ivangt6
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Aug 16, 2019 20:40:30 GMT
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Love those older, quality, camera's. Is it still possible to get 35mm developed/ Cool speaker's too! Yes it's still possible, all sorts of film available from high Street photography shops. It's mainly the other half's hobby and she's been using a fairly decent dslr over the last few years but she enjoys using the film camera more because once you've taken the shot that's it until you get it developed. You can't check every photo you take and then decide your not happy with it and spend ages trying to get the perfect shot, you just move on and enjoy your day. And it's more of an art getting a good shot. This olympus om-2 is still regarded as having one of the best low light meters ever made and is great for night photography. And a couple of the photos she's taken with it, unedited. I think it gives something you just don't get with digital cameras She's recently gone through a reel of black&white film and she's taken this picture of me. I mean the subject is hideous and that's a petal on my cheek, I'm not crying like some sad clown 😂 But as much as I hate it, it is a good photo (she's watching me) Ahem. Right, speakers
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ivangt6
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Aug 16, 2019 21:00:34 GMT
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What are the speakers? Their size doesnt make them harder for a small amp to drive, its all aboit sensitivity and big drivers, especially older paper drivers, tend to be more sensitive. Thats why they are loud too. What are the controls? Slope and filter? Shows what I know! I thought it was the rating of the speakers vs what the amps rated at. Speakers are about 160w max @8ohm. The amp just says 8-16ohms 🤷♂️ Controls on the speakers are midrange and high frequency Driver's are over 12" across. I'm pretty sure they're not original as the don't look like the ones I've seen in most pictures on Google. I'm not sure as to whether the off-white ring around the outer edge is supposed to be there or if there's supposed to be a foam/rubber ring covering them. They're Realistic mach two speakers, from what I can work out they're low to mid budget speakers sold at Radioshack in the 80s The turntable is a Rega Planar 2. It came with a few upgrades. Goldring elan needle, stainless steel balance weight, aluminium drive pulley, wool platter, replacement tonearm wiring (some fancy copper litz jobby with earth and gold plated cartridge tags) and a ceramic bearing. I'm sure you'd be able to tell me if that's a load of gimmicks or whether they're decent upgrades? It sounded curse word when we got it. The aluminium drive pully was touching the glass platter (platter needed raising up) and the left channel was louder than the right, which turned out to be the needle. I've since fitted the standard rega carbon cartridge and got myself a glass protractor and scales to set it up as well as I can and it's been a huge improvement. It sounds great now and I'm hearing bits of songs I didn't know where there. Made my hair stand on end the first time I listened to bohemian rhapsody on it! Any tips, advice or general parting of knowledge would be very much appreciated!
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Last Edit: Aug 16, 2019 21:14:14 GMT by ivangt6
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MiataMark
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Aug 16, 2019 21:00:44 GMT
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Pink triangles are nice things but I'm more into idler drive TTs. My first turntables were Garrard SP25's :-) A 401 or even a 301 would be nice but I'm more than happy with the Pink Triangle. Being brought up in Swindon Garrard was quite prominent, pity the old factory is now a Halford's. Oh and I've got a collection of Canon film SLR's (AE-1, A1, 500N) as well.
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Aug 16, 2019 21:16:02 GMT
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The turntable is a Rega Planar 2. It came with a few upgrades. Goldring elan needle, stainless steel balance weight, aluminium drive pulley, wool platter, replacement tonearm wiring (some fancy copper litz jobby with earth and gold plated cartridge tags) and a ceramic bearing. I'm sure you'd be able to tell me if that's a load of gimmicks or whether they're decent upgrades? It sounded curse word when we got it. The aluminium drive pully was touching the glass platter (platter needed raising up) and the left channel was louder than the right, which turned out to be the needle. I've since fitted the standard rega carbon cartridge and got myself a glass protractor and scales to set it up as well as I can and it's been a huge improvement. It sounds great now and I'm hearing bits of songs I didn't know where there. Made my hair stand on end the first time I listened to bohemian rhapsody on it! Any tips, advice or general parting of knowledge would be very much appreciated! No, all worthwile upgrades. The pulley touching the platter is a little odd. 2 possibilities, the previous owner just replaced the pulley and it wasnt pushed on far enough (they are a push fit then glued), or the pulley is for a P3 (same sizes, just mount higher iirc and i think they only go on so far), or the motor has also been replaced (pretty sure it used to be rubber mounted and if it is now stuck in place the pulley ends up higher). None of that matters though, raising the platter has sorted it, as long as its not thrown the arm height out. The angle of the stylus effects the sound so if the platter raises the arm should too. Might be worth spacing the arm up by the same amount. Vinyl is amazing, has better detail retrieval than digital if you have the equipment to get it out of the groove. The speakers are interesting. I'm a fan of big paper cones (i use old tannoy dual concentrics) and old technics amps were pretty decent too. I imagine as a system it would work well together and sound pretty good.
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Last Edit: Aug 16, 2019 21:16:51 GMT by VW
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Aug 16, 2019 21:19:39 GMT
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Pink triangles are nice things but I'm more into idler drive TTs. My first turntables were Garrard SP25's :-) A 401 or even a 301 would be nice but I'm more than happy with the Pink Triangle. Being brought up in Swindon Garrard was quite prominent, pity the old factory is now a Halford's. Oh and I've got a collection of Canon film SLR's (AE-1, A1, 500N) as well. Yes, the pinks are good. A friend i used to work with at rega used to work for them. Another good company making good products. I tend to use modified lencos, sometimes modified direct drives. A halfords! I suppose it could be worse 😂
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ivangt6
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Aug 16, 2019 21:32:21 GMT
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The turntable is a Rega Planar 2. No, all worthwile upgrades. The pulley touching the platter is a little odd. 2 possibilities, the previous owner just replaced the pulley and it wasnt pushed on far enough (they are a push fit then glued), or the pulley is for a P3 (same sizes, just mount higher iirc and i think they only go on so far), or the motor has also been replaced (pretty sure it used to be rubber mounted and if it is now stuck in place the pulley ends up higher). None of that matters though, raising the platter has sorted it, as long as its not thrown the arm height out. The angle of the stylus effects the sound so if the platter raises the arm should too. Might be worth spacing the arm up by the same amount. Vinyl is amazing, has better detail retrieval than digital if you have the equipment to get it out of the groove. The speakers are interesting. I'm a fan of big paper cones (i use old tannoy dual concentrics) and old technics amps were pretty decent too. I imagine as a system it would work well together and sound pretty good. Interesting about the different pully sides. It was only just brushing the glass so I raised the platter by about 1mm. The motor moves up and down and feels nice and springy. I don't think there's anything wrong with that. I might not have a good enough ear for it but what effect would having a tonearm at the wrong angle have? Hopefully I've cobbled together a reasonable setup without spending too much. It certainly sounds good to me. The only two niggles are on the amp. If you're using the tape player end hit rewind it looks up and you have to take the lid off to free it up. The other niggle is the the l.e.d.'s the mark where the radio tuner is have stopped working. I have no idea what frequency it's set at but the radio is crystal clear and picks up a hell of a lot more stations than either of our cars. I know it's probably not worth fixing but may see about getting it fixed at some point as those two things are beyond my knowledge
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Last Edit: Aug 16, 2019 21:33:55 GMT by ivangt6
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Aug 16, 2019 21:39:41 GMT
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Raising it 1mm wont be too noticeable unless you really know your set up, know your records well, and listen for it. Added that the wool mats are thinner than the originals and id say its fine.
Vertical tracking angle (vta) will mainly effect bass response. Yours wont be adjustable though so it would be hard to experiment with. If you had raised the platter 3mm for arguments sake id say it would be worth raising the arm too.
The motor is still on bands then. They changed it at some point but i don't know when. They are now fixed with an incredibly strong double sided pad. The pulley rubbing probably means they just didnt push it on enough when it was changed. Doesnt sound like you have anything to worry about.
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Aug 16, 2019 21:42:50 GMT
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I don't care about turntables so much, but old hi-fi was really well built.
Also really into film photography, but not in a hipster, everything lomo type way. I got given a Ricoh kr-5 slr by my old manager, as he knew I liked to fix things and this one had sat "broken" in his cupboard for 20 years.
I "fixed" it with some batteries (light needle wasn't working) and just loved the slow-down of making sure the shot is right before hitting the shutter.
Since then I've bought a Pentax p30 (great for teaching basics), multiple Canon eos55 and eos-1's and got a few of my friends into film.
Plus because I've got an adapter, any EF lens I get for my film cameras can also be used on my mirrorless digital.
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