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Hi, A new diamond on my VM700, the 50SH replaces the 40ML to make an Audio Technica VM750SH, I bought it from our German friends at HiFi Phono House (very good price for Europeans). The result is superb, with nice deep bass and a very nice midrange. I will be able to enjoy a lot of beautiful vinyl records. Good listening friends https://www.hifi-phono-house.de/ Before After nb: @Mossy bottom I have been looking for this Horace Silver with this beautiful Japanese cover for some time at my house at a good price at Rat Pak Records

Shifting over to an original Blue Note release...Just incredible music and phenomenal soundstaging! The Horace Silver Quintet - The Tokyo Blues.

Frank Sinatra - Come Fly With Me With Billy May and his Orchestra.

From World Pacific's California cool to the smooth samba rhythms of Brazil... Laurindo Almeida - Guitar From Ipanema.

Shifting labels. From Blue Note to the cool Westcoast grooves of World Pacific... Bud Shank - California Dreaming. Featuring Chet Baker.

Sundays with Sinatra. From an original 1956 Capitol release. Frank Sinatra - Songs For Swingin' Lovers! Orchestra conducted by Nelson Riddle.

Birthday is coming up and I've no family left to speak of. So I splurged and restocked the humidor with some Padrón.

Yes, Shibata III for VM750SH, MicroLine for VM740ML (MicroLine : AT = MicroRidge : Dynavector or Shure) Shibata are polished and MicroLine are make with laser cut See cuts, Namiki/Orbray make stylus for AudioTechnica and other cartridges factorys https://orbray.com/en/product/jewel/product/stylus.html https://orbray.com/en/product/jewel/product/stylus.html#mrstylus2 ☺️

When there seems to be misunderstandings here, and if those here truly value each other and the possibility of friendly interaction and understanding, then I highly recommend communicating via private messages. Why not? Preconceived notions can be confirmed or discarded and greater understanding result. Or does that just piss people off?

I was lucky enough to find a beautiful pair of '76 Cornwall 1s -- walnut finish with very few scratches/dings given the age. The insides are absolutely pristine -- look like they've never been opened before. Drives are alnico K-77 (round), K-55-V, and K33-E with a B crossover. Caps are the oil can type. In reading about the B vs B-2, it seems the reason for the change to the B-2 was associated with the change from the K-77 to the K-77-M tweeter. @Deang -- I've seen comments where you prefer the B-2 crossover and recommend going to that whenever possible. Is the B-2 appropriate with the alnico K-77 tweeter?

Let me start with the disclaimer that I agree with your statement. That said, here we are on a forum that has seen long discussions about the sonic signatures not only of different capacitor dielectric materials, but of different capacitor manufacturers using the same dielectric materials. In that context, we are now dismissing as "negligible" the measurable distortion, not to mention the change in inductance, resulting from an iron bolt inserted into the magnetic field of an air-core inductor. I just sit back and grin. We audiophiles are an amusing bunch. And please take this comment in the light-hearted nature with which it was written.

boy said the water pump was inexpensive to buy. It was cheap entertainment... for me.

Time Was:

On to side two. The Horace Silver Quintet deserve mentioning; Blue Mitchell, Trumpet; Junior Cook, tenor sax; Horace Silver, piano; Gene Taylor, bass; John Harris Jr., drums. These fellas can cook!

Beautiful rendition of gospel song 10000 Reasons: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5I5DakfBBdA Maynard

Stay out of this thread, do not post in here again. I and others said exactly that 20 posts ago. Since you are quite adept at googling stuff as you go along, take the time, instead of posting in this thread, to research what austenitic stainless steel is. You are spinning in circles and not taking the time to read and understand what others are saying and talking past people who are seriously trying to figure out something and learn. This is called listening and you need to start doing that, it's just good plain forum etiquette.

This sounds like some of @Marvel ‘s comments when I was swapping the auto>manual transmission in my station wagon before I had even learned to drive a stick shift.

I transported Khorns in a rented Dodge caravan. Worked great. The rear seats folded down into the floor essentially making it a cargo van.

I make my living turning wrenches. Have off and on for going on 40 years in one way or another. These days things tend to be easier to actually work on albeit far more complicated. No matter what some things have always been a tad fiddly to get back together properly. Just 'cause it bolts up and looks OK doesn't mean it's right. Manufacturers are actually making low maintenance a feature. That being said I am loathe to work on my own junk these days. I resist making modifications and spend more up front to get what I want in the first place. Can ya tell I gotta pull the Harley in for a tire today?

Recapped the first AA crossover with parts ordered from Jim from JEM per advice form this thread. . First, a shout out to JEM. Ordered on kits Friday, received them on Saturday. VERY Securely Packaged. Can't say enough good about the entire transaction with JEM. Clear and concise instructions were provided. PLUS a "call if you cannot figure it out or have problems phone number". Cool. Installed the caps. My three cans were a tiny but damp on top, but not leaking. Measuring the uF, they were actually not that far off. Maybe .3 uF on each. In any case, fired two up (one with new caps AND a stainless steel crew in the inductor) and a stock uncapped one. Results: The recapped speaker (WITH the stainless steel inductor screw in place) is noticeably brighter sounding. Not 'trebly', but more of a crisper, cleaner sound. Will do the other xover in the next couple day and then do the screw swaps. Will advise if any improvement/detraction is noted with various screws.

Yuuuuup, the days of a quick $100 fix are long gone. Maybe I should hook up with one of those "We Fix or Repair ANYTHING" for mega bucks a month. 😂

I've heard the family several times Maynard and they're great. Thanks!

have had my head down while building a new house (almost done) and focusing on a career pivot, but I’m always around and watching.

On a road test with 15 hours of run time.....😊 6C33C-B 01-20-2023 klipsch 8 inch mid tower speaker 14 ft. away Tascam DR-40x handheld recorder on air. Hand To Mouth - playback video

A little over a year ago I bought a JWN (Jim Nicholls) 6L6 P/P Tetrode amplifier that was listed as for parts/repair because of a buzz, I passed it on to a friend, he put the amp on a shelf and for various reasons never got to it. Thursday night I got it back and was looking it over and noticed there was a broken tube guide in the 6SN7 tube socket that was caught by the input wires and a resistor lead. With the amp upside down and using needle nose pliers I was able to get it to fall down through the socket. Could something as simple as that have been the problem? I decided to find out the quick way, put the tubes in and fired it up in a makeshift system with test (don't care if they blow up) drivers. After passing music with no issues, I hooked up some good speakers and have been enjoying the music.

Man my Dr. doesn't even five me grief about an occasional smoke. Go pet yer peeve somewhere else dammit.

Dean’s networks look just fine to me.

Here they.are....unfortunately I still have a lot to do including moving the records and I have to wait till Feb 6 for the pool table to be moved but I'm still gonna make things work. The speakers are way bigger than I realized

Back to screws used in AA networks again. Circles around regularly on the forum. The truth is the difference between ferrous and non-ferrous screw in circuit is not enough to really be a serious concern. Probably the real reason steel was used was when there was a supply problem with the brass screw. Leave be or replace if concerned engineers did not know what they were doing. As far as iron core saturation, will not ever be a problem in a Klipsch designed crossover. Iron core is plenty good enough, at least true electronic engineers believe so. Design of an electronic component is far more important than resorting to expensive non-needed parts for improvement. What many call improvement is just different sounding. Bench testing with someone that knows what they are doing is the only true test. That and listening panel with trained ears. But back to OP finding LaScala's. Great score. Replace what needs replacing and leave rest alone for now.

If you listen to this artist - I’m sure you will like his style of playing Indian-born jazz guitarist, composer, and teacher, based in the UK. Known for his own recordings and his collaborations with other British musicians Born: 19 March 1936 in Bombay (now Mumbai), India. Died: 17 July 1996 in Brighton, England, UK (aged 60)

Sadly I don’t have any Van the man Morrison LPs in the collection But I do like his music

First Van and now Horace on vinyl. So jealous of your collection!!!

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My inductance meter reads .34mH with ferrous screw. BEC (may he rest in peace) measured .35mH. A 40% increase in the inductance (.245mH to .34mH) which in turn models a response curve that gives a drop in the K77 crossover point from about 5800Hz to roughly 4800Hz. Just looking at the numbers, it would be quite reasonable to assume one could hear a difference, even if it is being caused by an unorthodox ferrous core. Anyway, to each his own. I truly was just trying to help out. P.S. I read the linked thread above. BEC ran some curves and found the ferrous screw flattened the response by cutting the lower end of the response by 4dB (there was a mild peak there). I would like to see the anechoic curves.

I’ve been listening to them for 6 months

Here is a pucture of me and Joe aka deepshot who I bought them from. Im the good looking one on the left haha

How could you leave Nipper alone ? He is totally sad. All his brothers are in the concert hall and you didn't buy him a ticket, how could you do that to him?

Hard Nose the Highway is the seventh studio album by Northern Irish singer-songwriter Van Morrison, released in 1973. It is his first solo album since his 1967 debut Blowin' Your Mind! to contain songs not written by Morrison.

I watched a Mick Dodge.... roughing it on the Olympic Peninsula [WA]. He went night fishing for salmon. He caught one, of course.... it came out of the water gutted and gilled. most of the drama is made for tv. It eclipsed fresh this AM.... Accuweather said 21`F. I don't know where the get their readings, but, it is usually 5 - 10` higher than here. It did make 53`....still cold for us. Average is 65 - 70.. I hate cold boy is still working on his water pump. He did find the hole for the extra bolt. It was to the alternator bracket. Now he's working on coolant leaking from hose connections.

Just funny these groups do mash ups but for the life of me can't figure out why. lol

Using the K-402s on the Klipschorns produces the excellent sound while using all Klipsch parts. Another fun fact is that buying the horns from a Klipsch forum member was a great experience in itself!

Just got this little beauty. It ain’t much to look at, but boy does she sound sweet. Roger Modjeski’s (RIP) RM 10 II.

Dean is here with a different name @Crankysoldermeister. Tony is here sometimes. I think he may have the one-off pp 2a3 amp you built. You still in the mine business? Marvel

DD214 form and or SF180 form..

Fwiw, these definitely aren't mass market speakers. My guess all will be shipped to buyers from Hope given there probably won't be many display models to audition as well as the limited market. Heck, Roy may even be on the truck when they go out for delivery!