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waltroman

Responses from waltroman

Vintage or new turntable
Find a Technics 1200 and look up KAB for an upgrade path. I will guarantee you these tables will go up in value. Check the KAB websight for a little history of the 1200 pretty eye opening understanding that the technology behind the drive system m... 
MC versus MM. Which to choose.
It is harder and harder to deliver to the market a high quality below $500.00 cartridge. I am listening now to an Empire 2000E that was bought NOS and from a Gramaphone review I read from back in the 70's that cartridge sold for Around $229.00. It... 
Denon 301 II up and running.
With the Samuels Nighthawk I load the 310 at 100ohm, 50 too low and 500 it seems bright. Walt 
Denon 301 II up and running.
We lost power for a couple of days but power went back on this afternoon and I listened to recods all afternoon and into the evening. I listened to a Vivaldi Erato recording of concerto's for four violins and it is uncanny how well defined and dif... 
VTA for ADC XLM II Improved
I believe cartridge is defective, distortion is getting worse. Sending back and Alan at Bluz Broz is taking care of me, actually sending a new copy and another NOS he wants me to compare it to. Great company to deal with. 
Adj. azimuth for Black Widow tonearm
After trying a couple of different penetrating oils I went out and bought A NEW can of PB Blaster nad applied some to the hole where the set screw came out of and where the arm and the headshell meet. Let it sit for a few minutes and still did not...