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I noticed you said amps (as in plural). Not insinuating anything are we seeing as it seems i've gone beyond my lowly technician status to the more god like engineer in trying  to fix some issues with the Benchies  even if i have now truthfully owned them longer than you ???

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2 minutes ago, Tubularbells said:

I noticed you said amps (as in plural). Not insinuating anything are we seeing as it seems i've gone beyond my lowly technician status to the more god like engineer in trying  to fix some issues with the Benchies  even if i have now truthfully owned them longer than you ???

Tongue in cheek. 
Melody has been hooked back up ?

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Too much output from the left channel. Back to the Fozgometer. 
With all the added discs for weight the Wand is difficult to get right. ?

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3 hours ago, jakeyb77 said:

Well the Linn is on its first test run....

sounds pretty good! 

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Finally got a good arm, need a better cart now ! ?

2 hours ago, jakeyb77 said:

Too much output from the left channel. Back to the Fozgometer. 
With all the added discs for weight the Wand is difficult to get right. ?

It can be a bit fiddly initially, how many have you got on?

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35 minutes ago, evil c said:

Finally got a good arm, need a better cart now ! ?

It can be a bit fiddly initially, how many have you got on?

The weight is right. It’s the angle. Slightly left all the time. Have moved weights left to right with no change. Will look further into it tomorrow. Got the ***** now 

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5 minutes ago, jakeyb77 said:

The weight is right. It’s the angle. Slightly left all the time. Have moved weights left to right with no change. Will look further into it tomorrow. Got the ***** now 

With a unipivot like this, shouldn't be an issue.

As long as the tonearm wire isn't being restricted,  the arm should self level on shaft.

Very strange !

Put a blob of blutack on, that'll fix anything.  ?

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11 minutes ago, evil c said:

With a unipivot like this, shouldn't be an issue.

As long as the tonearm wire isn't being restricted,  the arm should self level on shaft.

Very strange !

Put a blob of blutack on, that'll fix anything.  ?

I actually tried that. 
Just got frustrated and stopped for today.  it’s not a huge amount more on the left. Maybe the cantilever is off. I’ll try another cart tomorrow 

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1 hour ago, jakeyb77 said:

I actually tried that. 
Just got frustrated and stopped for today.  it’s not a huge amount more on the left. Maybe the cantilever is off. I’ll try another cart tomorrow 

Keep me in the loop ?

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In the bedroom tonight. 
Raspberry Pi feeding the Consonance DAC into the Melody into the NS-1000. 
Music is The Weeknd new album. 

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Well it’s in an singing beautifully. 
Holton inspired 300w amp built by our own @mwhouston.

Huge thanks to Mark who has built this beast I have named Zeus! 
1Kva transformer and 80,000uf capacitance. 
It is really pushing the 4435 to a limit I haven’t heard before. 

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1 hour ago, jakeyb77 said:

Well it’s in an singing beautifully. 
Holton inspired 300w amp built by our own @mwhouston.

Huge thanks to Mark who has built this beast I have named Zeus! 
1Kva transformer and 80,000uf capacitance. 
It is really pushing the 4435 to a limit I haven’t heard before. 

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Mate, glad you enjoy it. It will improve over the next 20 to 50hours. Your rig looks well throughout and neat. 

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This amp is astounding. 
The power over the 4435 is phenomenal. But from the lowest level to the ear piercing it is controlled and precise. No harshness, just even music across the whole bandwidth. 
Haven’t spent much time with the Bel Canto yet so setting that up tonight. 
 

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On 02/05/2020 at 7:50 PM, jakeyb77 said:

This amp is astounding. 
The power over the 4435 is phenomenal. But from the lowest level to the ear piercing it is controlled and precise. No harshness, just even music across the whole bandwidth. 
Haven’t spent much time with the Bel Canto yet so setting that up tonight. 
 

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You have a Wand and Zu cart. When this lockdowns over I’m over at your place for a big listen.  

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2 minutes ago, mwhouston said:

Love it. Where can I get one? 

I’m stunned. I’ve played it all afternoon and into the night. 
It’s just brilliant at normal levels and then it can just keep going and going. 
It’s as impressive as it’s been for amps in this house. 

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17 minutes ago, jakeyb77 said:

I’m stunned. I’ve played it all afternoon and into the night. 
It’s just brilliant at normal levels and then it can just keep going and going. 
It’s as impressive as it’s been for amps in this house. 

As I have said many times about the Holton modules is transparency and bass depth and control.  Can’t wait to hear you big JBLs. 

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17 hours ago, mwhouston said:

You have a Wand and Zu cart. When this lockdowns over I’m over at your place for a big listen.  

Love that album....Reissue?

 

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Found some slot tweeters locally. Bit of restoration required but it’s coming along. 
I’ll try them on top of the 4435 

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