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I'm wondering if I've damaged the voice coil in my Paradigm Monitor Sub 8 subwoofer? It uses an 8inch driver with a high wattage amp. Goes down to 20hz for an 8inch. That said on some songs with kick drums or what have you, I'm getting popping sounds coming from the sub. It doesn't do it with...

He said the connections on the bases couldn't be reformed and were at end of life, so he replaced them. The originals were giving noise into the pre.

I'm ok with the deal. It does mean I'll take a loss on it, but I am asking the stereo shop here to possibly do a trade in on it for their 1000 deck they have for sale. I'm told the 1000 is sonically better, and this is my goal. If I get a huge loss on it, so be it, but the 1000 they have for...

Here's a pic of all the parts he removed from the unit and replaced. Not many shops give you this stuff back, but the really good ones do, to show that they indeed replaced parts.

Steven, Even my Tandberg which was listed as mint needed $700 in repairs. I'm not concerned. I've talked to the tech in Quebec and he is willing to take on my 2 decks. No rush in needing them back. Scott

Yup. Big improvement. It's a small store but has what it needs.

I'll also add that the stereo shop owner said that the Sonic Frontiers is very well built. He mentioned if they were to build that preamp today, it would cost 10 grand.

Holy Crap, What an improvement! I sent off my Sonic Frontiers for repairs to replace the heat damaged parts in the unit. He replaced a bunch of caps and resistors, plus replaced the tube sockets. I got the unit home tonight and once again put it into my main system against the YBA. The air...

Huh? WTF? I hope this doesn't mean the end of B&W as they are. I wonder if Rotel is on this deal too?

Then that begs the question of what to do with the deck? I certainly couldn't sell it to regain out of it what I paid for it.

Steven, The deck isn't performing at optimum performance. But it still works for an old deck. No one would expect a perfect deck of this age off of Ebay. It needs a tuneup and maybe some replacement internal parts.

Nando, I wonder about the 950. I already have about $375 invested in the thing and more money may make it not worth todays selling price serviced. I'm assuming it needs a major overhaul. Shipping alone there and back will be close to $100 each way. The Luxman is worth it because it sounds...

I have a Luxman K-03 which has a wow and flutter problem, plus a Pioneer CT-F950 which needs an overhaul. I'd prefer to get this repaired in Canada, but if not the best option, who can repair these decks in either Canada or USA? Preferably someone who may have access to parts obsolete or can...

Apparently even Dynavector says to set the antiskating to a high number for this cart. Funny I never saw any mention of this until I had the problem myself.

http://forums.stevehoffman.tv/threads/dynavector-17d3-how-well-does-it-track.264684/ I read another thread on Steve Hoffman that this perticular cart has this skipping issue. They said to set the antiskate higher (like 3) to help. I'll try that.

Lp12 with Ittok 2 arm. Adjusting antiskating, not VTA.

I was playing a few records last night with my new cartridge and during playback, the needle litterally skipped into the next few grooves at few points. Did this on more then one record. I tried the antiskating set to 2, but didn't seem to help. What would cause the needle to skate across the...

My latest buy is a $50 180 gram pressing of Gordon Lightfoot's Sundown. I've probably got an older copy of this somewhere, but I wanted to hear what a modern version of this 70s record would sound like. The one I just bought is said to be made from the analog master tape, so no digital in...

I got an email from my tech here today (and later talked to him in person). The repair on my SFL-2 is cheaper then we had expected. Around $270 with my estimate fee taken off that price. What he is doing is replacing some caps in both power supply and the preamp itself, some resistors, the tube...

Quite a story. Funny thing is the Linn is still being made today. I wonder why the other company never continued on? Anyway off to work I go.