Needs whammy bar for delicate speed adjustment. Also neck to support ludicrously long tonearm.
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ÂŁ750
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We need a hero to step up here. In the meanwhile I have stored my warped records under the mattress with my money.
Youâd need quite a lot of warped records to make buying one worthwhile. Can only think of two I have.
Guessing if you have a biggish collection with some expensive albums it would make sense.
A group buy would probably be worthwhile
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@Ruprecht to the rescue
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Hasnât anyone here got an Aga?
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Somebody posted this on pfm. Quite interesting, though Iâd like to know what goes on in the temp-controlled room to balance channel outputs - armature centering, magnet movement or part unwinding of coils?
PS especially for @freefallrob
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We do. But no warped records. Send me your first pressing Blue Notes and I will see what can be done.
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They also wouldnât have to put lacquer on the coil former if they used lacquered wire to begin with. Itâs a nice film though. My first MC (in about 1983) was a 103 & it was a cut above the MMâs Iâd been using, certainly in terms of dynamics.
The way they are doing the winding I suspect the channel balance will be pretty well matched. What they might be doing is just adjusting how firmly the coil is pushed up against the damper, how precisely perpendicular the stylus sits in relation to the damper & rear pole piece, and, altering the azimuth if it needs it.
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Wonât they be using lacquered wire anyway, to avoid turn-to-turn shorts?
Would have thought so
One of the things they donât do is dressing the wires coming off the coil. Itâs better to have those 4 wires going through the damper with the tie wire that connects the back of the cantilever to the (usually brass) mandrel which gets clamped in place. The 4 wires can then exit in such a way that they canât influence or restrain the coilâs movement at all.
But the 103 is a relatively budget MC so I guess you canât expect everything.
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No. No, I donât think I will.
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Thatâs fine and dandy, nice and portable, but doesnât solve the problem of where one would park the Artic with the software ?
Lol, can you imagine the amount of sand everywhere?!
Not in Brighton
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Well, yeah 
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Fuck no!
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If you canât afford the car,get the next best thing