Recent content by wclough

Seems like there has been a lot of similar experiences with the antiskating fish line since I first posted the issue in Jan 2015. I still get the problem occasionally but I am more careful now that I am aware of it. I still think it is a bad design and I disagree that it keeps the cost down...

I respect all you say but the wire could still be good enough to tweek without breaking and the wire and screw could more easily and cheaply be replaced my a single moulding. I was close to production all my life so it makes me critical; maybe too much so. The Carbon version was £239 so at the...

The new wire arrived. You have to take the bottom case off to fit it. The nut does not have an hexagonal recess to hold it so it is a bit of a fiddle. Anyway I am back in business but how crude a set up. I am back where I started so I will just have to be more careful not to knock the fishing...

In case it might help anyone, I asked Henleys if a small o ring or fibre washer could be pushged over the grooved peg to keep the fishing line in place. They said that the set up was too sensitive for this additional weight. I then suggested a bit of sewing thread tied through the fishing line...

Thanks for reply. Things have moved on a bit. I spoke to Henley the distributors. They advised to pinch the loop to make it less circular and to bend the wire holder so that the line is at less of an angle. I did this and the wire then hit the lid so I bent the fulcrum of the wire downwards and...

I have a Project Carbon which I recently bought to replace a Dual. The sound is much improved but it has what I think are Heath Robinson features. The anti skating weight is held on with a length of fishing line which loops over a peg on the arm. When the arm is at rest the line is about 45 deg...

I had a Dual until recently. I had noise problems but not like you describe. Mine were cable feedback issues which I never got to the bottom of. So why am I responding to you? Well it sounds like a great excuse to treat yourself to a new turntable and enjoy your records as they are as well as...

A while ago I needed to replace my Audiolab amp as it had become faulty. My requirements were as the OP described. Too warm can be dull (eg a lot of far east and Japan stuff), too sharp can be waring on the ears (like a Musical Fidelity I tried). I liked the Exposure but they only had a used and...

I went into my local Richer Sounds last month to replace my Arcam Alpha 7SE Cd player. I took my own speakers with me and they had an amplifier like mine there. I started reviewing these What Hifi award winners first as they were the cheapest. I was not impressed with either and they sounded...

All the Players mentioned weren't avialable but my local Richer Sounds had the best range. They close until 1200 noon so that listening appoinments can be made in the morning with the shop closed. Neat I think. The much praised Marantz 6005 I thought a bit ordinary, the Cambridge 651 also a bit...

Asking about hifi is a bit like asking what car to get. People can suggest stuff but you must decide after driving/listening to it. I have just demoed a 6005 today and didn't rate it where as What Hifi awards did. I use the same part of one trach and don't listen to a lot of different tracks or...

I have just had to remove my speakers from their stands to take to my local listening room to check out a new CD Player. I had to stand with my feet on the Target stands and lever very hard to get the speakers off. I use a ball of about 3/4" dia of Blu Tac at each corner and press the speaker...

I hope what I'm going to say doesn't get me drummed out of this forum. I have tried antistatic guns in the past with limited success. I have also used velvet pads but static holds on to the dust. LPs I've had from new are mainly OK as I've kept them clean. When I have bought used say on ebay...

Hi. I probably can't add much but I've read your request so I thought I'd reply. I have had vinyl before it was called vinyl. They were generically called records and the albums were LPs. I've just bought my 3rd turnatable. I was going for a Rega rp 1 or a used RP3. My local HIfi shop...

You could try and get the use of another amp, any amp, and see if the problems goes away with everything else as it was