Recent content by davidbeinct

Pioneer pl-a45d. It's been running great. New belt. Platter spins forever when belt not attached. Crack in one side of dust cover by hinges has been glued and seems to be holding. I'm currently using it with an Ortofon 2m blue and it sounds great but I'll be keeping the cartridge. Acoustat...

Bumping this. It appears this would also work with a TD 150 headshell? I have the mkii with the "Kugel" arm, or will soon (being shipped right now). I own a very lightly used Ortofon 2M Blue I would love to use with this table and arm. Couple questions: Is the metal plate glued on or press...

If by upgrade you mean new turntable, I think there is another way. Can't you get a Pro-Ject speed controller? I believe I even read somewhere that the Music Hall also works with Pro-Ject tables, and is a good bit cheaper. You would just leave the belt on the 45 and adjust speed with the...

Gosh, sorry, it is so easy to click post on the internet without making sure you have given complete information. Initially, I did not think I heard the issue with a CD rip playing. I played a track for my wife (LP) and she said, "Yah, that's pretty bad, are you sure it's not the speaker?"...

Thanks to all who replied or even just looked. I have a good news/bad news situation. Good news, it's not the turntable, turns out I actually can perform the not nearly as complicated as some websites make out act of installing a cart and setting everything up. Bad news, my semi-vintage...

Yeah, once an album. I have a feeling maybe I erred on the side of not tightening it enough when I got it aligned. I will check this weekend. If you or anyone has any other ideas throw them my way...

Thanks. I will definitely take a look at that, but... I aligned it when I installed it and it has been performing fine up until last night. I did get a little of what sounded like either distortion or slight "warbling" on an old Rubinstein solo piano LP, but other than that it's sounded...

I have a weird new rumble in my turntable. At first it sounded like a fuzzy bass on the Buddy Guy album Man and the Blues, but I didn't think that album had anything like that. Now it's apparent on almost all tracks I've listened to on several albums. The weird thing is it isn't as bad on the...

Do you have a link to your ad? Also, what do you think of this one? Too much? http://www.canuckaudiomart.com/details/649116504-harman_kardon_t65c_totl_audiophile_suspended_turntable_ito_arm_shure_me97he/

Hi, I wonder if I might pick your brain about a turntable I've seen you mention. There is currently a HK T60C available on ebay. If it doesn't shoot up at the last minute it seems like a pretty good deal. I found a post of yours saying that if the three known issues are dealt with, it's a pretty...

Do you know which one? That could be a fun way to go, especially given the removable headshell makes cart switching easy.

I have recently returned to service a Pioneer PL-A45D I got at my late father in law's house. I replaced the belt, scrubbed the belt gunk off the platter, oiled the motor spindle, installed a new cartridge and set it up. The platter without belt spins freely and the arm has no noticeable play...

I inherited a Pioneer PL-A45D from my father in law. It needs work, and he was a lifelong smoker. Should I have it completely refurbished, or would it just make more sense to buy a new turntable? If new, I would be looking at Rega RP-1, Music Hall MMF 2.2 or Pro-Ject Carbon Debut, to give an...

Inherited these from my father in law. Got to listen a little bit when we were cleaning out his house, they seemed to sound good, but his electronics were acting up. They are in my mother's basement now. I am looking at speakers in the planar realm for my own listening room, and I thought, what...