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RE: Tweeter difference problem with 3.3Rs and more

Thanks Satie,
Will look for the bearing oiling guide on the vinyl asylum. I guess it might be the same as the 1200 series (but will check).

The Troika's lead are terminated with female tags so to use it with similar female tags on your arm cable you need some sort of pins to fit the two together. I had this problem when I used the Troika with the Naim Aro as that didn’t have detachable cartridge tags on its internal arm cable. I might still have the pins somewhere, - will look.

I have been reading around the Technics arm a bit, - and it appears its quite good, just the cable is bad like you’ve said, - great idea, - I’ll get Johnnie at Audio origami to rewire it with cardas cable. He also can put foam damping in the arm which he says is very good, - not tried it before, - but from the revies I've read on it is does do a good job, - do you think that would be a good idea as well?
So yeah I might give the Rega arms a miss, I really do like having detachable headshell, - and if I got the arm rewired by AO I could still use that.

Do you know if the internal Technics arm cable is the main part of the cable that’s poor quality or is the external one too? I can see how your arm cable scheme is better as they are a lot less interfaces. I might well try that too but I would like to try to have the detachable headshell option if possible.

Thanks for the tip on the Rega VTA on the fly adaptor, - if I ever do get a Rega arm I will seek that out,- very useful info. The Jelcos are good value I agree, have seen them before here cheap, - will check that out too.

I will buy/get the 1600MK2 too when the money if refunded soon. It’s a little pricey for £180 but still the same sort of price as a used 1210/1200MK2, and it give me a backup deck and a spare arm and headshell. It has a broken auto mechanism, - will try to fix that myself (if it’s just the band that’s gone) but it might be a bigger job, - we’ll see.

I see you use what looks to be an upgraded headshell, - what brand is that?

Thanks for the info on the transformer use with idler and directs, - cool. The Head does sound very good to me with the Troika on the Technics, - better than it sounded with when I used the same cartridge on the LP12.

Thanks very much for the info on the pots for the PLLXOs, - On first read I am again pretty lost!, - so are you saying I need a control on both sections? So if the HP section has less resistance than the LP is the HP part naturally louder? How much louder do you think the HP secion will be in dB without any attenuation on either section?
One factor is that the Quad 606 has about 7dB more gain than the NAD 208 so perhaps I can use this somehow to my advantage. Now gonna have to read what you’ve written a few times and try to understand it!

Back to the PLLXO, - gonna get the parts for the new HP calc you gave me tomorrow, - so just to double check, -do I need a 2K resistor for sure to get the most accurate PLLXO, - would 2K2 be less accurate?

All the best,
Colin

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