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Yeh, there is a shortfall to the quencharc. Ceramic discs are pretty common in many power switches, all of them leak a bit of current. ALWAYS unplug something you’re servicing!

Welcome to the zoo- your cage is waiting! My first exposure to PL was at a store called the Grammophone in Lutherville, Maryland. They had a beautiful audition room. I wandered in from curiosity about the Rotel linear tracking turntable. Of course, everything in that room was far beyond my...

Replace the switch (you have no choice on that), install a “quencharc” to absorb the switch arcing…

Mongol rock??

HEY MOM! WHAT’S FOR SUPPER?

I tuned into the college stations, there were two in the Baltimore area. One played the Human League a year before “Don’t You Want Me” became such a massive hit, the Divinyls long before “I Touch Myself.” They were always far ahead. Wide variety, too- one program played jazz and swing from the...

I thought it strange that they never drilled holes for the wire connections at the bottom of the boards. Seems a bit tenuous to me, an opportunity for failure.

Left sensitivity control set at minimum, but LED panel shows output… What’s going on there?

It’s rare to see them in that condition. Congratulations!

What we pay at flea markets these days… “Items marked with a star not available in reel tapes…” I wish I kept the reel tapes I got through Columbia House- HIGH prices on those now. Disappointed that they were 3 3/4 ips…

Probably so, but I was comparing to the 440…

Checking on your progress… Are we able to order yet? I’m getting antzy for a new preamp!

Ed Saunders (now defunct) used to sell one called the “Red Ed,” which was a Sanyo version of the Goldring Elan. I bought one for $19, came with a .6 conical. I later bought the .3 x .7 elliptical and a 3 mil cone for shellac. Cheap cart, variety of points, and sounds reasonably decent. Later I...

What did you think of Dazzle Ships? I didn’t like it, too many “Atari noises” and not enough music…

Yup, got it… It’s been sitting idle for far too long, so I’m going to give it a low current/low voltage trickle charge to the filter caps and open it to check rail and circuit voltages. I don’t expect any major issues, it’s just been dormant for a long time.

“And again laatsch55 spoke to them in parables, saying…”

Despite the noisy shellac and clay, 78s are surprisingly dynamic