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zuzu

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  1. Yes flash, Oracle Audio is the correct site. Well the air bearing tone arm is working smoothly now. Per factory instructions I cleaned the shaft with alcohol and paper towel and moved it back and forth agressively many many times. Walla it floats. I oiled the motor bearing and am running it for a few days. 80% of the wabble is gone. But I want to get the other 20%. Oracle is sending me some written instructions on what and how to check and fix it.

  2. The forum threads on vinyl and TT's finally got me to look at my Oracle TT. Haven't used it since CD's came out. Cost new was about $2500. I just plugged it in and there is a wabble on the platter.. Is this an adjustment down inside the unit. . That was about $350. But here is the other observation. This has an air bearing tone arm fed by an air pump. When I last played it the arm moved in and out really freely. Its getting plenty of air but is now sluggish. The tone arm always moves perpendicular to the record so the stylus is in the center of the grove at the outer cercumference all the way to the inner circle on the record.In other words the tone arm does not pivot from a fixed point. Hard to describe but easy if you see it. Anyone have any thoughts on the wabble or the sluggish air bearing?

  3. Thanks Fritz. I can always count on you. I just spent about $600 on my 21 year old Audio Research tube SP 11 and its power supply. Plus $180 for six of there exclusive Russian made to spec tubes. I paid $5000 for it back in 1986 and the blue book value is currently $1850. My old tubes were shot also. Anyone interested in new JAN SYL 6dj8 tubes. ARC said the JAN SYL tubes would be ok but their Russian tubes would be better. I have 10 6dj8's ALL THE SAME LOT # that I'll sell for $70 [that's $7 each] plus actual shipping cost.These tubes are selling from $10 to $20 on the internet and you won't find 10 the same lot #.

  4. The factory advised me to lightly squeeze the connector with a pair of pliers BTW while fumbling inside the cabinet, to reconnect the crossover,I broke a connector tab off the bakelite strip it was anchored to. It looks like I fixed it with epoxy. Before someone came up with this clip on connector Klipsch soldered all the wires like you just did, but they feel it isn't necessary with the tab. You don't need a real tight connection. I don't fumble inside the cabinet. I take the woofers out now and connect and disconnect where I can see what I'm doing. Beware they are really heavy. I lay the cabinet down on it's back to do it after I get the tweeter out while the cabinet was still upright. The tweeter is heavy to so the top screw out last and hold the bottom as the last screw is removed.

  5. I have NAD's latest model power amp, C 272, that is essentially NEW. List is $799. I bought it new a few months ago and only played it about 30 hours when my Rotel 990 wasn't working. My 990 is completely factory refurbished now. I would consider an offer over $450.

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