1: Tubes Asylum, Vale Patrick Turner (0.00)
Posted by FR Drew on 2021-05-20, 23:48:19 (203.29.87.253)
After many years of battling illness, Patrick Turner, the Canberra based valve/tube technician, builder and operator of turneraudio.com.au (a wealth of educational info on in-depth valve theory) passe .......

2: General Asylum, RE: Cahpe here in Canberra had a concrete bass horn, the mouth of which used to be his listening room's front wall (0.00)
Posted by FR Drew on 2018-02-19, 16:25:35 (49.181.162.57)
My dim recollection is that these had a quite shallow mouth about a metre across and a couple of drivers similar to Bandor 50mm units in the throat. They were set into the green grass of a hill or ba .......

3: General Asylum, Seeking Hifi Choice Article. Outdoor Horns c early 1990's (0.00)
Posted by FR Drew on 2018-02-19, 01:30:56 (49.195.33.53)
Sadly, it's well over a decade since I binned the backlog of HiFi mags I had stored under my parents house when I moved 1500km away from them... In one of the earliest HiFi Choice mags I had, they wen .......

4: Vinyl Asylum, RE: Lawyers want original master tapes for Stairway to Heaven (0.00)
Posted by FR Drew on 2016-02-12, 14:06:35 (49.180.130.43)
Cough Oasis Cough... .......

5: Inmate Systems, FR Drew's 401, DIY EL84, Coral FR Audiospheres (0.00)
Posted by FR Drew on 2015-06-28, 16:21:34 (149.135.99.202)
FR Drew 's 401, DIY EL84, Coral FR Audiospheres System IP Address: 149.135.99.202 Last Update: June 28, 2015 at 16:21:34 Amplifier: DIY PP EL84. Triode connected output tubes, Fixed bias, .......

6: High Efficiency Speaker Asylum, 89dB/W I"m afraid... (0.00)
Posted by FR Drew on 2013-12-13, 16:25:06 (180.200.188.52)
... won't be enough. Chasing 93dB/W as a minimum... Otherwise they look lovely. .......

7: High Efficiency Speaker Asylum, polarised opinions: Omega, Zu bookshelf speakers (0.00)
Posted by FR Drew on 2013-12-09, 17:11:57 (180.200.184.146)
This is doing my head in! My present domestic arrangements dictate that my next speakers must be bookshelf speakers. I've just finished building my amplifier which is a PP EL84 in triode mode so it's .......

8: Tube DIY Asylum, RE: So according to drlowmu... (0.00)
Posted by FR Drew on 2013-11-28, 22:07:22 (121.127.209.226)
Will see how I go. I think for domestic harmony sake I may be sticking with the current configuration for a while, but many thanks. Food for thought... My post was intended to be somewhat tongue in ch .......

9: Tube DIY Asylum, So according to drlowmu... (0.00)
Posted by FR Drew on 2013-11-28, 21:13:35 (121.127.209.226)
If I change the power supply, the input tubes, the output tubes and switch from cap coupled 3 stage to direct coupled 2 stage, I should have an ok amp. No feedback and PP is okay evidently and maybe I .......

10: Tube DIY Asylum, the only problem is any failure of the bias supply (0.00)
Posted by FR Drew on 2013-11-27, 16:08:24 (121.127.209.226)
will fry the output tubes and probably the transformers as well. First test run I had a wire come loose on the bias to one of the tubes and the whole internal structure of the EL84 was starting to glo .......

11: Tube DIY Asylum, 470k resistors (0.00)
Posted by FR Drew on 2013-11-27, 15:42:25 (121.127.209.226)
I guess I assumed that having best part of half meg to ground there wouldn't cause any harm... .......

12: Tube DIY Asylum, Can you post a link to a schematic of this kind of arrangement? (0.00)
Posted by FR Drew on 2013-11-27, 11:54:42 (121.127.209.226)
Output of my phase splitter *had* the 0.47u coupling cap, then (I think from memory) 470k to ground and the 3.9k grid stopper resistor. This was back when the ouptut tubes were run with cathode bias. .......

13: Tube DIY Asylum, RE: Bias psu cap quality and NFB on triodes (0.00)
Posted by FR Drew on 2013-11-26, 23:36:03 (121.127.209.226)
coupling caps are 0.47uf. Grid stoppers are 3.9k from memory (will have to check. Bias supply is approx 20v full rail, with 5k dropping resistor from -20, a 10k pot feeding out to the output tube grid .......

14: Tube DIY Asylum, Bias psu cap quality and NFB on triodes (0.00)
Posted by FR Drew on 2013-11-26, 13:10:08 (121.127.209.226)
Even though passing no signal and with approx 10k between it and the tube grid? Hmm, will bypass with a couple of 2.2uf Auricaps and see what difference I can hear. Serious overkill, but if it works, .......

15: Tube DIY Asylum, Pics once it's safe as well as functional... (0.00)
Posted by FR Drew on 2013-11-26, 03:22:25 (121.127.209.226)
At present I have your stereotypical open power supply screwed onto a panel of MDF, with wires crisscrossing all over the place running 240 and 300v. Enclosure is nearly finished though... Then pics, .......

16: Tube DIY Asylum, 6CG7 EL84 PP triode mode. (0.00)
Posted by FR Drew on 2013-11-26, 00:15:51 (121.127.209.226)
After about 5 years as a work in design or very gradual progress, I finally have my first "ground up" design playing music. This whole project began when a friend donated to me a Mulllard 10 10 kit wi .......

17: Vinyl Asylum, RE: Review online (0.00)
Posted by FR Drew on 2012-12-04, 19:29:12 (58.168.234.58)
I'm curious to see the statement "if your speakers are short on warmth..." used. "warmth" has always (to my mind at least) given an impression of imprecision or bloat in the lower registers. My impres .......

18: Vinyl Asylum, REVIEW: Design Build Listen The Wand (Classic) Tone Arms (0.00)
Posted by FR Drew on 2012-11-26, 23:08:01 (121.127.206.87)
Model: The Wand (Classic) Category: Tone Arms Suggested Retail Price: $620 NZ Description: Unipivot tonearm with large bore carbon fibre arm tube Manufacturer URL: Design Build Listen Mod .......

19: Vinyl Asylum, Wand is 240mm stylus to pivot (0.00)
Posted by FR Drew on 2012-11-26, 16:54:21 (203.5.124.228)
In fitting the Wand to my Garrard 401, I had to relocate my arm mounting board by approx 15mm. .......

20: Vinyl Asylum, Dynamics are fine (0.00)
Posted by FR Drew on 2012-11-26, 12:46:52 (121.219.133.136)
As with all other tubes (bicycles etc) an increase in diameter brings an increase in stiffness. I would not in any way describe The Wand as being "light on" in the area of dynamics. In ways they appe .......

21: Vinyl Asylum, "The Wand" tonearm first impressions (0.00)
Posted by FR Drew on 2012-11-25, 17:55:29 (203.5.124.228)
Last night installed The Wand on my Garrard 401/Ortofon Rondo Blue, Musical Fidelity VLPS/VPSU. It replaced my 2 previous arms (a Mission 774 LC and a Decca International unipivot). First impression w .......

22: Inmate Systems, FR Drew's Make Do: HT for HiFi (0.00)
Posted by FR Drew on 2012-11-25, 17:36:10 (203.5.124.228)
FR Drew 's Make Do: HT for HiFi System IP Address: 203.5.124.228 Last Update: November 25, 2012 at 17:36:10 Amplifier: Denon AVR1910 in stereo mode Preamplifier (or None if Integrated): .......

23: Vinyl Asylum, RE: Ortofon Rondo Blue: Love it (0.00)
Posted by FR Drew on 2011-07-26, 04:41:15 (58.169.17.127)
Agree, it'll be interesting to see what it sounds like as it settles in. For now I'm just astounded. There shouldn't be new stuff to hear in Sultans of Swing or Comfortably Numb, we've all heard them .......

24: Vinyl Asylum, Ortofon Rondo Blue: Love it (0.00)
Posted by FR Drew on 2011-07-26, 03:44:18 (58.169.17.127)
Well, the V-LPS, V-PSU and the Ortofon Rondo Blue arrived 2 days ago and have been slotted into my system. Tonally very little to complain about, my wife says there's some reduction in warmth on brass .......

25: Vinyl Asylum, RE: Vivo Blue / Rondo Red? Conflicted! (0.00)
Posted by FR Drew on 2011-07-19, 18:59:43 (58.169.17.127)
Curses to not being able to resist. Waiting on delivery of an Ortofon Rondo Blue. .......

26: Vinyl Asylum, Entry into a good preamp is afforfdable with VLPS (0.00)
Posted by FR Drew on 2011-07-07, 21:42:19 (58.169.17.127)
at well below $150. For a further $100 or so, PSU, opamps and output caps can all be improved. Show me an MM/MC capable phono stage under $300 which will outperform an upgraded V-LPS and I'm all ears, .......

27: Vinyl Asylum, RE: I did not listen those specific Ortofons but (0.00)
Posted by FR Drew on 2011-07-07, 10:13:49 (58.169.17.127)
The table is a Garrard 401 and Decca International Unipivot in a custom brushbox/Corian plinth. It used to run my Ortofon MC 20 supreme until my wife dusted the cantilever... Rest of the system is a t .......

28: Vinyl Asylum, Vivo Blue / Rondo Red? Conflicted! (0.00)
Posted by FR Drew on 2011-07-07, 03:15:26 (58.169.17.127)
Okay, I'm willing to put the tragic spouse dusting incident behind me and pop another MC on the Garrard 401. At the same time the phono stage will be upgraded from a Phono Box II to a V-LPS. I have th .......

29: Vinyl Asylum, Vivo Blue as upgrade from Shure N97xe? (0.00)
Posted by FR Drew on 2011-06-14, 03:29:30 (58.169.17.127)
Still umming and ahhing about the upgrade from my Shure M97xe. Daughter is now 5 years old so the chance of disasters is lessened, but still I'm not ready to chance something in the vicinity of an Ort .......

30: Vinyl Asylum, Corian top plate (0.00)
Posted by FR Drew on 2011-06-13, 03:17:12 (58.169.17.127)
...with hardwood timber sides and top plate support frame in Australian Brushbox. .......

31: General Asylum, Thinking of dropping from 5.1 back to 2 channels (0.00)
Posted by FR Drew on 2011-01-20, 02:42:01 (124.176.42.212)
Due to "making do" with a DIY subwoofer after the demise of the one that went with my KEF "eggs" and the recent death of my Denon receiver I'm faced with two choices: Replace sub and receiver (a bill .......

32: Vinyl Asylum, Can an Ortofon 2M boogie? (0.00)
Posted by FR Drew on 2011-01-13, 13:57:24 (203.5.124.228)
Folks, I love stereo imagery and want a sound that isn't fatiguing. But on top of that I want a system that gets my foot tapping and is involving. To this end I have a Garrard 401 and a Decca Internat .......

33: Hi-Rez Highway, Ping spindrifter (0.00)
Posted by FR Drew on 2010-06-13, 22:59:13 (124.176.20.154)
drop us a line please .......

34: Vinyl Asylum, RE: dusting accident (0.00)
Posted by FR Drew on 2010-06-11, 17:38:54 (124.176.20.154)
Insurance excess would have made claiming for the Ortofon MC20 supreme barely worthwhile. .......

35: Vinyl Asylum, Keep the 401 or change to Project 6.1sb (0.00)
Posted by FR Drew on 2010-06-09, 16:33:23 (124.176.20.154)
Over the last few years I've put together a Garrard 401 on a corian plinth with a Decca International unipivot. Due to the presence of a sub 5 year old I'm presently using a Shure M97 cartridge after .......

36: Vinyl Asylum, RE: Anyone pick up Metallica's "Black Album" remaster yet? (0.00)
Posted by FR Drew on 2009-01-27, 23:31:32 (58.165.250.21)
Serious? I'd have thought that Puppets, Lightning, Kill em All and possibly Justice were the only Metallica Albums worth getting. Maybe I'm showing my age, but I've yet to hear much since Puppets that .......

37: Tube DIY Asylum, Will do (0.00)
Posted by FR Drew on 2008-05-07, 20:21:55 (203.6.144.3)
May take a while (couple of months?), budget is a bit tight at present. PSU tranny, output trannys, el84's and filter choke are already sorted, as is a 100k switched attenuator, just need to source th .......

38: Tube DIY Asylum, About to build one... (0.00)
Posted by FR Drew on 2008-05-06, 23:58:27 (203.6.144.3)
Actually, I'm in the process of design/build of just such a beast. EL84 in triode PP fixed bias with 6sn7 input gain tube plus LTP 6sn7 as the phase splitter/driver. And I guess I agree that octal inp .......

39: Vinyl Asylum, MM phono stage to go with 401, Decaa, Shure (0.00)
Posted by FR Drew on 2007-11-11, 00:33:40 (124.176.11.13)
Folks, I've finally got the Corian plinth built for my Garrard 401 with a Decca International unipivot and a Shure M97 up front (RIP my Ortofon MC20 Supreme that was "dusted" by my wife...) There's a .......

40: Vinyl Asylum, Paul Simon: Greatest hits etc (0.00)
Posted by FR Drew on 2006-12-10, 01:01:48 (58.169.53.225)
Going back a long time (well before Graceland) but to me the sound is pretty good. One of my fave albums. .......

41: Vinyl Asylum, Always... Joe Satriani (0.00)
Posted by FR Drew on 2006-12-03, 22:11:01 (58.169.53.225)
DMM single sided 12 inch single in clear aqua vinyl. I've never heard this track sound as good as it does on this pressing. I'm probably dumb to play it at all but it's heaven in a guitar solo. ::: TO .......

42: Vinyl Asylum, Gotta say, last year when I was in Hong Kong (0.00)
Posted by FR Drew on 2006-11-30, 00:46:33 (58.169.53.225)
we were told that alot of HK businesses were moving their manufacturing to mainland China because the staff wages in the factories were about 20% of the rate that HK factory workers were getting paid. .......

43: Tube DIY Asylum, could maybe set them up fixed bias with no cathode resistors (0.00)
Posted by FR Drew on 2006-11-26, 20:54:04 (203.6.144.3)
If it's 6.3/0/6.3 centre tapped then you could rectify/filter it and use the 16 odd volts available as a negative bias supply for your output tubes. Instead of having to deal with the dilemma of which .......

44: Vinyl Asylum, Part of the reason I no longer have a paypal acount... (0.00)
Posted by FR Drew on 2006-11-06, 15:02:21 (203.6.144.3)
If it hasn't been shut down yet, check out www.paypalsucks.com There are way too many folks getting no joy when there are problems on ebay. Ebay make their profits from sellers having sales and so wil .......

45: Vinyl Asylum, Hmm, reviews range from glowing to dismissive and uninspiring (0.00)
Posted by FR Drew on 2006-10-25, 18:32:49 (203.6.144.3)
Some folks rave and say it's a giant killer, others seem to think it's pretty ho hum, full of bottom end parts and has a tube pretty muich just for the hell of it, and that it's easily bettered by oth .......

46: Vinyl Asylum, el84 amp will have pre, but not phono stage (0.00)
Posted by FR Drew on 2006-10-25, 16:09:13 (203.6.144.3)
The tube amp will have a volume control/source selector but not a phono stage. I already have the switched attenuators and so forth so i'd prefer not to sink dollars into doubling up on parts. ::: TOP .......

47: Vinyl Asylum, Phono stage dilemma (MM, mid fi) (0.00)
Posted by FR Drew on 2006-10-25, 00:50:06 (58.169.33.19)
I'm in the process of getting my vinyl rig sorted. Garrard 401, Deccan International arm and Shure M97xe cartridge. Eventually it'll be hooked up to a pair of single driver TQWT's running Fostex FE168 .......

48: Vinyl Asylum, "Wallpaper music" (0.00)
Posted by FR Drew on 2006-09-29, 13:57:00 (58.169.4.165)
I know loads of people who love music, have a massive collection of CD's that they enjoy hearing, but for the majority of them, music is like wallpaper. It's there in the background while you're doing .......

49: Vinyl Asylum, Honey, did you have an accident with the TT?... (0.00)
Posted by FR Drew on 2006-09-29, 01:44:13 (58.169.4.165)
"Umm, no, I don't think so... I was dusting in around it though... Why?..." Scratch one MC20 Supreme. Yeah, I could rant and rave, but with a new baby in the house plus 2 cats, it was going to happen .......

50: Vinyl Asylum, Now now Doug! (0.00)
Posted by FR Drew on 2006-09-26, 14:02:56 (58.169.4.165)
BiB is a bloody awesome album (in fact the only AC/DC I own). One of about 6 albums I actually purchased "back in the day" when LP's were mainstream not a niche collectable. Next you'll be saying that .......

51: Vinyl Asylum, don't know when I discovered it, but very important to me now (0.00)
Posted by FR Drew on 2006-09-23, 23:54:26 (58.169.4.165)
Listen to Paul Simon's "60 ways to leave your lover". If Steve Gadd's drumming doesn't have you bobbing your head, tapping your feet like an early 90's Linn dealer and wanting to get up out of your ho .......

52: Vinyl Asylum, I'm sorry, but if you don't sample it, it cannot be there. (0.00)
Posted by FR Drew on 2006-09-15, 23:50:36 (58.169.46.16)
What you mathematically expect and reproduce MAY have been what was there but I'm afraid that's approximation and assumption, not reprodution. I accept the fact that if it look like a duck, quacks lik .......

53: Vinyl Asylum, Bollocks! if the information isn't there then... (0.00)
Posted by FR Drew on 2006-09-14, 21:59:17 (203.6.144.3)
...it cannot be recovered. it can be guessed at but it can't be manufactured from nothing. Go back to wathing old episodes of Knight Rider where grainy pixel images are "enhanced" to perfect quality. .......

54: Vinyl Asylum, Guessswork algorithms not recovered data (0.00)
Posted by FR Drew on 2006-09-14, 14:43:08 (58.169.46.16)
the only way a CD player could ever possibly output anything approaching a smooth sine wave at 10 kHz, let alone 19kHz is if it had an internal algorithm that GUESSES that the signal should be sine ra .......

55: Vinyl Asylum, Re: Why don't you simply make Redbook CDs that sound like vinyl records???? (0.00)
Posted by FR Drew on 2006-05-21, 01:45:03 (58.169.38.9)
Oooh, goodness! Don't mention "Technic"(s) you'll stir up such a can of worms. .......

56: Vinyl Asylum, we've heard this all before (0.00)
Posted by FR Drew on 2006-04-24, 01:15:44 (58.169.0.155)
that it's some move to be alternative, that it's a form of rebellion, that it's the arcane tactile processes you have to go through. For my money, I'll say this: The folks who do it for the tactile ri .......

57: Vinyl Asylum, Re: Brubeck Time Out (0.00)
Posted by FR Drew on 2005-01-31, 13:21:23 (203.22.212.71)
Try a mono six eye. If the diff between stero and mono of Sketches of Spain is anything to go by, it should be even better .......

58: Vinyl Asylum, Sting: Dream of the Blue Turtles... (0.00)
Posted by FR Drew on 2004-12-02, 01:48:07 (144.138.159.103)
"Always" (Always with me, Always with you) Limited Ed promo 12 inch Joe Satriani DMM in just slightly aqua blue clear. Far more likely to have the Sting. Ghostbusters 12 inch Single in translucent red .......

59: Tubes Asylum, Hey Timbo, same city, same project! (0.00)
Posted by FR Drew on 2004-11-23, 02:47:15 (203.54.191.46)
Hi Tim, I was fortunate enough to have a workmate donate a Mullard 10 10 amp to me lately with pretty much fragged components but good trannys and chokes all through. Planning to ditch the old cct tot .......

60: Vinyl Asylum, "Good Time" by Paul Simon (0.00)
Posted by FR Drew on 2004-11-04, 02:27:22 (144.139.228.48)
"God bless the goods we've been given, God Bless the US of A, God bless our standard of livin, Let's keep it that way... ...And we'll all have a good time" John Howard would do well in America. "Be Al .......

61: Vinyl Asylum, from the CD liner notes (0.00)
Posted by FR Drew on 2004-10-12, 05:10:53 (144.138.159.72)
Back cover: This album was released exclusively in the ussr on vinyl in 1988 by the melodiya label. The original sleevenote contained a message from paul in russian (translated below) When I was young .......

62: Vinyl Asylum, What a phenomenal load of Carp! (0.00)
Posted by FR Drew on 2004-09-16, 03:38:16 (144.139.227.247)
no, not the fish variety and perhaps I spelled that wrong. All sound, (and therefore music) is the result of continually changing air pressure. Pressure cannot move instantly from one state to another .......

63: Vinyl Asylum, Ping Ozzy Re: Blue Note Arms (0.00)
Posted by FR Drew on 2004-08-30, 22:05:09 (203.22.212.71)
andrew dot w dot pearce at awm dot gov dot au .......

64: Vinyl Asylum, Bluenote Borghese on Garrard 401? (0.00)
Posted by FR Drew on 2004-08-28, 23:18:21 (144.139.227.105)
Howdy folks, Due to a larger than expected tax return my beloved Garrard 401 mounted to the Corian slab is finally going to be completed. It's getting a brushbox housing for the plinth which leaves th .......

65: Vinyl Asylum, The phillip JB already has some new vinyl! (0.00)
Posted by FR Drew on 2004-07-16, 15:53:01 (144.134.117.93)
Sure, it's in a glass display case and there are only about 12 discs but it's vinyl. For anywhere in canberra outside of Impact and Landspeed that's a first (except for the 2 short lived attempts by S .......

66: Vinyl Asylum, IV, I've only ever heard it on CD (0.00)
Posted by FR Drew on 2004-07-08, 02:43:14 (144.139.225.232)
Classic reissue is just as quiet as the CD but Utterly utterly utterly blows it into the dust. Stunning. Battle of Evermore has NEVER sounded like this before. No warps, no noise. Drew .......

67: Vinyl Asylum, Grading systems, what a crock (0.00)
Posted by FR Drew on 2004-06-16, 16:54:40 (144.138.154.69)
I'd really love it if the grading systems actually meant what they said. Sometimes VG can mean that an item is in really very good condition, maybe has a scuff but plays fabulously. Othertimes (as I d .......

68: Vinyl Asylum, Re: garrard 301 or 401 (0.00)
Posted by FR Drew on 2004-05-29, 05:05:39 (144.139.227.249)
301 has enamel top and rounded corners like a 1950's refridgerator. 401 is more mid 60's angular industrial with a very rectangular bottom section. 301 has bakelite? knobs, 401 has silver rotary knobs .......

69: Vinyl Asylum, You are just WAY lucky with your cats (0.00)
Posted by FR Drew on 2004-05-20, 01:35:22 (144.138.154.212)
For starters, every piece of vinyl I own, even it it's brand new and emerging from the shrink wrap will have cat hair on it. Don't ask me how, it's all stored in a cupboard but it all gets the hair. S .......

70: Vinyl Asylum, ...But Vinyl makes sweet love (nt) (0.00)
Posted by FR Drew on 2004-05-18, 00:13:49 (203.54.191.88)
. .......

71: Vinyl Asylum, Paul Simon "Greatest Hits ETC", US3 "Cantaloop"... (0.00)
Posted by FR Drew on 2004-05-15, 04:17:42 (144.138.159.238)
...Bomb the Bass "Into the Dragon". Your tonight is my this arvo. That's all I got through before the wife got home. Gotta love Paul Simon "Have a good time" Do you think anyone in the states noticed .......

72: Vinyl Asylum, What? That they ever met Bob Rock? (0.00)
Posted by FR Drew on 2004-05-10, 02:38:25 (144.139.227.182)
4 good albums and a decade and a half of filler! Yay! Justice or earlier is the only Metallica for me. .......

73: Vinyl Asylum, "Bad Music" and "MP3 Piracy" (0.00)
Posted by FR Drew on 2004-05-10, 00:02:47 (203.54.191.7)
Ahh, "Bad Music" that perennial unpalateable stuff that will poison the minds of our youth. In the 20's Bix was playing Jazz and that was "Bad Music", in the 50's Elvis and co were playing Rock and th .......

74: Vinyl Asylum, Great arm (0.00)
Posted by FR Drew on 2004-05-04, 15:45:54 (144.139.227.107)
I'm using one on a Technics SL120 with an Ortofon MC 20 Supreme. Seriously considering grabbing a second to fit to my Corian plinthed Garrard 401. I recall someone (I'm suspicious that it may actually .......

75: Vinyl Asylum, Under 40 easily but vinyl Kicks Ass (0.00)
Posted by FR Drew on 2004-05-03, 02:17:15 (144.138.154.86)
This is me, born in 72 and getting into music around 1988 onwards when the audio industry put a lot of effort into killing off the format. Can't blame them, pricey to store, ship, produce, display etc .......

76: Vinyl Asylum, Can only go by the 2 I have... (0.00)
Posted by FR Drew on 2004-04-30, 00:33:01 (144.138.159.6)
I have 2 "six eyes", Billy Holiday Lady in Satin and Miles Davis Sketches of Spain. Both are CL (mono). The Holiday while sonically stunning is not completely my taste in music. Sketches however, is a .......

77: Vinyl Asylum, Six Eye Mono Sketches of Spain (0.00)
Posted by FR Drew on 2004-04-05, 13:40:09 (144.139.227.117)
Yay! At long last my CL 1480 six eye arrived from the states! Sure, it's got a fair few "rice crispies" but my goodness does the music come through! A very different listening experience (Miles is far .......

78: Vinyl Asylum, Agreed (0.00)
Posted by FR Drew on 2004-03-31, 13:29:21 (144.139.227.232)
My experience has been the same. Before bidding I let folks know I'm on the other end of the planet and there may be postage delays, or payday isn't till next week but this is the exact day that they' .......

79: Vinyl Asylum, Peter Gunn, check the neg feedback relating to the seller: (0.00)
Posted by FR Drew on 2004-03-31, 00:38:25 (144.138.154.244)
hardtofindrecordings There was a link on a thread a few days ago to a search engine that let you sift ALL the neg feedback either left by or left relating to a seller. Having purchased a John Coltrane .......

80: Vinyl Asylum, Very useful! Just checked my worst eBay experience (0.00)
Posted by FR Drew on 2004-03-27, 20:06:18 (144.138.159.122)
A seller who moves huge volumes and has a very fast way with the neg feedback. This guy is the precise reason that folks like me are afraid of retaliation feedback. All I could do was leave a pos feed .......

81: Vinyl Asylum, Ah, the shipping killer (0.00)
Posted by FR Drew on 2004-03-10, 02:01:05 (144.134.117.237)
Unfortunately, I'm in the boat that says the cost oulaid to ship are not tied in with the auction bid price. Sadly, what you bid you get back, shipping costs you wear. Take this from someone who lives .......

82: Vinyl Asylum, Boogies and then some! (0.00)
Posted by FR Drew on 2004-03-02, 12:33:55 (144.139.225.224)
I've had a Decca International on a Technics SL120 for a couple of years now with an Ortofon MC20 Supreme hanging off it. Every time I've switched arms, I may have got a minor improvement in some othe .......

83: Vinyl Asylum, Wash your mouth out... (0.00)
Posted by FR Drew on 2004-02-23, 01:13:09 (203.54.191.145)
...the first 4 albums: Kill Em, Lightning, Puppets and Justice were great. It's once Bob Rock waved the mainstream sellout stick at them with "the Black Album" (wooo, scaary!) that the whole Metallica .......

84: Vinyl Asylum, Edelstone, Yes. (0.00)
Posted by FR Drew on 2004-01-03, 12:31:24 (144.139.227.129)
The situation with boutique/museum reds in the Barossa seems to be changing. Used to be that you HAD to leave them sit 15 yrs before they were any good at all. Possibly Penfolds, and Heschke still mak .......

85: Vinyl Asylum, Value and the 2 eye 6 eye thing (0.00)
Posted by FR Drew on 2004-01-02, 19:49:39 (203.54.191.214)
Not being a fan of free jazz but preferring tuneful stuff, "Time Out" and "Night Train" are two of my faves. As others have said, the music is brilliant but it's also highly accessible. Some other ja .......

86: Vinyl Asylum, A friend has the RB900 HW combo... (0.00)
Posted by FR Drew on 2003-12-28, 23:49:39 (144.138.159.112)
...It's a straight bolt on with no mods required. drew .......

87: Vinyl Asylum, Buckshot Le Fonque (0.00)
Posted by FR Drew on 2003-12-10, 12:46:01 (144.138.154.110)
This was a Branford Marsalis side project that was a fusion of Jazz and... ...well, not exactly hip hop but then kind of in bits. Hard to describe but well worth checking out. Also check out Jazzamat .......

88: Vinyl Asylum, Separate eBays (0.00)
Posted by FR Drew on 2003-12-07, 12:27:17 (144.138.159.63)
Most certainly there are parallel eBays. ebay.com in the US ebay.com.au in Australia .ca in Canada? plus German, Italian, British and so forth. eBay applies filters so that if you say you'll post anyw .......

89: Vinyl Asylum, Packard Goose or Watermelon in easter hay? nt (0.00)
Posted by FR Drew on 2003-12-07, 03:29:41 (144.139.227.42)
. .......

90: Vinyl Asylum, Disagree (0.00)
Posted by FR Drew on 2003-12-04, 12:27:20 (144.138.159.170)
Being the proud owner of a single sided 12 inch promo DMM of Joe Satriani's "Always with me, always with you" on transparent aqua vinyl I can tell you that the "seethroughness" of the plastic doesn't .......

91: Vinyl Asylum, Re: I reckon if I hadn't been bidding against you... (0.00)
Posted by FR Drew on 2003-11-19, 12:33:35 (144.138.159.28)
Ahh, the evils of shipping. Being based in Australia (the funny little place down the bottom of the planet far from the UK, Europe and the states I know all about what you mean. Knowing I've got anoth .......

92: Vinyl Asylum, I reckon if I hadn't been bidding against you... (0.00)
Posted by FR Drew on 2003-11-19, 02:26:20 (144.138.154.58)
...you would have got it for less than half that price. Do me a favour, don't go raving about how great it sounds. I'm hoping to get the next one that comes up. Drew PS, sorry for the extra 10 bucks o .......

93: Vinyl Asylum, Stiction in Rega horizontal bearing (0.00)
Posted by FR Drew on 2003-11-05, 00:13:46 (144.138.154.106)
Folks, I've just recently been assisting a friend to rewire a Rega RB900 arm with an Incognito loom. When we started, we both agreed that the horizontal bearing (across the record) seemed "sticky" as .......

94: Vinyl Asylum, Joe Satriani: Always... (0.00)
Posted by FR Drew on 2003-09-30, 20:46:15 (144.138.159.104)
Promo copy on single-sided transparent Aqua vinyl DMM of "Always with me, always with you" It's my fave piece of music ever and the 12 inch single gets you closer to the playing than ever before. It c .......

95: Vinyl Asylum, Re: Strathearn SMA 2 Direct-Drive turntable (0.00)
Posted by FR Drew on 2003-09-26, 16:07:56 (144.139.227.245)
IIRC, (Based upon a mid 1990's HiFi World Article) Strathearn was a company funded by a uk govt grant to develop a TT. The motor they chose was designed for toys (where it worked silently) but when re .......

96: Vinyl Asylum, Aha! So it's dogs that listen to MP3's... (0.00)
Posted by FR Drew on 2003-09-19, 02:29:08 (144.138.154.14)
... I didn't think it was music lovers. And if you believe the RIAA they're costing us millions each year in music piracy and illegal internet downloads. You just wait, soon the RIAA will be suing the .......

97: SET Asylum, Lancroft Audio in Australia (0.00)
Posted by FR Drew on 2003-09-08, 03:22:02 (144.138.159.26)
They make an 833 based amp. still pricey but not WAVAC pricey. The 1942 LWAW radar station I did conservation work on at work had two 833's. They were being used as the drivers! Drew .......

98: Vinyl Asylum, Re: Ebay sniping: Part of life but defeatable. (0.00)
Posted by FR Drew on 2003-09-07, 15:47:43 (203.22.212.71)
If you're only bidding in small increments then effectively you're hoping you'll get the item for cheaper. If you're peeved about sniping then you haven't bid up to the maximum you were willing to pay .......

99: Vinyl Asylum, Brian almost deaf in one ear? (0.00)
Posted by FR Drew on 2003-08-29, 15:51:57 (144.138.154.212)
I seem to recall (hearing nearly 10 years ago) that Brian wilson was/is almost totally deaf in one ear. For this reason as much as any other, all his production/mixing work was done in mono ie, the on .......

100: Vinyl Asylum, Priorities I guess, I took photos and my wife's wedding dress (0.00)
Posted by FR Drew on 2003-08-24, 14:42:12 (144.138.159.3)
In January, Canberra, Australia was hit with massive forest fires that had been building in the national parks for weeks. The last 5 miles to the city were through dense pine plantations. They arrived .......

101: Vinyl Asylum, Albert King "Born under a bad sign", Van's "Moondance" (0.00)
Posted by FR Drew on 2003-08-23, 17:27:28 (144.134.117.188)
"Oh Brother where art thou?" Paul Simon "Graceland" Jenny Morris "Shiver" Oscar Peterson "Night Train" Sinatra "Songs for swinging lovers" Ellington "Indigos" Yello "Oh Yeah" 12 inch Sting "Englishman .......

102: Vinyl Asylum, Feedback is heavily abused and not working as it should (0.00)
Posted by FR Drew on 2003-08-22, 17:55:56 (144.139.227.79)
People are so scared of getting bad F/B in retaliation that they almost never post neg feedback. Drew .......

103: Vinyl Asylum, I agree, a VA database would be a good thing... (0.00)
Posted by FR Drew on 2003-08-22, 00:11:35 (144.139.227.213)
...provided it was not open to deliberate manipulation. This is the big problem with eBay's feedback system. folks are so scared of having their own feedback trashed in retaliation that they are rarel .......

104: Vinyl Asylum, Re: You reckon you've got it bad... (0.00)
Posted by FR Drew on 2003-08-21, 21:19:34 (203.22.212.71)
I'm pretty sure it was the TT manufacturer. They had the casting technology, that's for sure (just look that the base plate of a 301 or 401) Maybe that's how they developed the casting technology, I d .......

105: Vinyl Asylum, Technics headshell weights?... (0.00)
Posted by FR Drew on 2003-08-21, 14:48:03 (203.54.191.215)
You may want a more elegant solution still, but as far as I'm aware, Technics make machined metal discs to go on top of the headshell (so bolt goes thru weight, headshell then cartridge). Of course, m .......

106: Vinyl Asylum, You reckon you've got it bad... (0.00)
Posted by FR Drew on 2003-08-21, 14:41:48 (203.54.191.215)
I've been working for the last 3.5 yrs on this little baby: http://www.awm.gov.au/aboutus/conservation/gforgeorge/progress_may02.htm Remember all the stories you've ever heard about british kit being .......

107: Vinyl Asylum, Re: Corian Plinth for Garrard 401 (0.00)
Posted by FR Drew on 2003-08-19, 15:46:10 (144.138.159.140)
Straight from Loricrafts FAQ: http://www.garrard501.com/faq.html#plinth Of course they're helpfully listed (or not listed as the case is with websites) under garrard501 instead of loricraft so that do .......

108: Vinyl Asylum, Corian Plinth for Garrard 401 (0.00)
Posted by FR Drew on 2003-08-19, 01:18:57 (144.138.159.147)
Folks, I've been lucky enough to score a 401 but I've heard the horror stories of those with bad plinths and would like to get this right. There are many conflicting schools of thought on 401 plinth d .......

109: Vinyl Asylum, Ouch! Some of "Short, Sharp, Shocked" yes, but... (0.00)
Posted by FR Drew on 2003-08-18, 03:50:42 (203.54.191.114)
While much of the album is a corker, I'd never say the "Anchorage" was well recorded in a blue fit. Don't know if the monitors had the tweeters disconnected or what but it's a lovely track that's simp .......

110: Vinyl Asylum, Wild West End, Sultans, The Gallery, Telegraph Road... (0.00)
Posted by FR Drew on 2003-08-15, 15:32:30 (203.54.191.228)
...Private Investigations, Down to the Waterline, Romeo and Juliet, Why Worry, Oh man there's so many but I very often head straight to the first album I have to say I'm also a big fan of "twisting by .......

111: Vinyl Asylum, Simple Opamp based design at Lidstrom audio (0.00)
Posted by FR Drew on 2003-08-14, 14:44:52 (144.134.117.198)
My first attempt at a phono stage was the one found under "schematics" "OP-based RIAA" at: http://www.tanker.se/lidstrom/eng/ IIRC, it's been pulled from the application notes of the Linear Technology .......

112: Vinyl Asylum, Kite Shafts (0.00)
Posted by FR Drew on 2003-08-11, 04:46:17 (144.139.227.3)
It has been suggested on a forum I read about 6 months ago (forgotten which, too many months ago and too many red wines tonite) that many hobby shops stock carbon fibre tubes for use as kite spars. Ho .......

113: Vinyl Asylum, Since the curse of Bob Rock... (0.00)
Posted by FR Drew on 2003-07-20, 02:33:29 (144.139.227.159)
...I've been far from stoked with the output from Metallica. Maybe I'm lost in my youth but they just don't have the same feel ad the first 4 albums had. The Black album was the start of the downslide .......

114: Vinyl Asylum, Got the first 3 albums on 180g reissue (0.00)
Posted by FR Drew on 2003-07-19, 21:31:17 (144.134.117.84)
A while back i noticed my local record stor had Kill Em All, Lightning and Puppets for sale and as they are my faves (although I'll likely get around to buying Justice at some point) shelled out some .......

115: Vinyl Asylum, Morrisey: Oh Dear, I've created a Monster (0.00)
Posted by FR Drew on 2003-07-17, 02:53:12 (203.54.191.128)
Hmmm I've now been accused of having no sense of humour, not understanding irony (hey I'm Australian, not from the states, didn't we invent the stuff?) and not grasping the wit of a clever but dark ly .......

116: Vinyl Asylum, Smashing Pumpkins and Morrisey (0.00)
Posted by FR Drew on 2003-07-16, 03:16:36 (144.134.117.252)
The first time I heard "Rhinoscerous" from "Gish" i thoght it was a killer track. Rest of the album did nothing for me but that track was good. They followed this up by huge success and what seemed li .......

117: Vinyl Asylum, Much prefer "Bleach" myself (0.00)
Posted by FR Drew on 2003-07-16, 03:08:42 (144.134.117.252)
I bothered to find myself a copy of bleach on vinyl but haven't even tried with in utero or nevermind. having been 20 or so at the time of "Nevermind" I loved "Come as you are" but most nirvana left m .......

118: Vinyl Asylum, Just my luck to have a cat that... (0.00)
Posted by FR Drew on 2003-07-11, 16:22:41 (144.138.159.96)
...doesn't like the sound of saxophone. I mean not anything like yowling objections butthe occasional discreet "meep" to request that I put something else on. .......

119: General Asylum, Final amp, or Camelot phono stage (0.00)
Posted by FR Drew on 2003-07-08, 19:05:40 (203.22.212.71)
I'll weigh in here having read almost more than I can stomach. No, the idea of a small case in two mono halves is not original (Camelot phono stage reviewed some time back in HiFi News) and chip amps .......

120: Vinyl Asylum, My experiences not too bad (0.00)
Posted by FR Drew on 2003-07-06, 14:35:41 (144.139.227.232)
I guess I fall under categories 3 and 5, in that I search under artist and only look every week or so to see if anything I want has turned up. Being in Australia and with most of the vinyl in the UK, .......

121: Vinyl Asylum, Ah, but on the net don't you just die virtually ? (nt) (0.00)
Posted by FR Drew on 2003-07-05, 15:22:30 (144.139.227.148)
. .......

122: Vinyl Asylum, Not just the metal dust (0.00)
Posted by FR Drew on 2003-07-05, 15:21:13 (144.139.227.148)
Recently I was using some unused but old lead flashing to manufacture a pair of "Y Fronts" for a work colleague (don't ask). Along with the actual dust created by working the lead, the entire surface .......

123: Vinyl Asylum, I'm using an SL-120 (0.00)
Posted by FR Drew on 2003-07-01, 14:42:08 (144.138.159.50)
My system has a 1979 era (non quartz lock) SL120 (blank armboard, not technics arm). I"m using an Ortofon MC 20 Supreme on the nd of a slightly modified (to fixed headshell) Decca International unipiv .......

124: Tube DIY Asylum, thanx doug :-) (0.00)
Posted by FR Drew on 2003-06-29, 01:44:30 (144.138.154.167)
Hmm, once I finally get this pre built then I'll bias the el84's that way. Need to get the operating point sorted first (and the psu finished, etc, etc, etc) Guess I'll be getting in touch with your f .......

125: Tube DIY Asylum, Can anyone describe how this compares to having ... (0.00)
Posted by FR Drew on 2003-06-27, 23:36:03 (144.138.159.64)
...a stack of rechargeable (NiMH) cells below the cathode to replace the entire R/C bias network with a fixed voltage reference. ie) if 8.4v is required to bias the stage correctly then an 8.4v NiMH c .......

126: Vinyl Asylum, Calm yourself Zygon! (0.00)
Posted by FR Drew on 2003-06-27, 22:15:56 (144.138.154.215)
Zygon, reading Elex's response it would seem he's saying 2 things: 1) Normally the cartridge isn't at fault and in their own trade experience they have yet to come across a return that was. This being .......

127: Vinyl Asylum, Re: The "Instant Live" system (0.00)
Posted by FR Drew on 2003-06-24, 16:16:43 (144.138.154.85)
I have a CD Single of Def FX that has a track lifted from one of their live concerts. Very clean and dynamic sounding. Don't know if it was miked or pulled off the mixing desk but it sounds like you'r .......

128: Vinyl Asylum, Be worse if it was Billy Corgan... (0.00)
Posted by FR Drew on 2003-06-04, 19:12:31 (144.138.154.119)
...from the Smashing Pumpkins, he sings through his. .......

129: Vinyl Asylum, Big call! I'd say Big Star in Adelaide was far better. (0.00)
Posted by FR Drew on 2003-05-25, 23:40:44 (203.54.191.232)
If impact is as good as it get's then the situation is more dire than I thought. I found the range at Big Star in Rundle St Adelaide to be much better. Of course Canberra is easier to get to for most .......

130: Vinyl Asylum, If you lived in Australia... (0.00)
Posted by FR Drew on 2003-05-25, 15:04:14 (144.138.159.220)
...where the pickings of vinyl are more limited (especially if you live in Canberra instead of Sydney or Melbourne) then any record you buy on eBay unless it's a *very* collectable one will cost you a .......

131: Tube DIY Asylum, Many thanks. (nt) (0.00)
Posted by FR Drew on 2003-05-13, 14:40:26 (144.139.227.92)
. .......

132: Tube DIY Asylum, 829-B amp in a tube (0.00)
Posted by FR Drew on 2003-05-13, 05:41:57 (144.138.154.63)
Long time ago someone discussed the 829B (twin tetrode with shared cathode) as being a suitable tube to run in triode mode as an SE output (both halves paralleled) at around 300v giving approx 5 watts .......

133: Vinyl Asylum, Michelle Shocked, Short, Sharp Shocked (0.00)
Posted by FR Drew on 2003-05-09, 00:21:27 (144.138.159.125)
By no means all tracks, much of this album is simply sublime but "Anchorage" is painful. What were they on in the mixing room? Lovely song but OUCH! Drew .......

134: Vinyl Asylum, For a "boring guitarist"... (0.00)
Posted by FR Drew on 2003-04-28, 01:12:40 (203.54.191.5)
...the man sure plays some lovely solos. I could practice for the rest of my life and I doubt I'd sound half as good as Dave Gilmour. Granted, DSOTM isn't the best of their work to hear Dave, I'd opt .......

135: Vinyl Asylum, Recovery? (0.00)
Posted by FR Drew on 2003-04-22, 14:44:48 (144.139.227.71)
I have to admit that it has always puzzled me that these lovely sine waves appear at the output. The cynic in me had suspected that there's an algorithm presentthat rounds off edges. Actually, thinkin .......

136: Vinyl Asylum, Perfect recovery of 20K??? Not likely. (0.00)
Posted by FR Drew on 2003-04-22, 02:59:59 (144.139.228.92)
At a 44k sample rate, only about 1 in every 15 pulses (I'm guessing here as I can't be bothered drawing sine waves on paper and checking precisely) is going to perfectly line up with either the plus o .......

137: Vinyl Asylum, My SL120 is good but it's a non-standard arm (0.00)
Posted by FR Drew on 2003-04-15, 02:35:16 (144.134.117.220)
I'm currently using an SL120 (the "blank armboard" version just before the quartz lock came in on the 1200) with a Decca International unipivot and an Ortofon MC20 Supreme. I have never found this dec .......

138: Vinyl Asylum, Arm differences (0.00)
Posted by FR Drew on 2003-04-08, 14:34:42 (144.139.227.144)
What the folks say re arm differences is certainly true. Depending on who you ask and how much they are biased against direct drive decks (some praise them and most say they are noisy crap) my current .......

139: Vinyl Asylum, Try Big Star for sleeves (0.00)
Posted by FR Drew on 2003-04-01, 18:43:07 (203.22.212.71)
In Canberra we get charged 20c per sleeve from Impact records (these are plastic inner sleeves yes?) which doesn't work out too bad I guess. They are cheaper in bulk but not by much ($18.00 for 100 I .......

140: Vinyl Asylum, Many thanks (0.00)
Posted by FR Drew on 2003-03-31, 13:30:00 (144.139.227.40)
Guess it's the acoustic sounds that I need to buy. Many thanks Drew .......

141: Vinyl Asylum, yes but is the breakup still there? (0.00)
Posted by FR Drew on 2003-03-30, 12:40:41 (144.139.227.85)
Thanks fr the advice, I've seen it in my local record store too. The only way that I'll shell $40US for this is if soeone tells me that the breakup on the high level parts including guitars and vocals .......

142: Vinyl Asylum, "Cosmo's Factory" Noise in the recording? (0.00)
Posted by FR Drew on 2003-03-29, 18:57:57 (203.54.191.196)
Over the last year I've purchased 3 copies of CCR Cosmo's. The first 2 were second hand and I put down the noise on peaks to groove wear from previous owners having badly setup TT's. The distortion wa .......

143: Vinyl Asylum, The Same (0.00)
Posted by FR Drew on 2003-03-28, 01:57:27 (203.54.191.49)
Scary that if you were conceived that night you'd have had your 21st birthday by now! FRD .......

144: Vinyl Asylum, Good when new, bad when old (0.00)
Posted by FR Drew on 2003-03-28, 01:43:35 (203.54.191.49)
Blu tak is made by Bostik, there's also a yellow version produced by UHU (uhu tak?) and it's normally found in newsagents/stationery suppliers. When Blu Tak is new it's great. Adhesive but not badly s .......

145: Vinyl Asylum, Simon & Garfunkel: Concert in Central Park (nt) (0.00)
Posted by FR Drew on 2003-03-27, 01:21:36 (144.138.159.227)
nt .......

146: Vinyl Asylum, Comment from the just past 30 (long) (0.00)
Posted by FR Drew on 2003-03-18, 04:09:45 (144.138.154.121)
I can recall a program on the govt funded tv channel when I was but a wee lad of 7 or 8. It was a program called "Towards 2000" (Oscillatus may remember it too). They had a feature one evening on a sm .......

147: Vinyl Asylum, Cocaine for 60 cents! (0.00)
Posted by FR Drew on 2003-03-16, 14:26:20 (144.138.159.92)
Yay for me, yesterday's vinyl shopping trip yielded the 12 inch single of JJ Cale's Cocaine for 60 cents US. An easy NM as the vinyl is clean, shiny, no visible marks and plays as silent as the grave. .......

148: Vinyl Asylum, My query regarding really odd effects of values (0.00)
Posted by FR Drew on 2003-03-12, 23:06:27 (144.138.154.206)
Mr Bear, having been the only person who seems willing to talk on the topic of cartridge loads, if you scan down the page (maybe even onto the next page by now) you'l see a query I posted regarding od .......

149: Vinyl Asylum, Odd effect with a certain cartridge load (0.00)
Posted by FR Drew on 2003-03-11, 20:50:10 (203.22.212.71)
A while back I constructed a simple, battery powered, opamp based phono stage for my Ortofon MC20 Supreme to feed. While playing around with cartridge loading I came across a setting (between 500R and .......

150: Vinyl Asylum, Help, stuck in the 80's! Hunners,Yello, Whacko,Queen... (0.00)
Posted by FR Drew on 2003-03-10, 01:43:46 (203.54.191.86)
So far: Hunters and Collectors-The way to go out: throw your arms around me. Yello-80-85: I love you, vicious games, sometimes, base for alec, oh yeah. Michael Jackson-Thriller: beat it, billy jean, t .......

151: Vinyl Asylum, Nah, my friends need mellower housemates. (0.00)
Posted by FR Drew on 2003-03-06, 17:57:32 (203.22.212.71)
He's pretty conservative and works for a mid-right wing conservative party in Australia. As well as believing that only rich people should get decent education and health care I guess he wants the cof .......

152: Vinyl Asylum, Out of print? (0.00)
Posted by FR Drew on 2003-03-06, 12:43:17 (203.54.191.144)
If I was heading to a friend's house and getting him to burn me a copy of the latest releases then yup, sure, I agree that copying isn't ethical. I mean, at the end of the day the band/performer isn't .......

153: Vinyl Asylum, Been running like a pig for me Steve (0.00)
Posted by FR Drew on 2003-02-24, 00:07:03 (203.54.191.154)
My corner of Canberra without optical/ADSL is running like sludge. This is my 3rd attempt this arvo to get onto VA and diyaudio. Arrrgghh! Drew .......

154: Vinyl Asylum, Tori Amos Version (0.00)
Posted by FR Drew on 2003-02-20, 12:43:41 (203.22.212.71)
Have to say I've yet to see it on vinyl but the version of FBR that Tori Amos sings on the Cohen compilation "Tower of Song" is amazing. There are IMO a few dogs on this album, Elton John and Billy Jo .......

155: Vinyl Asylum, That's what I thought... (0.00)
Posted by FR Drew on 2003-02-17, 18:10:55 (203.22.212.71)
This is why I was curious to have read about the reduced requirement for antiskate in unipivots. Of course it could simply be a case of someone making a U/P without A/S saying that it wasn't neccessar .......

156: Vinyl Asylum, Less effect with unipivot? (0.00)
Posted by FR Drew on 2003-02-17, 14:52:03 (203.22.212.71)
I recall reading somewhere recently (Bluenote perhaps but don't quote me that that's the source, apologies for incorrect attribution etc) that unipivot's had less need of antiskate than standard gimba .......

157: Vinyl Asylum, glue? (0.00)
Posted by FR Drew on 2003-02-17, 03:05:40 (144.138.159.196)
Maybe I'm missing something here but if I purchased 2 old copies of 461 and led zep 4 and steamed the seams of the gatefold apart, couldn't I (with the aid of some craft adhesive) reproduce exactly th .......

158: Vinyl Asylum, New Beatles Singles (0.00)
Posted by FR Drew on 2003-02-13, 12:50:19 (144.138.154.225)
A while back I purchased the re-released single of "Yesterday"/"Act Naturally" (on pink vinyl mind you!). Sealed, brand new etc. Not ebay, from a store. Act Naturally (which I prefer as a song anyhow) .......

159: Vinyl Asylum, Re-issue Quality, What's Arkama like? (0.00)
Posted by FR Drew on 2003-02-02, 12:39:45 (203.54.191.226)
Givne some of the questions that have been raised about Simply Vinyl, I thought I'd enquire as to the quality of the re-issues from the Arkama label. All the buzzwords are there: virgin vinyl, 180gm, .......

160: Vinyl Asylum, AKARNA? Re- Releases Any Good? (0.00)
Posted by FR Drew on 2003-01-31, 21:53:04 (144.134.117.122)
While thumbing htrough the vinyls at a local store I saw a stack of these from a range of bands. The claim is 180gm virgin vinyl, audiophile pressing original master tapes etc. How good are they? Am I .......

161: Vinyl Asylum, 10mm Acrylic Armboard (0.00)
Posted by FR Drew on 2003-01-28, 22:29:01 (144.134.117.144)
When I had to fit the Decca International to my Technics SL120 I used 10mm perspex cut to the shape of the armboard and affixed through to the mounts with allen head machine bolts into Nyloc nuts with .......

162: Vinyl Asylum, So how bad is it really? (0.00)
Posted by FR Drew on 2003-01-28, 18:49:33 (203.22.212.71)
I'm using an SL120 with a Decca International arm and an ortofon MC20 Supreme. Can't say that things seem to be lacking PRAT, dynamics or detail, or that I'm suffering from bearing/motor noise. How is .......

163: Vinyl Asylum, Many thanks (0.00)
Posted by FR Drew on 2003-01-15, 00:44:12 (203.54.191.157)
Guess then, for the moment I'll just stick with my Technics SL120. Maybe one day, once the rest of the system is up to scratch I'll look at upgrading the deck. Got to get the arm, phono stage, pre, po .......

164: Vinyl Asylum, Rim Drive for Teres (or similar) Platter? (0.00)
Posted by FR Drew on 2003-01-14, 17:15:51 (203.22.212.71)
Folks, I have in my posession a non poled, DC, non-cogging Papst TT motor (currently without pulley) I'm wondering if anyone has ever played around with rim drive on a modern platter/bearing such as t .......

165: Vinyl Asylum, Link (0.00)
Posted by FR Drew on 2002-12-11, 12:05:28 (203.54.191.150)
http://www.wilson-benesch.com The inmages of the act 2 show a nice downwards shot of the back end of the arm with the antiskate shown and the Kinematic bearing section shows the ball arrangement. Drew .......

166: Vinyl Asylum, Be brave and use a finger lift? (0.00)
Posted by FR Drew on 2002-12-10, 16:53:27 (203.22.212.71)
Armlift design is in the realm of scary engineering. I've got absolutely no idea where to start. Me, I take the brave option and just finger lift. Re antiskate I expect I'll got the dangling weight an .......

167: Vinyl Asylum, Sideweights? (0.00)
Posted by FR Drew on 2002-12-09, 23:15:42 (144.139.227.114)
I'm making the assumption that when you say "It sways" you're talking about roll along the axis of the armtube. In other words azimuth change. If this is the case then bringing the counterweight close .......

168: Vinyl Asylum, You don't revive that which is bad (0.00)
Posted by FR Drew on 2002-12-04, 11:27:58 (144.139.227.70)
Certainly, CD sales are beginning to drop off after hitting the top of the bell curve and why would you pay for 2 or 3 machines when one will suffice to play games, movies, music and more. In as much .......

169: Vinyl Asylum, Not too pricey (0.00)
Posted by FR Drew on 2002-12-04, 00:35:04 (144.138.159.216)
I'm in a difficult position cos much of what I'm currently using you can't buy anymore and none of it was purchased new, it's all secondhand. At present I'm running a Technics SL120 direct drive (non .......

170: Vinyl Asylum, Yay for the Impact S/H Vinyl Sale (0.00)
Posted by FR Drew on 2002-11-30, 01:10:03 (144.138.159.196)
All you Canberraites lurking out there know that we've waited a couple of months since the "teasers" got put up on the second hand racks. 8000 lovely vinyls, many that I doubt had been played more tha .......

171: Vinyl Asylum, I've had a good one "fortunemusic" (0.00)
Posted by FR Drew on 2002-11-29, 18:22:50 (203.54.191.126)
I purchsed a VG+ from "fortunemusic" Oscar Peterson "Night Train" It was strictly graded. better than 99% of it sounds heaps better than very good. Very and I say **VERY** occasional light clicks or p .......

172: Vinyl Asylum, Two sides of singe, severely different quality (0.00)
Posted by FR Drew on 2002-11-22, 02:32:14 (144.139.227.162)
Recently purchased one of the purple label Capitol reissue Beatles singles: "Yesterday" and "Act Naturally" on pink vinyl. Fortunately for me, "Act Naturally" was the single I really wanted. The sound .......

173: Vinyl Asylum, Re: Decca Tonearm & Moving Coil Cartridges (0.00)
Posted by FR Drew on 2002-11-18, 19:37:16 (203.22.212.71)
I've used one on my Technics SL120 with an Ortofon MC20Supreme. Haven't heard a wide range of arms so the comparison is lacking a bit but I'd say it lacks a little bass but has outstanding prat/boogie .......

174: Vinyl Asylum, Origins of the new Creedence Singles (0.00)
Posted by FR Drew on 2002-11-18, 12:18:34 (144.138.159.84)
I noticed in a recent jaunt to a vinyl sellers nearby that they had a collection of CCR singles reissues on coloured vinyl for sale. Does anybody have experience of the quality or origins of these? Mo .......

175: Vinyl Asylum, Many Thanks (0.00)
Posted by FR Drew on 2002-11-09, 12:57:21 (144.138.159.219)
Thanks Paul, I appreciate the heads up. There was alot of tasty stuff (too good to be true??) that I was contemplating getting, just hadn't gotten a round tuit. Suppose I'll stick with Quality Records .......

176: Vinyl Asylum, Bleach New Not S/H (0.00)
Posted by FR Drew on 2002-11-08, 21:02:21 (144.134.117.239)
The new range at Impact continues to grow. They don't seem to have caught up with the fact that most folks aren't enamoured with the quality of Simply Vinyl and you'll often find both the SV and regul .......

177: Vinyl Asylum, SL120 (0.00)
Posted by FR Drew on 2002-11-07, 14:13:09 (203.22.212.71)
I'm using an SL120 (the equiv of the first generation of non-quartz locked SL1200 but with the replaceable armboard instead of the Technics arm) So far I've used an ADC ALT1 arm (mid-low end but ok I .......

178: Tweakers' Asylum, Common Ground (0.00)
Posted by FR Drew on 2002-11-03, 20:43:13 (203.22.212.71)
I've built a phono preamp that has the RIAA eq in the feedback loop and does all the gain (even for low output MC) with the single opamp. Both channels are fed from a single +/- 9v dc alkaline cell su .......

179: Vinyl Asylum, Dire Straits eponymous N/M for $4 (0.00)
Posted by FR Drew on 2002-10-31, 17:14:42 (203.22.212.71)
Not a click or pop on it. Beautiful. I'd almost given up on finding this one. In my other persona I also got the 180gm =reissue of Metallica's Kill Em All and a Sub Pop reissue of Nirvana Bleach. Get .......

180: Tweakers' Asylum, Re: Where to buy the AD797? (0.00)
Posted by FR Drew on 2002-10-29, 15:32:18 (203.22.212.71)
Farnell.com but they're about $17 US ea if the Oz price is anything to go by. Drew The LT1028 is looking good at $9 US from the manufacturer for the best version and $6 for the slightly higher noise v .......

181: Tweakers' Asylum, Moving Coil stage opamp AD797 the best? (0.00)
Posted by FR Drew on 2002-10-29, 03:31:59 (144.138.154.138)
After scouring a wide array of resources, magazines, forums, datasheets and so forth I'm in the process of selecting an opamp to replace the NE5534AN in my moving coil phono stage. The general argumen .......

182: Vinyl Asylum, Re: Cocktail : Input/impedance/gain (0.00)
Posted by FR Drew on 2002-10-27, 14:28:21 (203.22.212.71)
For my Ortofon MC20 Supreme, even 100R is too high. I'm running about 33R at present. Weird as it may be, it also sounds ok on 47K! (Don't ask me why) but sounds truly odd in an appealing way (if this .......

183: Vinyl Asylum, Sorry, I meant "Your Latest Trick" nt (0.00)
Posted by FR Drew on 2002-10-27, 12:33:42 (144.138.154.3)
. .......

184: Vinyl Asylum, Re: Pop/Rock recordings need some recommendations. (0.00)
Posted by FR Drew on 2002-10-27, 03:07:10 (144.134.117.18)
Personally I always looked to well recorded albums where an increase in transparency will let me see further into the recording. Remember the first time that you said "Wow! I never heard that before!" .......

185: Tweakers' Asylum, Class A bias on NE5534 (0.00)
Posted by FR Drew on 2002-10-21, 21:39:25 (203.22.212.71)
Anyone know if you can bias an NE5534 into class A? I read it could be done with an AD711 by running a 6k resistor between output and the neg supply rail. It'll be cap coupled to any following stages .......

186: Vinyl Asylum, Anyone here using a Decca International? (0.00)
Posted by FR Drew on 2002-10-20, 14:55:49 (203.22.212.71)
Recently I was fortunate enough to get a Decca International from a friend. It was damaged and the headshell mounting was snapped plus some damage to arm leads. I've been able to repair headshell and .......

187: Vinyl Asylum, I have. (0.00)
Posted by FR Drew on 2002-10-16, 15:43:00 (203.22.212.71)
I was using one about 6 months ago with a Shure VST on a Technics SL120 DD. The arm is a bit light for MC use I'd say but seemed fine with the Shure. I changed it out for a much heavier weight chromed .......

188: Vinyl Asylum, Nooooooooooo! (0.00)
Posted by FR Drew on 2002-10-13, 14:53:08 (144.139.225.25)
Hmmm, I'm suspicious. The published specs are exactly the same as the 29 dollar unit that Jaycar has on sale. This I purchased cos I had a spare 29 that week that I didn't care if I lost. Just as well .......

189: Vinyl Asylum, I'd like to think you could cut deeper grooves... (0.00)
Posted by FR Drew on 2002-10-10, 02:55:40 (144.134.117.116)
...without affecting the physical characteristics and stuctural integrity of the substrate. I've got vinyl records from the late 80's with grooves so shallow that scratches invisible to the eye can ca .......

190: Vinyl Asylum, Parts cost and markup (0.00)
Posted by FR Drew on 2002-10-06, 15:44:53 (144.138.154.36)
I have in front of me a small phono stage I've built using two 9 volt batts for the supply rails and an NE5534 (Yes, I know, Yuk!). This little beastie with the addition of 4 resistors and 3 caps is c .......

191: Vinyl Asylum, How much effect? (0.00)
Posted by FR Drew on 2002-10-05, 03:49:44 (144.139.227.240)
I'll admit that my system isn't the last word in revealing. My source is a Technics SL120 DD and the cartridge is an Ortofon MC20 Supreme. The arm is a Decca International modified to have a fixed hea .......

192: Vinyl Asylum, 30 (nt) (0.00)
Posted by FR Drew on 2002-10-05, 03:41:26 (144.139.227.240)
nt .......

193: Vinyl Asylum, Might get electrocuted using hifi in the bath! NT (0.00)
Posted by FR Drew on 2002-09-30, 04:07:25 (144.138.172.152)
nt .......

194: Vinyl Asylum, Has anyone tried trolling for a Radiex? (0.00)
Posted by FR Drew on 2002-09-30, 03:35:18 (144.138.172.152)
Just wondering... Dropping the occasional thread in "I'm new to hifi but some of my audiophile friends tell me that vinyl is far superior to CD. Do you folks agree? Please give me your thoughts." I re .......

195: Vinyl Asylum, Billy Joel, Greatest Hits 1&2 (0.00)
Posted by FR Drew on 2002-09-30, 03:30:40 (144.138.172.152)
I accept that this may not be everyone elses taste in music. On many days it's more than a little "mainstream radio" for me too. Anyway, the same holds true here. The persons responsible for the trans .......

196: Vinyl Asylum, ...Head sticks over parapet waving white flag... (0.00)
Posted by FR Drew on 2002-09-29, 14:48:59 (144.138.154.173)
Guys, att he risk of being shot down... In 1989 when I was a younger fellow than I am today, (and CD was not yet king) I was on student exchange in Germany. The son of the family I was staying with wa .......

197: Vinyl Asylum, I dunno, rather be referred to as "Pferd" than "Droopy" NT (0.00)
Posted by FR Drew on 2002-09-19, 23:33:04 (144.138.159.243)
nt .......

198: Vinyl Asylum, Moniker change (0.00)
Posted by FR Drew on 2002-09-19, 01:00:01 (144.139.227.40)
Folks, due to a recent machine rebuild that wiped my net settings including stored passwords and a change in ISP that meant I couldn't get an email change of password sent to me I've had to change mon .......

199: Vinyl Asylum, Boogiefactor (0.00)
Posted by FR Drew on 2002-09-13, 01:48:53 (144.138.159.221)
I don't understand it and without wishing to sound anything like a Linn dealer, I find that I'm tapping my foot and getting into the music more with vinyl. CD gives me all the hifi stuff, (separation, .......

200: Tube DIY Asylum, Or EL84 SE triode for me (0.00)
Posted by FR Drew on 2002-09-04, 16:24:08 (203.22.212.71)
I'm also interested in a little single ended EL84 project but I'd prefer to run in triode mode. Drew .......

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