Recent content by Doug G.

See that white label stuck on the inside of the chassis on the right. There is a fuse and I suspect it is in that black, cloth-like cylinder on the right side of the terminal strip. Doug

There have been more false myths and nonsense generated and perpetuated within the audiophile world than probably any other field of interest. Yes, those old electrons are entirely different from new ones and that old copper is definitely, obviously, far removed from recently mined and refined...

Here are the original instructions from Discwasher: Doug

I worked in the 8-track deck manufacturing industry (at Telex and we made decks for Ford Motor Company) and 8-tracks were still big sellers until the end of the seventies when cassettes really began taking over. By 1982, 8-tracks were pretty much over. Before that, we still sold oodles of decks...

L1 can't be open because the woofer would not work in the system. Doug

It doesn't matter. It is still relevant. Doug

The woofer will have to be disassembled to find the problem. The spider is obviously displaced/warped so something is wrong with the position of the voice coil or the voice coil is damaged. Also, check to see if the spider has become detached from the voice coil, either completely or partially...

Pffft! I have seen dogs run away in terror if a cat so much as twitches a muscle. Doug

The main reason for a dynamically balanced tonearm is so you don't have to fuss with getting the turntable absolutely level. The arm will track fine without that requirement. Having the arm track at an angle - 30 degrees, 45 degrees, 90 degrees, even upside down, is merely a dramatic...

Actually, the tracking height looks fine in the photos BUT, .8 grams VTF is unrealistic. It should be 1 gram or higher. Then see what the height looks like. The low end of manufacturers' VTF specifications is pretty much invariably unrealistic. Doug

Reading this thread reminds me of the chaos of digital. Doug

I have heard some pretty incredible cassettes (Lisztronique is a perfect example) but, generally, LPs have always been superior to prerecorded cassettes. Doug

Oh no, I was not holding record producers up as paragons of audiophile goodness. It's just that it is very unlikely they were ignorant of the whole process, even in the early CD days. Believing they were unaware of or purposely ignoring the RIAA curve factor is just not reasonable. Doug

The loudness war era was not a result of ignorance. It was a result of greed. Doug

If you're afraid of damaging the vinyl, use a wooden toothpick to rub the spot and see what happens. And, it is very doubtful the stylus will be harmed by letting it ride over the spot. No sense in throwing the record away. Doug