nice to meet you, I also have a tube amp. I'm listening to analog records. The vacuum tube amp is I am assembling the production kit myself. analog records and tube amplifiers I also post videos. Please take a look if you like. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-iLrniayrGvk.htmlsi=pruFytbIrLrctvmZ
This turntable allows you to very accurately balance the tonearm, and dial in the exact tracking force recommended for your cartridge. By mounting a dust brush on the head shell, you're changing the tracking force to something between what you set it at and zero. Bad idea. Instead, use a hand held brush to give the record a wipe before you play it, or a brush mounted on its own arm.
In spite of Pickering's instructions, the whole idea of reading a microscopic groove with a stylus depends on letting that stylus rest in the groove with a precise amount of downward pressure, free of any other lateral force or vibration of any kind. A headshell-mounted brush will not just affect tracking force; the brush's fibres will themselves be tracking the grooves, generating skating forces, and transmitting vibration to the headshell as they "read" the grooves. The dust removal and anti-static functions can be achieved just as effectively with a brush mounted independently of the tone arm. Whatever you decide to do, it's good to see that you're taking care of your records. Rock on!
Restoring my electronic-shop-rescue 1229 was a nightmare. There are parts that have to be made from scratch if they can't be scrounged from other decks. I could never keep the 1229 in tune; the automatic stuff could be thrown out of calibration by simply lifting the deck and carrying it across the room. 😵 The 1229 has a great tonearm, but the rest of the deck is a real dog. I kept looking for ways to disengage the automatic stuff and make the 1229 completely manual, but I never succeeded. I finally decided to give the 1229 to a local audio shop and fall back on my Dual belt-drive, which represents a big improvement over the 1229 from the standpoint of reliability.
Katelyn will be born in Sterling, VA on June 18th, 1993 as her new life to become a child actor on the tv series and the movie series until her 19th birthday while watching Disney Channel on tv for her 7th birthday until her 18th birthday, Toon Disney on tv for her 7th birthday until her 12th birthday and Nickelodeon on tv for her 2nd birthday until her 18th birthday.
The blue glow is not reflections. With the naked eye, this blue glow is hardly visible. But my camera can see it well. This is a directly heated single ended vacuum tube integrated audio amplifier. It all happens because of a phenomenon called "Thermionic Emission".
Huhu. Ich restauriere auch die C810-830er Decks.. Hast du denn eine brauchbare Quelle für Idler Gummis??? Also die für den Zwischenantrieb vom Spulen und Aufwickeln beim Abspielen?? Gruß aus Deutschland. Eli
Nice clear close ups! One of best I've ever seen. I also had to fabricate a steuerpimple and my 1219 now works good. Didn't use hot glue but interesting for sure.
Can I use a ecc83 in replacement of a ecc82, would it damage my equipment at all? I have an amp that takes two ecc 83’s and one ecc82, would it be a bad idea to use three ecc83 instead
I have both 300b and 2a3 tubes. Both sound amazing compared to solid state amplifiers. The blue glow is some sort of gas in it, and not a full vacuum state. I presume these tubes won't last long. When i test them on my tube tester, they peg the needle over 100mA. The pre-amplification can use either 12au7, or 12bh7. So, there are lots of tube rolling opportunities.
How do you rate that preamp 8500 kit. I’m waiting on a build and curious about these kits….most importantly, how does it sound? Looks fairly easy with soldering skills and paint by the numbers instructions. Was that your experience and was it worth it? I bought an inexpensive one, a Lounge Audio mm phonostage to get me up and going not knowing these kits existed. Would love some feedback. Cheers for the videos!
Hi @GIBKEL Thanks for your comment. The Elekit TU-8500 Pre-amplifier, with phono equalizer, sounds fantastic. It Is an easy billed if you can follow a well written instructions and have good soldering skills. However, you will need to download the English version of the instruction manual from the manufacture website, with proof of purchase. I Have been a HI FI geek for as long as I can remember. I always do a lot of research before I make such an investment. The most important thing to me is the sound and will it last a long time. The Elekit TU-8500 was my choice because it is made in Japan, with high quality components. For example, the resistors in this kit are gold banded, or have a 10% Tolerance, rather than the Chinese made products mostly use cheaper silver band 20% tolerances. When I tested the resistance values on all resistors, they all were spot on the resistance values. Almost as if they we hand-picked. So, I am very happy with the quality of the components. Another reason I chose this Pre-amp is, you can upgrade items such as the vacuum tubes, volume pot, and coupling capacitors, to improve sound quality. I chose to upgrade both the amplifier stage and phono equalizer stage, with High Fidelity, Mundorf brand with Silver/Gold with oil, electrolytic capacitors, made in Germany. Plus, I replaced the J.J. brand tubes that come with the kit, with the best sounding tube on the planet. (NOS) 1968, Siemens 12au7a, silver plate vacuum tubes. I purchased my kit on Ebay from a company EK Japan. Overall, I am pleased with the phono Stage. It definitely has that magical tube sound I was looking for. No humming noises and no clipping or distortion at full volume. I would definitely buy again. Best regards
@@Moejoe69 That is one hell of a good review. Big thanks 🙏. I need to work on my soldering. My MS makes me shaken when it gets active but I’ll pick my days. I just have a solid state Lounge Audio SS. It’s good enough but not in the league of my older 70’s integrated amps like my old Yamaha NaturalSound. I miss the push combined with the eq. Everything is a bit sterile and I’m looking for a bit of life in my records, especially the newer one bar a few jazz reissues which are stellar. Will it help with the coldness of digital? I’ve read about all kinds of different dacs bu one bi-product of the MS is that digital signals really hurt my ears. It’s why I pulled out my old records. All that compression of digital along with volumes that I enjoy was a death by a thousand cuts over the past 25 years when it began, although I didn’t understand the “why?” of it! I have a pair of those Klipsch Fortes and I bet a nice tube amp would go a long ways, along with this pre-amp. Thanks so much for the deep review. That is just what I’m looking for. I will practice this fall for a winter build. 👍
You have a good ear. This unit has pitch control like on turntables. The Pressure roller bushings are to tight, causing it to drag. I need to increase the clearance slightly. It is 0.02mm to 0.05mm clearance. Both pressure rollers have to be equal.
Good evening. Could you please do a video explaining the difference between the bold and normal font on the chart roll? I can't seem to find a definitive user manual out there. Thanks much.
Any noise from the power supply and transformer interfering with the noise floor of the phono stage? Are you using this mainly for cd/tape/tuner? I was interested in mainly for tue phono stage but I haven’t found many kits out in the wild. Did you build it yourself or have them assemble as a free bushed product?Cheers!
Go back to 5:11 and tell me WTH WAS THAT?? So fast & brilliant looking!! I loved the style in the 60’s & 70’s….much more interesting. They each had their own routine, as opposed to today’s required release moves, that are mostly the same. 😊
Yes, this was real pleasure to build. You can purchase it from digikey.com. Or tubedepot.com. This amp will accept both the 300b or 2a3 power tubes and preamp tubes either 12au7 or 12bh7. Lots of tube rolling options.
Very pleased with this amp. I have purchased several brands of tubes to see what sounds best. I found RCA Clear top 12au7a tubes with Sovtek 2a3 power tubes sounds best to me. Plus it is made in Japan with high quality Japanese components.
Wow at this time in gymnastics in history Olga Korbut of the URRS it was very difficult for that girl but the 1950 gymnastics is something that I get to do with the history but Nadia had a Comaneci dismount but that history was amazing and that is awesome
