audio-talk

p'raps mike could interject, does your 160 exhibit these characteristics? What the two large reonance spikes? Not so's I've noticed especially, but what do I know .. http://livinginthepast-audioweb.co.uk/images/misc/unsure.gif its iirc essentially the same bar the oak armboard instead of ally (dunn...

colin.hepburn wrote:sibilants as the vocals from the chap on the test record had some sibilants on it new sealed copy used twice by me on this turntable

Could be the sibilants are real!

colin.hepburn wrote:Hi mike
Thanks ill check it out
But I got more protractors than I can shake an arm at

Think that's why I made my own versions, got too confusing otherwise

OK found them. http://www.vinylengine.com/cartridge-alignment-protractors.shtml I ended up making my own drawings in Corel Draw, as it's mostly just the distances for the two grids that are different. I'm using the Stevenson which curiously is what the previous TP16 arm set up was, only I didn't kno...

Hi Cressy/Greg Thanks for the tips /thoughts perhaps a bit more twiddling is required Greg I Do have the HFN test record which I have used for the first time but not really to clear on how-to interpret what the tones are telling me is there a best track to help try and tackle this sibilants Where's...

Trouble is there is nothing you can do about it, the damage is done. The chances of finding any of these 80s productions second hand that have not suffered the same fate are pretty remote IMO. I'll second all that, in fact I proved to myself the difference between the "artificially induced mor...

Well yes,leverage would do it,but if a plug breaks,might as well scrap the car(It's my girlfriend's old Polo) I was not suggesting using your full weight behind the bar - it's just that many folk overtighten the plugs to start with. And most plug sockets that I've seen come with shortish bars. Need...

Nick wrote:

Ali Tait wrote:Help wanted! Anyone got a foolproof way of getting seized sparkplugs out of an engine block without smashing them?

Heat?

Yes after driving it about a bit to get the engine hot, but the thread unseizing gunge is a good idea as well.

Can't say fairer than that! Must say when I've had Seagates in the past they're usually good like that.

Nick wrote:Its normal that things fall off Ford's, so yes.

Oi careful, this is "Ford Country" where me and his nibs live. Come down Essex and say that, see what happens

Yep that looks very much like one end off a suspension coil spring I reckon.


No they're not normally expected to do that.


Must admit that's a first for me, notr seen that done before! Ta

SteveTheShadow wrote:tighten your cartridge to boilermaker's torque levels mantra,

By torque wrench set to 100lbs/ft

Give it a go, I am not trying to argue about it, but its not possible to regulate voltage and current at the same time (other than one particular voltage and current for a given load, see ohms law). Yes quite so, has to be either or, however you could have a Volts setting with a current limit and t...

Oh yeah! Did you save the data sheet PDF? According to Figure 2 it will do programmable current regulator.