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Actually the B&O stuff looked like it belonged in a dentist office…..I worked on a lot of B&O product
and it was a form over function company. Like the overpriced esoteric wires and other “magic” stuff
it falls into the category of audio jewelry. I was fortunate to know dealers of a lot of high end audio stuff
and there is a lot of well-designed stuff out there but when you get in to the “audiophile” super high end
there is a lot of smoke and mirrors (and ridiculous price tags). Monster Cable is an interesting company,
they make wild unsubstantiated claims about their products and because they make it look cool people
fall for it. Their “engineers” are more like marketing people than technical people. I got a lot of their
products for free as a result of working on projects for them. I have a big box of bad cables that it all Monster.
They are pretty but very prone to failure. But Noel is a very wealthy guy and Tony would flip over is
exotic car collection. Sorry to ramble on but this hi fi discussion brings back a lot of memories. Now
I just want a amp with remote control and I am happy….boy I must be older than I thought…………
g
From: newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com [mailto:newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of john barrick
Sent: Thursday, September 01, 2011 8:19 PM
To: newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [newmellotrongroup] Re: Marantz 2230 restoration
Hate to say it, but I was a teen and that one just didn't look cool to me at all - then again, at that point I didn't appreciate the scandanavian design.
On Thu, Sep 1, 2011 at 9:46 PM, Gary Brumm <gabru@comsec.net> wrote:
As far as cool I think my B&O lateral tracking TT was very cool and also high maintenance!
From: newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com [mailto:newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of john barrick
Sent: Thursday, September 01, 2011 7:38 PM
To: newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [newmellotrongroup] Re: Marantz 2230 restoration
I remember a turntable with a wooden tone arm, didn't know the name. My favorites just for looking cool were the flying saucer looking Dennons in the mid/late '70s and the Micro Seiki that had mounts for three different tone arms. I was on a budget and stuck with Technics DD tables.
On Thu, Sep 1, 2011 at 6:00 PM, Gary Brumm <gabru@comsec.net> wrote:
Does anyone remember the Weathers turntable? I had one and it came with a wooden tonearm carved for a specific cartridge.
It was 33 only and had two synchronous motors and a mercury switch. It would come up to stable speed in about a quarter turn.
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john barrick
∗Leo got it right the first time∗
∗then he added a second pickup and got it righter∗
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john barrick
∗Leo got it right the first time∗
∗then he added a second pickup and got it righter∗