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Music Hall Cruise Control 2 with Rega RP3.
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Contact Roy Hall through his website and ask him. He's very nice and will most likely answer the phone personally if he's in the office. I've spoken with him on a couple of occasions.
http://musichallaudio.com/contact-us/
http://musichallaudio.com/contact-us/
I asked Roy about using it with a Dual 1229. It did not work, but I'm using mine with a Music Hall mmf-5.1 which was my intent all along.
The Cruise Control will handle a 120 volt AC synchronous motor or a 16 volt AC synchronous motor via 2 separate circuits. The MMF-5 plugs into the wall directly so runs from 120 volts AC. Either it's not synchronous or there is something else circuitry wise that gets in the way, so the Cruise Control can't control the MMF-5 or the 24 volt Rega.
euromut
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No, I'm pretty sure that won't work at all. You are not then connecting the Rega motor directly in that case but going through an additional transformer, that is the Rega power adaptor. .
euromut
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I have read of it working with a P3-24. So it should. We will find out on Thursday when it gets here. If not, I'll have one for sale.
Bob_in_OKC
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I have not tried this, but wrapping tape around the subplatter would increase the diameter and therefore slow it down. Maybe lead foil tape.
I had a Walker CJ55 that ran too fast, and it annoyed me. What I ended up doing was buying some really wide rubber bands, and stretched them around the subplatter. That at least provided a seamless, uniform thickness for the belt to travel around.
I use the Cruise Control successfully with my RP-3. BTW, there is an extensive discussion of the Rega speed issue over on the VE Rega forum.
Jack
euromut
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Yes. I'm active over there as well. Looks like this solution will be tabled for now.
I took about 40min and machined down the drive pulley to slow down my Rega. It now spins constant at 33.3. Just took a bit of time and diamond file. Just had to assemble about 6-7 times and test to get it right. I Didn't want to slow it down too much.
I took about 40min and machined down the drive pulley to slow down my Rega. It now spins constant at 33.3. Just took a bit of time and diamond file. Just had to assemble about 6-7 times and test to get it right. I Didn't want to slow it down too much.
Good job! I thought about doing that for mine, but the metal driving surface of the pulley is convex, and I'd be afraid of messing it up.
It never ceases to amaze me how some turntable manufacturers couldn't get a simple drive ratio correct.
It never ceases to amaze me how some turntable manufacturers couldn't get a simple drive ratio correct.