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folsom_lives
pretty_lil_dirt_boi
These honestly look like post-modern toilets. I would def leave an upper decker if I saw these in some mansion.
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TenderLovingKiller®
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This is the name of my next album.
Be on the the look out for Death Valley Germans new album Post-Modern Toilets to drop in early 2025. Preorders are up now at Vinyl Me, Please probably for like $50 bucks or whatever.
folsom_lives
pretty_lil_dirt_boi
That's a truly sad story though.
TenderLovingKiller®
Well-Known Member
Oh yeah. A family of German tourist underestimating the climate/terrain and dying of lack of water is horrendous. It’s kind of a weird thing to have a Wikipedia entry for. Especially with that title.
Melt Face Molly Drop
Well-Known Member
Hiking with a 4 year old in one of the hottest places in the world in July is insane.
TenderLovingKiller®
Well-Known Member
Another family succumbed to a similar fate hiking in California a few years ago.
The tragic missteps that killed a young California family on a hike | California | The Guardian
The incident serves as a reminder to thoroughly map, plan ahead and be well-prepared when hiking, no matter the season
amp.theguardian.com
Nee Lewman
बैस्टर्ड
This is why I haven’t been hiking in like three years and I’d guess I’m five years away from doing a good one again.
Mather
Unknown Member
Portland Sheriff
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Nonsense. I challenge you to find a single DAC with a “display for the listening chair” for a penny lower than $54,500. There’s no limit to the ease with which one can see and interact with a display like one can at the $54,500 price point.
wenis
Active Member
anyone use this brand of headshell before? just looking for one for another plx-1000 I just picked up on the cheap. I'll probably do a swap out on the cart for a 2M Blue, but otherwise, is it good to go? I havent seen any reviews state any issues fitting on a 1000.
Angsty
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Pfanstiehl has been making low cost audio accessories and replacement styli for decades. It should fit, but don’t expect it to be “better” than the stock headshell. The SME style headshell is an industry standard across many tonearms.
I personally prefer headshells with adjustable azimuth. Those have a screw clamp at the base that allows rotatation of the cartridge for best vertical alignment. But, they do cost more.
I used a Jelco HS-25 with my 2M Blue and PLX-1000, but they are no longer in production.
I personally prefer headshells with adjustable azimuth. Those have a screw clamp at the base that allows rotatation of the cartridge for best vertical alignment. But, they do cost more.
I used a Jelco HS-25 with my 2M Blue and PLX-1000, but they are no longer in production.
Mather
Unknown Member
Ok folks, I've got a vintage TT question for y'all. My buddy has a Yamaha YP 701, it's one of those automatic tables that cues while it spins, returns the tonearm at the end of the side etc. It's got a funky tonearm with a lateral weight, anti skate and the usual tracking force weight. I'm swapping in a 2M Black stylus on his Ort Silver Body and I want to adjust the weight a little, to come down to 1.7 grams from where it's set around 2. I've looked at the manual and I can't see how to lower the tonearm without having the auto activation kick in and start the table turning. I'm sure it's a pretty standard system with how these vintage auto tables work, but what am I missing?
I do not have the table in front of me, I'm heading to his place later I just wanted to get it sorted in my head before I get there.
This is the table...
I thought it was just a matter of lowering the cue lever but that doesn't seem to lower the arm, just passes a signal through to send audio once the table starts spinning.
I do not have the table in front of me, I'm heading to his place later I just wanted to get it sorted in my head before I get there.
This is the table...
I thought it was just a matter of lowering the cue lever but that doesn't seem to lower the arm, just passes a signal through to send audio once the table starts spinning.
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kvetcha
Chet Hanks' Filmography Buff
This is sort of the caveman method, but, uh, unplug it.
Mather
Unknown Member
Yes except the button to fire it up starts a mechanical process that lowers the arm, it's not a manual lowering system. So I don't think that would work in this situation, at least not like that... The button just wouldn't do anything... I don't think. But maybe, I will try that.
kvetcha
Chet Hanks' Filmography Buff
Oh, I see what you’re saying. Interesting.
Angsty
Well-Known Member
These older mechanical turntables are a bit more complicated than most made today. The play/off lever is purely mechanical. It activates a gear and cam system before a limit switch kicks in electrical power to the motor. The tonearm is lowered by a mechanism but is free to move once on the record.
My suggestion is:
1. Put on a low-value record and start playing
2. When the stylus is an inch or so in, disconnect power using the wall plug
3. At this point, the tonearm should be free to move up and down by hand - don’t use the play/off lever
4. Lift the tonearm to change the stylus and slide the VTF scale under it
5. Once the VTF is set where you want it, remove the scale and gently lower the stylus onto the record by hand.
6. Pull the play/off lever to “off”
7. Plug the turntable back in
At this point, the mechanical lifter should lift the stylus before the record starts turning and return the tonearm back to the rest as the platter starts rotating.
Try this out on the old stylus before trying to swap in the new one!
I had an old Garrard changer with similarly complex mechanics. After trying for quite a while to “restore” it (since mechanical things require service and lubrication), I bought a dead-simple VPI Traveler instead.
Edit: Alternatively, you could do all the above with the old stylus only to set the VTF and then swap to the Black stylus once the tonearm is in the rest. There should be no difference in weight between the two styli.
My suggestion is:
1. Put on a low-value record and start playing
2. When the stylus is an inch or so in, disconnect power using the wall plug
3. At this point, the tonearm should be free to move up and down by hand - don’t use the play/off lever
4. Lift the tonearm to change the stylus and slide the VTF scale under it
5. Once the VTF is set where you want it, remove the scale and gently lower the stylus onto the record by hand.
6. Pull the play/off lever to “off”
7. Plug the turntable back in
At this point, the mechanical lifter should lift the stylus before the record starts turning and return the tonearm back to the rest as the platter starts rotating.
Try this out on the old stylus before trying to swap in the new one!
I had an old Garrard changer with similarly complex mechanics. After trying for quite a while to “restore” it (since mechanical things require service and lubrication), I bought a dead-simple VPI Traveler instead.
Edit: Alternatively, you could do all the above with the old stylus only to set the VTF and then swap to the Black stylus once the tonearm is in the rest. There should be no difference in weight between the two styli.
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