And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
A Dual TT will actually play upside down. The tonearms are Dynamically balanced as opposed to Statically balanced. On a "regular" tonearm, you move the little weight on the back to get the arm to float in a neutral position. You then screw/twist/move the counterweight to get the desired applied down force on the cartridge...generally 1.5 to 2.5 grams or so. In essence, you have just unbalanced the tonearms moving mass on either side of the pivot point. Turn it upside down and the cartridge/arm falls away from the platter. If you look closely at this Dual, as well as all the others I ever sold/saw...you'll see a "dial" to the side of the pivot point. You move the counterweight as on a normal arm to get the tonearm to "float" in a neutral position. Then, instead of moving the counterweight on the back, you adjust the side dial to the desired down pressure, thus, leaving the tonearm's mass equally balanced on either side of the pivot point. Turn it upside down and instead of the arm falling away from the platter, it is still being "pushed" towards the platter.... In one of the stores I worked in eons ago, me and a couple of other dweebs actually rigged one in an upside down rig and played it....people just freaked the hell out.... "dweeb" being the defining factor....LOLOL
What's the second tonearm for? Is it a cleaning brush?
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DeleteI know one of y'all can tell me what amps those are.
ReplyDeleteI like the tubes on top!
ReplyDeletecould the amps be Heathkit?
ReplyDeleteI used “google lens” and it is a Musak 1008B or close to that.
ReplyDelete10 watt monoblocs, McIntosh pre-amp, Dual T/T with album clamp.
ReplyDeleteHaven't we already have the 'thou shall not put the turntable near the window' discussion?
ReplyDeleteA Dual TT will actually play upside down. The tonearms are Dynamically balanced as opposed to Statically balanced. On a "regular" tonearm, you move the little weight on the back to get the arm to float in a neutral position. You then screw/twist/move the counterweight to get the desired applied down force on the cartridge...generally 1.5 to 2.5 grams or so. In essence, you have just unbalanced the tonearms moving mass on either side of the pivot point. Turn it upside down and the cartridge/arm falls away from the platter. If you look closely at this Dual, as well as all the others I ever sold/saw...you'll see a "dial" to the side of the pivot point. You move the counterweight as on a normal arm to get the tonearm to "float" in a neutral position. Then, instead of moving the counterweight on the back, you adjust the side dial to the desired down pressure, thus, leaving the tonearm's mass equally balanced on either side of the pivot point. Turn it upside down and instead of the arm falling away from the platter, it is still being "pushed" towards the platter.... In one of the stores I worked in eons ago, me and a couple of other dweebs actually rigged one in an upside down rig and played it....people just freaked the hell out.... "dweeb" being the defining factor....LOLOL
ReplyDelete'Round here that would all be veerrry dusty in a few days, especially if the windows were open. Yipes! Too much to wipe of every week or so.
ReplyDeletemissing the power tubes, 6L6s or some such? Why the 2 empty sockets in back?
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