audio-talk

The 39k in your phono 2 is not far off the 47k in my benedict audio, i cant see there being a great deal of difference with the loads Its at the old mans house at the moment, so we shall see what he reckons compared to the mk 5 and mk 6 versions The one thing i didnt address is the handling which he...

I dont think its that the schroeder is bass light, your digital side should be flat so if you have set your levels using a combination of the 401 and the digital side they should be pretty flat

Its more difficult to fathom because i cant recreate the conditions in your system simon rather than understanding why
Problems with using my atypical system to develop something
P'raps i should buy some commercial speakers at some point

Finished the initial build of this version, version 7 I think https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51301673217_13bd5d4b96_k.jpg Cx unipivot rev:7 by anthony cresswell , on Flickr It's on test at the moment, initial thoughts are actually much more encouraging than I'd hoped. The glaring problem of the...

I suppose im lucky in that the ones i got were about a tenner each, apart from sweetnighter which was 2 quid. Its abit poppy and clicky, but quietened down once i put it through the moth, and the sleeve is in a state. Im not however a collector per se, i buy them to play them. Anything popular seems...

Zakir hussein - making music

Yes, he plays on song for everyone

Well i got sick of hearing the same bloody things the missus keeps playing over and over again, so i decided to look at some more of the jazz/fusion/world music type of stuff. Ive been after sweetnighter for a while (id put it in the discogs want list), the keith jarret one because of the fact that ...

Bought a couple this week, first time ive bought any music for ages. Sweetnighter by weather report, song for everyone by L. Shankar, parkers mood by sadao watanabe, my song by keith jarrett. Want some more stuff with jan garbarek playing on it, he has a rather distinctive style All off discogs this...

Weather report - sweetnighter

L. Shankar - song for everyone

Did some more on the akai this morning Fitted a new set of belts which in this case is the capstan/motor belt and counter belt. While i was at it i stripped and rebuilt the capstan as both it and the motor had to come out to get the belt in. Had to give the drive surfaces on both a good clean due to...

It was abit soft still ray, it hadn't fully cured, so i used some of pauls pipe freeze spray left over from when i fitted the rodi filter for the fish tank (good shout paul, forgot all about that) to get it to shrink abit, gripped it in the vice then twisted the tube to crack it off. Took some off t...

Oops
Over did it with the extra weight from the brass, ended up with a calculated effective mass of nearly 25g....

Balls. Already glued the cart carrier bit into the tube... bit of brute force will be required to get it back out

Up to revision 7 now https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51291541592_1624c75084_k.jpg Cx unipivot rev:7 by anthony cresswell , on Flickr Changes are brass for aluminium for the counterweight stub and cartridge mounting, and no damping at all in the arm tube. https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51292...