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In praise of idlers
Love the Sparta, looks like a Russco CueMaster. Adnick and I have Russco Studio Pro Model B tables that have been gone through top to bottom and sit in custom plinths made by master woodworker Adnick. There is a huge post on AudioKarma about our builds in the Turntable subforum. I was looking...- BillWojo
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- Forum: Turntables
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In praise of idlers
If your SP10 is showing symptoms like that than send it out for service. No need to be using a broken turntable. BillWojo- BillWojo
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- Forum: Turntables
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What turntables do you use? Pictures would be nice as well :-)
Fully restored and modified Russco Studio Pro Model B. Sits in a massive plinth and sounds absolutely divine. Proof that you don't need to spend Thorens or Garrard type money to get a high performance idler drive. BillWojo- BillWojo
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What are tonearm makers using for cuing arms now that Jelco has closed?
Bill, I ran into the same issue now that Jelco is gone. Some use the Rega lifter and there is a Chinese company called EIZZ that was selling them. Here is a link to one I purchased, not as nice as the Jelco but there is not much choice out there... -
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Lineartonearm4
Non of those video's worked for me but I do see the picture at the end. Very interesting looking tonearm. Can we get a close up photo? What's your website? Thanks BillWojo -
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5AR4 / GZ34 Life time.
A NOS Mullard 5AR4/GZ34 should have a very easy life in a preamp, should last almost forever. Preamp tubes draw very little B+ current. The new 5AR4 tubes from China and Russia are hit and miss. I think it was GE that made a 5AR4 tube as well, it's easy to spot as it has 2 copper rods that the...- BillWojo
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- Forum: Vacuum Tube Audio Forum
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$500. or less Turntables
I'll second the JVC QL-7 or QL-A7. I picked up a QL-A7 recently and am wowed at how good it really is. Finding two will take some time but is worth it. BillWojo- BillWojo
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Dereneville - linear scanning of the grooves
I'm sure it will deal with it like any good linear tracking table and the arm will follow the groove. Doesn't matter if the groove goes left or right under the stylus, the arm will go slightly out of tangent and the motor will track it back into tangent all in real time. Kind of fun to watch. My... -
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Linear-tracking Turntables!
Well shortly after I last posted on here I drifted away from vinyl and concentrated on my digital play back system. After picking up a rebuilt Audio Research SP8 preamp to go with my Mac MC40 monoblocks I decided to get back into vinyl at the suggestion of a good friend. He kept telling me that...- BillWojo
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- Forum: Vinyl Forum
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Found 9 NOS Western Electric 300B tubes!
Well, they are not mine. I think the owner would like to sell them and we are thinking to sell as one lot. This is the one forum that a few folks have mega bucks tied up in their systems. A number of folks here probably have more tied up in cables than the value of this entire lot. LOL One nice...- BillWojo
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- Forum: Vacuum Tube Audio Forum
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Found 9 NOS Western Electric 300B tubes!
8 are dated 1952 and one has an engraved base making it late 30's or very early 40'. All tested as new on a TUV-D/U calibrated tube tester. Was helping a fellow sort through a bunch of old electronic junk in his attic and came upon a box of these tubes. My friend with the tester and I will be...- BillWojo
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Dereneville - linear scanning of the grooves
I'm not answering for the engineers behind this but I think almost all upper tier platters and motors work perfectly fine. Even the higher tier older Japanese models. Having a tonearm that can trace the groove as closely as it was cut on the master will make the most improvement. Of course... -
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Dereneville - linear scanning of the grooves
The Dereneville tone arm will never be inexpensive to reproduce. There are several thousand dollars just in purchased parts, add in all the custom machining and careful assembly plus a markup so these fellows can recoup some of there lives (5 years) that were spent designing, testing and coming... -
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Dereneville - linear scanning of the grooves
spirit of music, I agree 100%. I'd love to try an air bearing tonearm but it's a bit to finicky for me. To much dust with my cats and I don't trust myself. LOL They are elegant and I'm quite familiar with air bearings but the electro-mechanical LT tonearm just suits me better. If I had the... -
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Dereneville - linear scanning of the grooves
You still just have a device that works like my Yamaha. It needs to produce a deviation, even if its small to force it into correction. I think you should rename your device as the "Ultimate Linear Tracker', as that's what it is. The name "Dereneville-Linear Scanning of the Grooves" is... -
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Dereneville - linear scanning of the grooves
My friend, that is one sweet automobile and would cause quite a stir at a car show even in the USA. By the way, check out Coker tires, they specialize in vintage replacement tires and should have them in your size. And yes, they have the big white wall as well, even in radial. I take it you... -
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Dereneville - linear scanning of the grooves
I'm not seeing the advantage of this compared to say my Yamaha PX-3 tonearm system. On both your system and mine the tonearm MUST be driven a little bit out of tangent before tracking correction will occur. Is this not true? Granted, your system will pickup a smaller deviation from tangent... -
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WTB ARC SP6C preamp
Not looking anymore as I picked up a mint, serviced SP8MKII Ver5. Couldn't be happier with it. Very detailed and musical. BillWojo- BillWojo
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Audio Research- An underated Gem?
Just picked up a SP8 MKII Ver5 in mint condition that was serviced not long ago. For a 36 year old preamp I'm impressed to say the least. Very quiet, detailed and musical. Easy to roll tubes as it uses 12AX7 in the gain stage of both the line and phono section. Now I understand the high resale...- BillWojo
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WTB ARC SP6C preamp
Looking for a clean SP6C preamp or possibly other model with 12AX7 tubes. Need a silver face. So who has one hiding in there gear closet? BillWojo- BillWojo
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LS15 preamp tube position
Thanks MPS for the reply. I've been playing with this today and from studying the schematics it does look like V1 and V2 are for the gain stage. As luck would have it I had no work today and a set of NOS closely matched Amperex 6922 gold pins came in the mail. They have made a very nice...- BillWojo
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- Forum: Audio Research Forum
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LS15 preamp tube position
Wow, looks like this forum has run it's course. Not a peep. Figured that there would be a few AR fans giving advise. BillWojo- BillWojo
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LS15 preamp tube position
Picked up a nice LS15 preamp that uses 4 6DJ8 tubes. It came with JJ tubes and my experience with JJ is they are best at keeping dust out of the sockets. On hand I have 6 Tungsram 6299 (NOS) and various vintage 6DJ8 tubes. I see that many of you folks have newer ARC gear but I'm guessing that...- BillWojo
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What is the benefit of very expensive DACs?
The USA's EQui=tech appear the only (strong) Balanced/Symmetrical AC Power supply's Since AC power is basically a 60 cycle sine wave what does this unit do? Are you saying that part of the sine wave is unbalanced? Where did it go? I like to use an isolation transformer before any digital gear...- BillWojo
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- Forum: Digital Audio Forum: DAC, Transports, Digital Processing Forum
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the Durand Record Weight; love it!
I bought a 3 in 1 record weight for my Technics SL-M3. It's a 280 Gram weight, has 33 and 45 RPM strobe lines etched in it and a bubble level on top. Nicely machined from aluminum with a very nice finish and a thin rubber pad on the bottom. Cost less than 35 bucks shipped. Did I expect it to... -
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Linear-tracking Turntables!
tomelex, I agree 100%. I can only imagine if company's like Technics, Sony, Mitsubishi and others were still competing against each other like they were back in the 80's. The state of servo controls and electronics have changed quite a bit since than for the better. I see so much written on...- BillWojo
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- Forum: Vinyl Forum
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Linear-tracking Turntables!
Well I picked up a Shure M92e cart and put a new N97xE stylus on it for my Technics SL-M3. I had to make a small adjustment on where the stylus drops into the lead in groove so I had the cover off of the linear arm mechanism. With the cover off I could watch the motor drive for the linear...- BillWojo
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- Forum: Vinyl Forum
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How long a cardridge last ?
I thought that cartridges never wore out, just the stylus did. And if it doesn't have a replaceable stylus, you send it out for retipping. If any of you folks with the expensive cartridges find that they are getting in your way after wearing out, than please send them to me. I'll even pay the...- BillWojo
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- Forum: Cartridges
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Need part for a Technics SL-M3
Picked up a Technics SL-M3 today and it's missing the clear plastic stylus guard on the back of the platter. Does anyone have one of these and if so can I get some pics? I'll probably have to machine a new one. Thanks BillWojo- BillWojo
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Linear-tracking Turntables!
Picked up a new addition today, a Technics SL-M3! Was missing the cartridge and clear plastic stylus guard on the back of the platter. Anyone have pics of that piece? I doubt I'll ever find a used one. I put on a cheapo AT P-mount cartridge to test it, still sounded pretty good. BillWojo- BillWojo
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- Forum: Vinyl Forum
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