Best all time EVER Turn table (record player)

[908/930]

Cajundaddy, I see where you are going wrong, you cant place one of those ELX200 18" subs in a home audio room and expect it to sound good, you need two and place them in your neighbours house.

Well we have different opinions of what can be done with subs, and can assure you mine do not make the room sound muddy at all, 2 x 13.5" but also have a fairly large room and they are set to a low crossover point about 45hz, also I am listening to mostly CD's so different low level then LP's. My belief is much of the muddy sound people get is from low end subwoofers, or is from the drywall flapping about from a room not properly built.

I still believe it is safer to choose a speaker with smaller woofer like the ones I suggested, less likely to be a problem in any room size can place them where they sound the best for imaging and add subwoofer if needed, that way it can be placed where it sounds it's best, they are almost always different locations.

[Cajundaddy]

With a sub crossed over at 45hz you are chasing LFE while I am chasing music content. Apples/oranges and each is a valid approach depending on your wants.

Cheers!

[Superman]

Yuo. Different strokes for different folks. Nothing is "wrong" if it makes you smile. From my perspective as a bass player, subs create as many problems as they solve, often. If/when they are used, I just require that they be used in a particular way so as to prevent the problems. Used properly, they are fine. They add some percussion and audience excitement. Sort of line the cannon in 1812 Overture.

[pwd72s]

Back to turntables...budget minded might want to check out the Uturn line...from around $200 to a grand.

(edit) Scroll to bottom to see entire line.

https://uturnaudio.com/products/orbit-theory-turntable

[gumby]

I found a Dynavecror 10x3 phono cartridge in a drawer, and the needle appears skewed to one side
So I presume it's junk, can I straighten it? push it back.

[Chocaholic]

Originally Posted by gumby

I found a Dynavecror 10x3 phono cartridge in a drawer, and the needle appears skewed to one side
So I presume it's junk?

Many brands can have the cantilever replaced. You may want to check with DV.

[gumby]

Thanks, I found their website so I'll contact them,
My Thorens TD145mkII has a Signet 5.0me on it now

[gumby]

Link to their USA website
Dynavector

[Monkey Wrench]

Originally Posted by afterburn 549

And how many of us own reel to reel tape?
Sounds like a novelty for the extream Hobbyist, pretty much way off topic, and unaffordable for most people.

I have an extremely early one that was made for commercial recording use. Its mono but it has a huge amp with different inputs and giant tape heads, about 1" diameter, circa 1952 made by bradmaster in birmingham. it came with an acetate reel with an interesting documentary about building a ring road around brminham after it was bombed out in the war. the company later got involved in mellotrons and that's another fascinating story. It had some Beatles recordings and Im not sure if they are original, likely not but i need to verify somehow. the old acetate tapes are fragile so I want to re-record this stuff. the deck has 10 inch reels and a wooden cabinet.

the thing is made for 220V 50 cycle so it will run too fast here on 60 cycle. I' ll need to change some gearing and it's mono but still neat. the tape deck with it's amp is the same size as a dishwasher.

before tape decks there were wire recorders, that was the previous technology.

I picked up a amp and then a tube tuner from the later 50's or early 60's I saw the same one on happy days. 20 watts I think , it runs 6L6's

I collect and restore old tube radios mostly from he 20's and 30's some later. some amps and tape decks and interesting things find their way into my collection. mainly I gravitate to Art Deco stuff but I like some of the really early gear, I collect some Bakelite and interesting shaped ones. I have tables, lamps early (1930's ) clocks etc that are also radios and find this sort of dual purpose stuff helps display more without it getting too repetitive. I could probably fix tube amps but the collectors of audiophile stuff are fickle, old radios are not generally very high fidelity and you won't hear about old radio owners going into detail about which tube sounds sweeter, or how hard they can drive their tubes, but rather why it wont work when it has come to them with 6 different reasons not to work after spending it's former life as a mouses house. It's almost never profitable but its fun to restore them. a lot is the cabinet work , refinishing lacquer mostly. I have amassed enough projects that I can never say I'm bored. Its a fun hobby but there is a tendency for older people to respect them more and there are not a lot of young tube radio restorations to pass the torch to.

When I do find a likely victim with a passion for them, I'll probably send them home with people giving him the high beams because his back tires will look half flat. Getting old radios to pay rent for their bedrooms is very difficult.

[afterburn 549]

WOW
I think you should start a thread on your hobby!
Electronics ....I have a long long way to go

[Monkey Wrench]

for anyone wanting to resore old tube radios , this is a good place to start reading:
https://antiqueradio.org/recap.htm

if you look on ebay, or locally, there are lots of offerings as long as one is reasonably complete it's usually restorable. manly , if you take an old radio and check resistors, replace any bad ones and replace all the electrolytic and paper caps then it will often work quite well. there is more to it like alignment and tube checking and other repairs but for the most part its bad capacitors. Tubes store for many years and see little use . the only ones I have problems sourcing tubes for are really old stuff that was made int he early 20's and some used specific antique tube types. peanut tubes, WD11's are examples.

If anyone is local to Vancouver or wants to pay shipping I can find some interesting projects. One thing I wont work on or bring home is square boring cabinets. i also tend to not work on anything with PC boards or transistors. about the only exception is european radios, blaupunkt , grundig nordmende etc, some of those have tubes and FM although most are mono they have more frequency range than most of the US made radios. I tend to want to do those occasionally as they do have FM whereas most old radios are just AM short wave etc. all talk radio now mostly..
FM wasn't mainstream until the mid 60's and transistors were taking over that market then. most of those european style radios had "piano keys" along the front . They were tube radios but they were built upon circuit boards. earlier radios were all point to point wiring , no circuit boards. occasionally you may run into a Tar block which is a bunch of components sealed into a metal box encased in tar. For the most part they have lots of room to work in and around.


there were some "FM radios" that were made to receive on the "Armstrong band" be careful, because they are useless as there is no such broadcast, they went the way of the beta VCR - never saw popularity.. I have some examples.. if restored they will only play static.

The mid 60's european radios used electrostatic tweeters and had more sophisticated circuits. some were stereo but most were not. those can be fun to listen to as they will receive FM. Some collectors re-broadcast MP3s or FM stations over AM , its a way to play the music you like but for me the challenge is to make them work and look nice For every day use I have 70's stereo gear I use daily. Id love a nice big tube stereo amp for daily use. a Thorens and a Mckintosh maybe ;-) ... I could trade a restored antique radio..

and yes the tread was mainly centered around using 70's equipment for modern day use I just interjected a bit..I do find more modern hollow state audiofile equipment interesting too, so back to our normally scheduled programming now ;-)

[aschen]

soundsmith can rebuild that dynavector prob alot cheaper than the factory, with a MC cartridge, retipping is often not that far off replacement cost. The cantilever and stylus are a big part of a cartridge's character so it could be changed a bit by 3rd party retip. 200$ for a basic rebuild might be worthwhile however.

https://www.sound-smith.com/options-cantilever-and-stylus-shapes


Music has very little energy in the last octave 20-40hz, except maybe electronica. The chest thumping impact is more like 60-100 hz. Subs give alot of placement flexibility since bass is heavily room dependent and also remove distortion from excessive excursion in the mains.

They really are game changing but you need alot of care and some mesurment to set up right, need some dsp capabilities.

It is basically impossible to get even bass response in a normal sized room with out some form of signal processing, you ears and brain sort of hear through the peaks and nulls however.

[gumby]

Thanks! they are located not to far from me
https://www.sound-smith.com/options-cantilever-and-stylus-shapes

[Monkey Wrench]

my turntable , I think it's hitachi , it has a "NAD" aftermarket cartridge is that a common brand? can I get the needle still?

[gumby]

Here you go

https://www.turntableneedles.com/Find_Turntable_Record_Player_Stylus_by_Model_Numbe r_for_NAD

[908/930]

Originally Posted by Monkey Wrench

my turntable , I think it's hitachi , it has a "NAD" aftermarket cartridge is that a common brand? can I get the needle still?

Do a search of NAD 9000, 9001, 9100, 9200, 9300 and see if one of those cartridges looks like yours and then search replacement stylus using that model number.

[Ayles]

Originally Posted by gumby

Link to their USA website
Dynavector

I have a Dynavector cart as well and my understanding is they will rebuild for you.

[gumby]

I receved a Email from Dynavector today..

"DV provide rebuild service only for their XX and XV series models.
The 10x, 20x and Karat models can be traded in with a 20% discount for new replacement"

[Ayles]

Originally Posted by gumby

I receved a Email from Dynavector today..

"DV provide rebuild service only for their XX and XV series models.
The 10x, 20x and Karat models can be traded in with a 20% discount for new replacement"

Good to know!! Mine is a 20x...

[gumby]

Pink Floyd Orginal Master Recording
Thorens TD145
Signet cart
This thred has (in a good way) rekindled my 'HiFi' interest, I also put my Infinty Qb's back on the factory raised L shaped bases...much better!