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  1. Lefty

    A bit of nostalgia. The very first AK thread.

    LOL Thor Remember when I convinced Thor that his latest vintage receiver looked just like a CB radio and that he should get a proper antenna for it? He wouldn't talk to me for twenty posts. :D Just dropping by to say hi to the old timers. I've been doing other things but do read the mail now...
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    Happy Birthday Lefty!

    Thanks guys, I am now offically older then dirt. :yes: Lefty
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    Happy Birthday Lefty!

    Thanks all :music: Lefty
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    Need Reception Suggestions, KT 8300

    Unfortunately real improvement in weak signal reception is mostlly all about the antenna. Adding a preamp (with or without tunable gangs) just amplifies the noise along with the signal, it doesn't improve the all important signal to noise ratio. A preamp module mounted at the antenna can help...
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    Preamp question

    The the RIAA EQ curve is encoded directly into the vinyl it's self, not a result of any requirement of any given cartridge type, magnetic or ceramic :scratch2: That is, the RIAA curve is not to correct deficiencies in the cartridge but rather limitations of the cutting process/playback tracking...
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    WTF is up with my tape deck!

    Even those with "feather touch" buttons often just activate a solenoid that is mechanically coupled to a large slide type switch mounted on the PCB. There are tons of circuits that get turned around from playback to record mode so there are lots and lots of contacts on these switches. Check and...
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    Back to the world of the living!

    Yea, a lot of us had to go through the starter wife thing :thmbsp: It's worth it in the long run.
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    A good day at the thrifts. Very cool R-R.

    Great find, I'm sure you will have fun playing with it. I found a similar Crown RR deck some years ago and played with it for awhile, but finally sold it off as it was more hands on then I wanted to continue doing. Bye the way, I've never been charged sales tax at a GW, I thought they being a...
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    KR 9600 Woes

    Consider paying your teck to swap modules from left channel to right, it the problem moves with the module then you will have to scour E-bay and such for a replacement. If however the problem remains in the same channel then the tech can continue troublshooting the problem. I too feel that...
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    San Francisco's Big Antenna - Sutro Tower

    I was working in San Fran. when they were constructing the Sutro tower. Lots of angry citizens could not believe they approved and built such a large visual "eye sore". Of course that is subjective and I thought it was a pretty amazing structure. I seem to recall reading something about it's...
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    Marantz 2235 (Worth a $90.00 Investment?)

    This model Marantz has almost a cult following for being very mellow and with a good tuner. $90 is fair if operating and in decent condition and you should not have to worry about getting your investment back if you ever need to. They don't make them anymore, more people are collecting them...
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    if you had to make 6) 16' long interconnects

    By "TT stage" do you mean the TT preamp is located at the turntable? If not, trying to run that long at TT cartridge levels is likely to disappoint by inevitabley rolling off some of the higher frequencies due to cable capacitance. Your choices are a standalone TT preamp located at the TT or...
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    Happy Birthday Lefty!

    Thanks guys, it's the big 60 this year :tears: Lefty
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    My first project - Audio Frequency Meter (need help)

    "2N464+JAN (Military Cross Reference) Ge PNP Lo-Pwr BJ... Defense Supply Center Columbus 2N464+JAN (SpecSheet) Ge PNP Lo-Pwr BJ. ..." PNP germanium transistors (Ge in above) are pretty old stuff from the late 50s early 60s. Probably will require some circuit bias modifications to make a...
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    Celestion Ditton story...

    I've been an owner of a pair of Ditton 44's for about 10 years now and they continue to please me very much. I found them at a thrift for $50 and one had a blown tweeter. I was able to find original replacement tweeters on E-bay and have seen people parting out Celestion vintage speaker parts...
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    Technically, what makes a vintage receiver have that warm tube sound?

    Very nice and concise response. Keep in mind that most musical instruments and voices generate even harmonics as their natural sound so adding even harmonics is not an unnatural sound, where as odd harmonics are very 'foreign' sounding to the ear in my opinion. Anyway I agree it's mostly in...
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    Lefthanded spinning crop circle of course :smoke:
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    Lefty

    I feel a little awkward talking just about me, but as so many of my friends here are posting I thought I would give it a try. I was born and raised in the Bay Area of Northern Calif and will hit the big 60 in November. I was an early member of this site when a bunch of us jumped ship at the...
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    basic (I think) question about turntable speed

    This brings up a point that just occurred to me. No matter how accurate and stable one's turntable is in maintaining an exact RPM, if there was any inaccuracy or variable variation of speed in the cutting turntable that created the master pressing, then the resulting sound would be at the mercy...
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    Of course we knew this already

    Yahoo news had a headline news article on why some Cd's sound so bad these days. The subject of using too much compression in producing a CD is a frequent topic around here but nice to see the subject get more exposure to the masses. http://tech.yahoo.com/blogs/null/33549 Lefty
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    Whats wrong with Linear Tracking

    "Nothing wrong with tangential-tracking arms in principle; it's all in the execution." I think that about nails it in a nutshell. If there was a mass market today for TTs I'm sure with todays modern components a reliable and accurate design would be a lot easier and cheaper in real dollars...
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    Naive question regarding tone controls

    I'm not a tube owner but am a believer in the option of using tone controls when I want to. Hearing ages and some recordings are flawed so having some controls to deal with these facts of life is always a positive in my book. Lefty
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    The future of analogue

    Analog mediums will never again command the market numbers to make it other then a nich, high markup and low volume affair. The large software controlling companies will never give up their DRM controls and to them the 'analog hole' is something to be overcome and certainly not supported. So...
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    Testing interconnect quality?

    Not a new testing idea but does seem to NOT bring an consensus to the cable wars often fought in other forums. Surprised? What's interesting is the concept of the test: It's implied that if you hear a difference when switching then the cable in, then it is not good as it has added or taken...
  25. Lefty

    You have to be kidding me!

    I use to love to unscrew and remove the mic cartridge and then replace the mic cover. Then sit back and watch the fun :thmbsp: Hello, hello, I hear you, hello, hello, what's the matter with this dam phone! Lefty
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