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| New turntable break-in? VPI says 20 hours of breakin for their Superscoutmaster | |
| Compendium of retail LP stores Princeton Record Exchange in Princeton, NJ | |
| JMW-10.5i Tonearm on Scoutmaster I spoke to Harry W. yesterday, and my arm will be coming in the next couple of days. I'll report what it takes to install it on Audiogon. Stan | |
| JMW-10.5i Tonearm on Scoutmaster Ahemmmm (as he clears his throat) I have it from a VERY reliable source that the great HP went ape over the Supercoutmaster with VPI 10.5i arm et al. | |
| whistling in the ears It's called Tintinitus, and there is no cure. Maybe it will get better with time, maybe worse. | |
| SDS question Sameswei...by the "brass piece" ..do they mean the shaft of the pulley? and if so, how do you get oil on that shaft, it being under the wide pulley | |
| Plants for Humidity ..they are good for the acoustics of the room as well. Artificial plants are nearly useless. | |
| Sennheiser HD 650 Headphones Im using the Headroom Blockhead headphone amp which uses a balanced configuration. I replaced the cable which just plugs into the phones and the amp. The sound is super. Vandersteen and my dealer says thats because the acoutics of the room are nul... | |
| SDS question Hi Tom. When I spoke to Harry about the Che,Che sound (he actually heard it on the telephone), he said there is an adjustment if there is too much play in the shaft. This can be checked by pulling up on the pulley. There should be a little play, b... | |
| Question on Benz Trade-Ins If you buy a have (buy, own, egtc) a benz cartridge, it can be traded up or retipped as per the Benz website...a dealer will usually be abe to give even a better deal | |
| SDS question ..just for your information. When my Superscoutmaster needed oil it made a ch,ch,ch,sound. When I called Harry, he said it needed oil and is sending some to me | |
| Gingko Scoutmaster Plinth Dust Cover I can tell you it does. I have a Superscoutmaster with periphery ring and center weight. If in doubt about any Gingko product, contact Vin himself at the company. Ive never met a nicer more helpful person. Also, put his platform under your VPI for... | |
| Pure Vinyl Software I'd like to do that myself. Please be explicit on how. I have been looking for a unit like a VCR or something that burns CD's from the stereo. My computer is in the den, a healthy walk to the stereo in the living room. The turntable weighs about 9... | |
| VPI Periphery Ring / Center Weight What you will see when you use these clamps is a tonearm that seems to float from the beginning to the end of the record. It doesn't go up and down trying to traverse the difficulties of a luge course. The quiet ride makes that cartrige do its wor... | |
| Cartridge Limitations or Break In? Whoops - I meant 40 hours - the written suggestion on both my Benz Ebony LP, and Ebony H. Sorry for the typo. "Nonsensical" seems a bit mean spirited to me |