Accoustats to Duettas, and finally to Green Mountain Audios which are time aligned with first order crossovers. Also try Vandersteens. | |
| Will a 230v to 100v Converter still work in the US Please also note that the power line freq in Europe is 50 hz, but in the US is 60 hz, so unless it has a quartz lock speed control, you may have to change the pulley diameter. | |
| Buzz coming from power amp - not through speakers If it has a toroidal transformer, they have been known to buzz. You can try to reorient the transformer and change the mounting tension or possibly replace the rubber damping between the coil and the mounting washers with better materials from Her... | |
| EVS modified Oppo 105D I received my modified output board yesterday (3 week turnaround inc coast to coast shpg). Now 20 hrs break-in.What I hear is improved attack, texture, and decay all through the range (easy to hear on kick drum & plucked bass). Also improved i... | |
| Preamp upgrade Sorry, I had an FET 10 and don't even remember the FET2, if its over 30 years I wouldn't change. |