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New Home Page photo shows one of my friend Ken's Rec-O-Kut creations happily playing at my place. Layered plinth of two MDF and two birch ply. A Rega RB250...
Jim
jimrivers3
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Sep 7, 2007
12:09 pm
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I asked my pal Ken Valliant to try and build a DIY 12 inch tonearm. Results of his latest valiant effort are on the Home Page. I'll add a photo folder too. A...
Jim
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Sep 23, 2007
11:17 pm
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Hello all, This is my first post as a recent joiner and lurker. I'm pretty new to getting serious about modifying my audio components and the elusive pursuit...
keysal
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Sep 27, 2007
5:21 am
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My vote would be for a good quality soft dome. That said I just picked up a pair of speakers MTM with a Ribbon tweeter, my first ribbon. WOW, I like it very...
Richard Rea
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Sep 27, 2007
5:42 am
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... The pros and cons for either material are very simple: Some people like them and some don't. It appears from your experience that hard dome tweeters lead...
jmlpartners
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Oct 1, 2007
8:03 pm
1721
... I don't believe thats the case. Not all hard dome tweeters affect me that way. I was thinking since this particular tweeter dome is damaged that may be the...
keysal
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Oct 3, 2007
12:23 am
1722
... Those must be very special speakers to justify changing the tweeters and possibly the crossovers. Good luck....
jmlpartners
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Oct 3, 2007
3:56 am
1723
The Slashdot article has a link to the pertinent section of Randi's website. http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/10/04/1354224 -- KevinO...
Kevin O'Connor
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Oct 4, 2007
9:38 pm
1724
I'll assume they won't mind me borrowing the photo as I'm posting the link too. jim... http://www.audioasylum.com/audio/vinyl/messages/69/696451.html...
Jim
jimrivers3
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Oct 21, 2007
3:44 am
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Yes. loneloborh <rondpa@...> wrote: Any of you nuts live in the Dallas/Fort Worth Texas area? Richard Rea a man of few words :)...
Richard Rea
my89_928gt
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Nov 7, 2007
10:22 am
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Hello, This email message is a notification to let you know that a file has been uploaded to the Files area of the diy_audio_tweaks group. File :...
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Dec 24, 2007
9:59 pm
1731
(Praise de lawd and Hi-i-ide the silvah de young Massha am BACK!) Yeah I decided to have a bittuva rest from groups EXCEPT AA. anyways here's the audio DIY...
timboinoz2002
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Feb 15, 2008
6:16 am
1732
... website. ... YAWWWRRRRRRRNNNNNN! ;-)! Timbo Skyptical mensurer and Audio Scrounger!...
timboinoz2002
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Feb 15, 2008
6:21 am
1733
... NB I haven't yet read the other posts. However, one of the BIG issues with going active on existing OEM passive xover spkrs is getting a good match to the...
timboinoz2002
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Feb 15, 2008
6:39 am
1734
I was reading this post(keep in mind it's 6am) and was thinking wow, I planning the same thing. Then realized hey, that is my post. LOL. I have put the project...
Richard Rea
my89_928gt
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Feb 16, 2008
12:28 pm
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I have recently brought a Singer portable record player, which uses AC current or batteries, back from the dead. The last thing I am hoping to do is eliminate...
witnerd40
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Mar 27, 2008
5:21 pm
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Sounds like a power supply filter cap has gone away. The schematic shows a connection for an external AC adapter, which presumably outputs a DC voltage....
Larry Owens
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Mar 27, 2008
5:34 pm
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Thanks - I will check that out. I know that while I was working on it I was using the AC adapter. I don't remember whether or not I ran it on batteries....
witnerd40
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Mar 27, 2008
6:40 pm
1739
Sorry about posting the wrong photo for the inside of the record player in question. This is the correct one (I hope...!) ...
witnerd40
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Mar 27, 2008
6:48 pm
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LarryO - I put in batteries and you were right no more hum, just a quiet background whooosssh. Unlikely a unit like this gets much more quiet than that! If...
witnerd40
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Mar 28, 2008
2:59 am
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I believe the trouble is in the AC adapter, not the main unit. You may want to try a substitute adapter. Cheers, LarryO...
Larry Owens
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Mar 28, 2008
4:23 pm
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Anybody try these? I liked them very much. Donsidering all tweaks in the last 5 years, these had the most positive impact, with the gold plated fuses coming in...
echotoy2003
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Mar 29, 2008
3:17 am
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I have been thinking of trying them for some time now. But, just was not sure. Would you care to describe the benfits you got from them? I guess know one else...
Richard Rea
my89_928gt
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Mar 31, 2008
12:59 am
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I am not sure if I should be bothering you folks in this group with my amateurish audio problems...also, because it is actually part of my HO train hobby audio...
sssisskokid
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May 25, 2008
11:34 pm
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Only the unasked question is a poor one. Try eliminating the (6) audio transformers from where they are wired in - reconnecting the wires where the...
Larry Owens
lgo51
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May 26, 2008
12:10 am
1746
Thanks, Larry. But nope. That didn't work. Still a great hum that increases if I place my hand anywhere on the stereo amp metal cabinet or controls etc....
sssisskokid
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May 26, 2008
4:04 am
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Well, seems I am not so inept at my new hobby as I am cheap. The problem was a shorting RCA cable that I pulled out of the junk drawer. Should have known...
sssisskokid
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May 26, 2008
6:50 am
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I recently purchased the tuner off E-bay..everything works..but when I tune a FM station the readout is off by .1,,,I mean if i tune to the stations ...
john
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May 31, 2008
8:25 pm
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Hi John, Try the fmtuners Yahoo! group. I imagine you'll get some good help there. http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/FMtuners/ Good luck, Eli ...
Eli Bowen
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May 31, 2008
9:50 pm
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Post this on the FMTuner list for a more comprehensive answer (and solutions), but I believe that indicates that the tuner needs to be aligned... not uncommon...
Gregory A Stewart
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May 31, 2008
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