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  1. Wow - how to bugger up your records reeeaaaally technically. Roger
  2. 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
  3. 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
  4. 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
  5. 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
  6. Always remember the simple rule - ''I before E except when it isn't'' Easy The USA has a lot to answer for. Roger
  7. Passes are fine. but cake - hmmmmmm Roger
  8. 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
  9. I liked the flying children ...................and wish I could do that today Roger
  10. Face, egg, on - comes to mind. Roger
  11. Nothing Succeeds like a toothless Budgie. Roger
  12. 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
  13. 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
  14. 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
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