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Hello from the northern edge of Lightening Alley! I live in Florida, on the northern edge of what is called Lightening Alley, my house has been directly hit once in the past 12 years (at least twice since it was built, one strike blasted a 50 foot antenna tower off of its concrete mount and...

You realize, of course, that immediately upon reading this, like any red-blooded gadget-owning guy, I had to get up and grab my Han-D-Mag and fish a clean spoon out of the dishwasher, right? Sure enough, it works. :D Except that my Han-D-Mag does not make any detectable vibration or noise until...

Hate to hijack my own thread, but it has already spun off and taken on a life of its own, so . . . Maybe toilet paper is really the ultimate digital product: you must use exactly the units that are defined by the manufacturer and can't just randomly tear it off. This sort of corresponds to...

Tim Beck's post brings up a very interesting line of thought: What we dedicated analogists are up against is more than the simple change from one type of recording technology to another. We are up against a very fundamental change in the nature of society and business/marketing. It is very...

Now, that is an interesting question to ponder. It brings to mind an old saw from aviation: How do you make a small fortune in aviation? Answer: Start out with a large one! I think you see the possible relation to manufacturing decks again. But I don't think the outlook is without a ray of...

The photo on the USR web site shows the 1/4" ATR tape on a normal, 3-screw, reel. Further investigation on the ATR website reveals that the wording is very careful to exclude mention of 1/4" tape on the precision reels. I find this disappointing. I was hoping for a replacement for my beloved...

Not that I'm gonna be buying any at $55 per reel. US Recording Media has it. In stock, so says the website. I could swear that the price I saw on the USR website earlier today was even higher, like over $60, and they had the usual USR blather about "Standard price," "Special USR price," (in...

Well . . . that subwoofer system got me to thinking: Our house has a real wood floor, with a crawl-space underneath. All that space just goes to waste. And, we are currently refinishing the floor, so I would be able to blend in a few "modifications" here and there. . . Besides, given that...

Posted in this forum because they were founded in the days when digital did not even exist, and made some of my generation's biggest recordings back in the 1960's and 1970's. There is a story in the Miami Herald about it. Here is the link: http://www.miamiherald.com/277/story/361166.html...

I'd recommend an M-Audio sound card. You can gang up to 4 (I think it is 4) of the Audiophile 192 cards. They are stereo, that is 2 channels each, so 4 of them would give you 8 channels or mikes. These cards will let you digitize at 192KHz and 24 bits. You'll need some serious computing...

Should you be interested in using 3M 996, and since you are in London, there is a place called something like Stanley's Productions. They still list 10 1/4 inch reels of 996 NOS on their website (the URL is below). As of about 2 years ago they had 94 reels of it in stock. Current price shows...

As always, thought of this after posting above: The PR99 has a rotating right guide. It is actually the input tachometer for the autolocator system in the Mark II and III units. If you have access to a PR99 service manual and a B77 service manual, you can see if the reel tension settings are...

Although I don't know the answer to your question, I have pondered replacing the stationary right guide on my A77 with the rotating guide also. Actually the rotating guide is just a bearing. The only thing that I can think of that would argue against doing it is that the drag of the tape...

The pinch roller on an A77 should be scaly in appearance, not shiny. The shiny appearance of your pinch roller tends to support Ghost's suggestion that your pinch roller is in need of replacement. You can find pinch rollers and parts on eBay pretty easily and at reasonable prices. Be sure to...

b0unce & Ghost, I strongly second _DK's recommendation of a Revox unit. The Revox in the linked photo _DK provided is a PR99 Mark II, which has balanced XLR inputs and outputs. Whether or not it would work for b0unce depends on what connectors his set-up uses. Otherwise it is a good machine...

You go in from the front of the machine. You may have to take the case off to get at minor things, but access to the counter and belts is from the front. See page PL 7 in your Service Manual's parts list section, section "F" Brake System. The front panel of the A77 comes off very easily, just...

Re: Fixing your record player. Try looking for the owner's and service manuals on line. If you can't find the manufacturer's specific ones, see if you can find a web site that is devoted to record players (not turntables). You might find some advice or contacts that can help you there. If...

:eek: Do you mean a "record player," like the whole shebang, turntable, amp and speakers all in one portable box? Or do you mean a turntable that needs to be hooked up to your stereo system? In either case, the needle [stylus] should not be hitting the record off angle. If you have a...

FWIW, when I first got my Annis Han-D-Mag, I noticed that the instructions said that you can use it to bulk erase tape. They say that you use the flat end of the Han-D-Mag to do it, not the probe end. So, of course, I had to try it out. After swirling it around all the way around a reel...

If your receiver has a phono input, then you have the preamp requirement covered. Not only will a phono input handle the low level signal of the cartridge properly (even moving iron and magnet cart output is well below the output of a tuner, tape deck, or cd player), but it will provide the...