jelco 750D kick off!

[ragwo]

Thank you both

[Andrei]

Barry,
Thanks for posting that link, Im glad that's cleared the alignment mystery up in easy to read lay mans terms

Alan

+1. A lot of it beyond me but still beneficial.

[Spectral Morn]

Mint Tractor best option for your arm. when ordering tell Yip which turntable you are using it on + length of arm 9in or longer. Each tractor specific to arm and turntable, so you can't use it with another combination.

http://mintlp.com/best.htm


Regards Neil

[Barry]

Barry,
Thanks for posting that link, Im glad that's cleared the alignment mystery up in easy to read lay mans terms

Alan

Your sarcasm is noted - however the whole subject of tonearm geometry is quite complicated and therefore implies a fair amount of mathematics. Because of that, most people are happy to use the alignment protractor supplied by the manufacturer, but if it is not available then one has to either calculate the two null-point radii, or try to use a commercial protractor. Most commercial protractors are set up for the Baerwald geometry, which if your arm has a different geometry makes it difficult (but not impossible) to achieve.

[337alant]

Barry I was only joking, actually I did read it all and it was very interesting but a little over my head TBH

I use the HIFI news ARR protractor with pin holes at nul points taken from the Tonearm data base alignment protractor calculator where you can switch between Stephenson Lofgren A & B , Jelco 750L / Ortofon Kontrapunkt B
http://www.vinylengine.com/tonearm_a...ulator_pro.php

Alan

[Barry]

I suspected that might be the case, but I was worried that I might have been less than successful in trying to make a difficult subject accessible and understandable to the lay-reader.

Love the avatar by the way: Revox PR99?

[Andrei]

I see in the latest Hi-Fi Choice that Electrocompaniet has made its first turntable: It is fitted with the Jelco 750EB which is the 10 inch version of the 750D loved by techie owners. They aspire to the high-end and the turntable called the ECG-1 retails for £2890. So I guess this is quite a compliment to Jelco and an affirmation to all us Jelco owners.

[337alant]

Barry
Yes the avavter is my Revox PR99 Mk2, nice R2R

I agree the Jelco is a fine arm and a good price, I thought the Shuggie mounting was worthwhile as well
I have also just replaced the arm lead from the mogarmi one with a silver job from ebay and I thought that was cleaner as well

I think the heavy counter weight is well over priced though so I just used 2 Stainless Steel washers superglued together and them blue tacked onto the original counter weight.

Here is my Jelco 750L on Garrard 401 and Ortofon Kontrapunkt B

Garrard by 337alant, on Flickr

Alan

[Tarzan]

Barry
Yes the avavter is my Revox PR99 Mk2, nice R2R

I agree the Jelco is a fine arm and a good price, I thought the Shuggie mounting was worthwhile as well
I have also just replaced the arm lead from the mogarmi one with a silver job from ebay and I thought that was cleaner as well

I think the heavy counter weight is well over priced though so I just used 2 Stainless Steel washers superglued together and them blue tacked onto the original counter weight.

Here is my Jelco 750L on Garrard 401 and Ortofon Kontrapunkt B

Garrard by 337alant, on Flickr

Alan

Very nice Alan!

[ragwo]

I've joined the Jelco club a couple of weeks ago. I'v bougth a 750D ungraded with Cardas pure silver wire. It's a terriffic tonearm and a nice upgrade compared to a standard tonearm upgraded with fluid damper and Cardas wiring. The difference is not night and day, but I think the Jelco is a bit better in every way. The next upgrade will be a low slung counterweigth from Speedy.Steve and a magnesium headshell.