A DIY Turntable Project

Mordante, If I can stop changing things I might have a chance to listen to it some day! Ken

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Hi Vicente, I have Park equalizers for 10 channels; two front subs, left, right and center front, left and right side and rear surrounds and a rear center surround channel. Sinci I use ...

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A DIY Turntable Project

Rickmac, I favor the desigh of the Kuzma Air Line and have a My Sonic Labs Eminent for one Air Line and a Koetsu Platinum Signature Jade for the other Air Line. The Dynavedtor DV 507 Mk II ...

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Hi Lonestarsouth, The project began almost three years ago and has gone through a few changes. I hope to have it up and running by Christmas. I replaced the Tri Plainer with a second Kuzma ...

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Albert, I need to get the reservations this weekend so we can do just that. Ken.

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I'm in Richmond, Va. and you're welcome to listen if you're in the area. Ken

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Wojtek, Tape is first by far, master tapes or master dupes when you find good ones. The Tape Project got me started and now listen to tape more than anything else. Building a library is slo...

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Kevpa, Hi Kevpa, To start out, the sound is much better than I ever would've expected. It didn't surprise me because I didn't cut corners to obtain great sound. After all, w...

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Hi Tony, The transformer installation was necessary only because I'm in an area where all the lots have only one 200 amp service. I bought this property 36 years ago when the only service t...

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Diggler, The resultant sound was due to the experience in building my own speakers since 1956 and feedback from the designers of all the drivers I implemented in the systems. The sp...

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Ljr33, It looks exactly as it did then. Once the system was up and running I diverged to other projects. The first was a turntable that I'll have up and running in about a month. I've put 2...

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Ultimate Audio, Thanks for the compliment in your second posting. I'm glad you enjoyed my pix taking skills! come by for a listen. Ken Fritz

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Dear Ultimate Audio, It is my sincere hope that your ability to evaluate the sonic qualities of loudspeakers greatly eclipses your ability to critique a photograph of the same. I ca...

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Devilboy, Thanks for the Bravo! There are always technical professionals that design breakthrough products that utilize state of the art thinking. However, at the same time there a...

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Martin 42, It sounds as though you may have an inkling to follow a similar path. My company builds polyester tooling for the cast polymer industry, so I've had what I needed to con...

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Hey Cathode, I thank you for your response and comment on the project. It's become one of those things that keeps growing in scope. Whenever I find another avenue to explore I take it, espe...

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Hi William, It' great to find out that we have another potential member for the Richmond Audio Society. We meet 6 times a year and have a VINYL splinter group that meet as many times a mont...

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David, Nothing conveys the emotion of music and film better than large speakers set up in a purpose designed room. Couple them with good electronics, with excessive power overkill, and you ...

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Rick, There is absolutely no problem in driving the system. It uses 12 Krell FPB stereo amps. 5-600's on the 3 front towers and the left and right subs, 200s on the tweets. The 5 surround t...

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Bob, Thanks for the comment, but it's pretty hard to outdo Albert. He's a pretty amazing guy in many ways. I hope to have him here soon after my turntable is finished and set up. He's a dye...

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Hi Chris, I thoroughly enjoyed our conversation, it was both interesting and informative.I wouldn't have called you at work just to chew the Audiogon rag. After reading your posts to an...

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Audiofrik, Since we last communicated, I've been able to spend a good deal of time listening to the system that took me so long to build. Music therapy is second to none! I've rediscovered ...

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Ahan, Seeing the gorgeous grills of the Patrician IV's tells me that, if you bought them new, you and I must both be on medicare. I first heard them at Audio Engineers in West Allis Wiscons...

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Hey Corbelli, Thanks for the reply, I checked your "system," link I see that you have a Krell 300S. Your thought about using a Krell KBX crossover to enhance the performan...

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Hi Mark, You and Yildiray must have been on the same wavelength. Your reply gives me an opportunity to express a view that might seem contradictory to the projects I've undertaken and poste...

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