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| Has anyone had trouble with speed on their tt Mosin You might be onto something about the platter being so important to speed control. | |
| Has anyone had trouble with speed on their tt But thanks to everyone for the thoughts. I had bought Origin Live's best tranny/motor DC200/and motor controller and had problems so I bought a second complete O.L.system and had them both turning a heavy steel Aerex flywheel. The VPI tt was updat... | |
| Has anyone had trouble with speed on their tt Well, Syntax, you might be right. I have Expressimo Audio and it is working great as it checks its speed 500 times per revolution and corrects the speed if there is any drag instantly. If it ever needs tweaking at all, a laptop plugs in via USB an... | |
| Expressimo dc motor I bought Brian's motor and would up buying his turntable as well. The best turntable in the world. The motor is amazing, if there is ever any drift at all you plug the laptop in via USB port and set it to the tenth of a rpm. He is an amazing engin... | |
| When to go solid state vs. vacuum? Agree- it is personal taste. If you want great tube sound go OTL, but it will use a lot of energy and put off a lot of heat. I use Nuforce digital switching amps, Monarchy class A solid state, and Transcendent SET OTL tube amps with horns/super tw... | |
| Are there any other EAR 834P modders lately? Found a clarification- thanks for pointing out my flaw Lewm. If a signal in a wire has a high enough gain, then a passive gain limiting preamp using resistors can be used to lower the signal to whatever listening level is desired, with full blast ... | |
| Are there any other EAR 834P modders lately? Lewm, So you are saying that attenuators made out of resistors only lower the gain by decreasing the amplitude of the wave, but they do not change voltage or current at all? I mistakenly thought that transformers step up the voltage by adding resi... | |
| Are there any other EAR 834P modders lately? Got the Brimar CV 4004 today- it is a variant of 12AX7 that went in to V2. Some one this thread had mentioned a Mullard CV 4004 for V2 being a good choice as well. The Brimar lowered my noise floor and increased the detail, but it did not match th... | |
| Are there any other EAR 834P modders lately? Found some good info Audio Assylum thread and Joe's Tube lore. Many agree ( Joe- and other tube experts that tell me Joe is pretty much right on on most of his analysis) that the 12AX7 is a hazy, cloudy, non-detailed tube in most circuits. IMO it ... | |
| Are there any other EAR 834P modders lately? Slaw- glad your having fun with it. Read my simple post above again about SUT ( step up transformers) - the coil of wire that increases the voltage passively- without any active gain stage like an amplifier does. MC cartridges are such low voltage... | |
| Are there any other EAR 834P modders lately? Are the Telfuncan Smooth plates that much better than ribbed plates? My Fishers are ribbed plate. What do you all think? I am talking 12AX7 for the gain stage- V2 and V3. | |
| Are there any other EAR 834P modders lately? Revdog. Frogman does know his stuff. I however really get good sound with my setup with a step up transformer. It is a winding of wire that has just the right amount of turns and shielding to step up the voltage without noise. Voltage is like wate... | |
| Are there any other EAR 834P modders lately? Stevecham and Frogman and especially Tfkaudio- thanks all for the tips. I am still a little run down from being sick for 10 days- but going to see Dweezil and company last night was worth the drive after working all day. After sleeping in I rolled... | |
| Are there any other EAR 834P modders lately? Thanks for the info, Tfkaudio. I might have to A/B my sound with some nice 12AX7's again in the gain stage. I think I still have the Telefuncan The Fisher 12AX7's around to compare my RIAA by ear. Now that I am listening for it I can pay closer at... | |
| Are there any other EAR 834P modders lately? Frogman, Thanks for joining the post. I had Telefunkan NOS 12AX7-The Fisher version, before Victor USCITY started giving me advice on the EAR 834P. It still left a dull haze and lack of detail/clarity for me. It was my first shot at tube rolling a... |