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RogerH replied to John Bonnett's topic in Members Cars and Project threads
A thing of beauty. Roger -
Wow - how to bugger up your records reeeaaaally technically. Roger
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yesterday a current MachineMart catalogue dropped through the door. Upon browsing through it I found two of these OBD things at apprx £15 - surely they can't work. Roger
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Back in the 70's when things could be done, I made a Tape Noise Reducer. This was a Practical Wireless (Electronics) design originally sorted by Phillips for their cassette units. When assembled I tried it on the Akai 4000DS and was quite surprised how well it worked - it really did work. A friend of mine lived in a hippy house and one of the other crazed people had an A77 and heard about my Noise reducer and asked to try it out. After a week or two he returned it saying that it was broken (aaarrrggghhh) When I tested on my Akia it worked fine. The A77 simply did not have enough noise to play with - wonderful machines. I always wanted one but could never afford. Of course nowadays it would be digital. Roger Roger
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Hi Rob, it is the 4000DS. It appeared to work very well for simple stereo recording etc. but the track on track dubbing was not very special. Mine has not run for a similar time so the rubberware is probably iffy. Never mind it is all available on the WWW. Roger
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The newer thicker Vinyl is a revelation. Not really into Punk but I was recommended Marquee Moon by Television. I didn't hear the stylus collide with the intro-track - no hiss / crackle or pop The background hiss of a CD but with the plastic tones - excellent. I have a DIY turntable with a nice (mid 90's) cartridge and the racket is quite good - certainly Brahms's 3rd racket comes over cheerfully ell. The only issue I had with the DIY TT was that the mat was rather flimsy (Typical BSR radiogram mat) I made a new mat from 1/4" thick fairly dense rubber and the girls in Fleetwood Mac came alive and jumped out of the speakers. My late 70's Celestion 442's are getting a bit old now - but so am I. We shall stay together as friends. The Akai Reel to Reel did its best in the very early 70's when I used to do multi track recording for me to give Hank Marvin a run for his money. Unlike today's digital recording every thing got transferred from one track to the next. The sound quality went South as the Noise went North. I would end up with something that sounded like an over-used 45 from a greasy spoon cafe Jukebox - excellent - I thought at the time it was top draw. Hi-Fi has a lot to answer for Roger
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Always remember the simple rule - ''I before E except when it isn't'' Easy The USA has a lot to answer for. Roger
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Passes are fine. but cake - hmmmmmm Roger
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What amp and speakers have got to drive these little devils. I have an LP of Tchaikovsky's 1812 overture. Not a particularly special recording except for the cannon. On one big bang you can see the track doing very silly things. I would like to suggest a 90' turn but probably nearer 45' - it really is significant. With the wick turned up things tend to move in the living room. JVC JAS- 71 amp (85W/Channel) Celestion 442 speakers and a diy turntable Roger
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I liked the flying children ...................and wish I could do that today Roger
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Face, egg, on - comes to mind. Roger
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Hand Formed Aluminium Body
RogerH replied to John Bonnett's topic in Members Cars and Project threads
Nothing Succeeds like a toothless Budgie. Roger -
Regarding the blade orientation - they are dragged across the screen and thus can't in to judder. I always thought that they where pushed across the screen like an ice/frost scrapper - but no. Roger
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To Follow on from Roger & JohnD's brushes - My Henry Vacuum cleaner was not happy when turned on. It nearly worked but not quite. So, disassemble it to find that the mains switch had a Suppressor across it. The capacitor had exploded slightly. I looked on line for a replacement - anything from £11 to £20 for a 1M resistor and 0.22uF cap wow. I popped along to me local Henry repair shop and asked if he could sell me the suppressor. In an Engleesh version of a foreign language the repair man asked me what a suppressor was !!! He is supposedly the qualified repairman asking basic questions. Anyway he didn't. So, Onto RS Components, ordered the parts (5 x Capacitor & 10 x Resistor) for less than £10) collect the following day. Sucking that afternoon. If anybody needs a Henry suppressor just ask. Roger
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Hi Roger, you do not need a high temp grease as such - as it doesn't get hot. You need a low temp grease to stay free moving when when cold. High temp grease can get quite thick when cold and this will slow the system down. I do not know what Ragosine grease is but I would assume it is a low temp grease. Roger