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by Ant
Tue Oct 08, 2024 9:41 pm
Forum: Solid State
Topic: even more lateral fets
Replies: 92
Views: 94712

Re: even more lateral fets

Thats rather nice ed, those sinks are quite cool (swidt)
I really must investigate a mofo, no time though, wailey wailey
by Ant
Tue Oct 08, 2024 9:38 pm
Forum: Assorted Stuff
Topic: Nothing In Particular
Replies: 16771
Views: 5507543

Re: Nothing In Particular

Sorry to hear this paul, time to take things as easy as you can get away with, i wish you and diana the best
by Ant
Tue Oct 08, 2024 9:21 pm
Forum: General Vinyl
Topic: Latest vinyl 'finds'.
Replies: 548
Views: 387410

Re: Latest vinyl 'finds'.

Todays 'leg it to the record shop on my lunch hour' finds Shakatak - night birds Yes - tormato Grover washington jr - inner city blues Cat stevens - teaser and the firecat Sade - promise 14 quid The shakatak one i remember from being a kid, you can guess who played it. Brilliant album. It was 2 quid
by Ant
Sun Oct 06, 2024 4:33 pm
Forum: Assorted Stuff
Topic: Nothing In Particular
Replies: 16771
Views: 5507543

Re: Nothing In Particular

Quite a few things have been listened to today, all on the cans. I finally got the jvc ql-y3f completely fixed by milling out a(nother) replacement arm lifter and fitting it with a guide pin so it cant rotate, which the earlier one was doing. It resulted in it not lifting because it had moved, but t...
by Ant
Sun Sep 29, 2024 5:19 pm
Forum: Everyones Projects
Topic: Refurbishing a Thorens TD 150
Replies: 23
Views: 3163

Re: Refurbishing a Thorens TD 150

The motor in my oracle is a dc one, its a papst thats built like the slow speed pancake motors in dd decks. Oracle went back to ac motors and power supplies that generate the required 50hz ect wave. The xerxes is the same, ac with oscillators. Speed stability with the oracle and the xerxes is good e...
by Ant
Sun Sep 29, 2024 3:43 pm
Forum: Everyones Projects
Topic: Refurbishing a Thorens TD 150
Replies: 23
Views: 3163

Re: Refurbishing a Thorens TD 150

Perhaps make one from acetal bar, a part made to fit the motor drilled and tapped say m4 for a threaded acetal rod with a nicely faced thrust surface? Wouldnt take two minutes to make, and would work the same. Acetal works real nice in lenco bearings to replace the nylatron original thrust pad In fa...
by Ant
Sun Sep 29, 2024 1:49 pm
Forum: Everyones Projects
Topic: Refurbishing a Thorens TD 150
Replies: 23
Views: 3163

Re: Refurbishing a Thorens TD 150

That motor appears to be missing its thrust pad, should be a round grey plastic cap under the motor spindle, i cant remember if the early ones had one though so it might be ok
by Ant
Sun Sep 29, 2024 11:19 am
Forum: Everyones Projects
Topic: Refurbishing a Thorens TD 150
Replies: 23
Views: 3163

Re: Refurbishing a Thorens TD 150

Just looked back through the archives and it was 2011 when i last did a td150! Must get another one to play with at some point. I think that was the third one id done. As if i dont have enough decks to prat about with.. Just pulled the board out of the sl150 i have to be recapped... Maybe when we fi...
by Ant
Sat Sep 28, 2024 8:01 pm
Forum: Everyones Projects
Topic: Refurbishing a Thorens TD 150
Replies: 23
Views: 3163

Re: Refurbishing a Thorens TD 150

It starts...
by Ant
Sat Sep 28, 2024 7:11 pm
Forum: Everyones Projects
Topic: Refurbishing a Thorens TD 150
Replies: 23
Views: 3163

Re: Refurbishing a Thorens TD 150

It'll set you off ray, you'll end up with 'several' in not a lot of time
by Ant
Thu Sep 26, 2024 5:58 pm
Forum: Beginners
Topic: Valve Headphone Amp
Replies: 52
Views: 40673

Re: Valve Headphone Amp

Still got it sat there simon, couple of tap washers or something to space it off so the tx has the necessary clearance and it would solve the problem. Think of the gap as ventilation..

Or i could take it off your hands, just to relieve you of all the associated stress.. :D
by Ant
Wed Sep 25, 2024 7:49 pm
Forum: Buying and Selling
Topic: Having a clear-out - free stuff here.
Replies: 19
Views: 3881

Re: Having a clear-out - free stuff here.

Imagine those 18 inch drivers sat below a pair of 15 inch fanes in a biiiiig box....
by Ant
Tue Sep 24, 2024 4:57 pm
Forum: Everyones Projects
Topic: Slow Mo MoFo
Replies: 132
Views: 33937

Re: Slow Mo MoFo

The f5 seems to do what i like, tbh i have no other amps any more so i havent got anything to compare it to. Only other system i have heard in years is dads and i havent sat down in front of that one for a long time either. It did stop me looking for an amp, i havent had any inclination to look for ...
by Ant
Tue Sep 24, 2024 1:32 pm
Forum: Everyones Projects
Topic: Slow Mo MoFo
Replies: 132
Views: 33937

Re: Slow Mo MoFo

I found similar to nick when i got hold of the nelson pass f5 and b1 that i use. I went from a kt77 amp to the f5, and i havent used a valve amp since. I found that the source started to make much more of a difference. The phono stages, decks, arms and carts i was using became a bottleneck. I dont r...
by Ant
Sun Sep 22, 2024 11:17 am
Forum: Assorted Stuff
Topic: Nothing In Particular
Replies: 16771
Views: 5507543

Re: Nothing In Particular

Took daughter up to Leicester University yesterday, was a lot harder than i expected to actually leave her there and come home.
Really nice campus at de montford, not the towering grey edifices i was expecting, id not been there when she originally went to look