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I was told I bought the last pair of AM speaker stands that will ever be produced. The owner is fighting a cancer battle.

the RCA jacks are there, at least they should be. The pic above shows their location middle right brown/gray interconnects.

Set up is really straight forward. There's not much to adjust. Vinyl engine has the complete Lab 80 service manual. The manual has a very in depth troubleshooting guide.

1.25g +/- .25g

I got a Shure M55E with an old Pioneer PL-550. The stylus was broke and it basically sat there for a year or two. I broke down and bought the JICO sas on a whim. I really wanted to see what this could do. I'm happy to report ; WOW!!!! Amazing that the old Cartridge can sound like this...

Love this album.

Tom Waits Night Hawks at the Diner 7E-2008 & Foreign Affairs 7E-1117

"Who could ask for more?" Oingo Boingo Dead Mans Party MCA 5665

Just took the plunge for a Jico N55E neoSAS/S stylus for a vintage Shure M55E. Seems like a jagged little pill to swallow. Hopefully it performs well. I don't have a stylus for this cart so I'll have nothing to compare to; I will run it head to head with a Grado Signature/8MZ though. Am I going...

yes Alan, I'm in your area, I live in San Juan Bautista, just south of Gilroy.

it's a PL-550 the zero got dropped

http://audiokarma.org/forums/index.php?threads/is-your-unoptainium-power-switch-worth-5-and-an-hour-or-so-of-your-time.504673/

Do the triac mod and virtually eliminate in rush current failures on the switch.

Mine is failing too. I'm going to go the Triac route

JJ Cale #8 811-152-1 M-1