turntable score last night

boston1450

last night i picked up a Bang&Olufsen rx2 in vv good condition . i listened to it at the persons house. he went over a few things with me. and i am now on my way to listening to records soon....this is the score i got which was off clist......HK pm645 amp in mint cond..HK tu910 tuner in mint cond..B&O turntable in mint cond..2 Heresy2 light birch with tilt stands almost mint (one little chip on bottom) speakers..all the accs/wires/plugs and manuels and paperwork from original owner for 400.00....i walked away paying 340.00....so i did have a great night..2 miles from my oldest daughters house....i will try to post some pictures soon....but my biggest score is the thread i posted on forum on turntables. i have read it twice. and i will read it again. i will try to understand how to maintain/clean/use a turntable which i have not used since 34 year ago..i thank youall for the responce. it means alot....thanx. randy

boston1450

any maintaining/cleaning tips would be helpful....wiping record tips...cleaning the needle tips---please know that i have no idea what im doing or have the items to do it with at this point..and to keep it on a budget would be nice too.(saving for tube upgrade).i can go to utube.and i will. but youall are awesome feedback......thank you

gdb

I'd suggest three things right off the bat. Obtain a new stylus or cart./stylus-Make certain the tracking weight is dead on and lastly, get a Spin Clean LP cleaning system. There's nothin' like the knowledge that yer runnin' a brand new "needle". Have fun !!!!
http://www.amazon.com/Spin-Clean-SYSTEM-Record-Washer-MKII/dp/B002UKSZUU/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1338617790&sr=8-1

boston1450

thanx gdb i will check that out...he said he had replaced it 2 years before he stopped using it.i have paperwork on replacement list. but we got online and those still can be ordered if needed. randy

mhardy6647

Some give b&o tts a bad rap. Heck, some give b&o in general a bad rap... but their turntables were actually generally quite good. Their minimalist, ultra low mass philosophy was abetted by the use (for better or worse) of a proprietary cartridge mount. Most of their MMC ("moving micro cross", actually moving iron -a la Grado) cartridges are very good;the best of them (e.g., the MMC-2) were excellent. SoundSmith sells modern "reproductions" albeit at fairly high prices. The stylus on your RX-2's cartridge is, unfortunately, not replaceable.

I am pleased to own a TX-2 (same vintage as the RX-2, but with the linear tracking arm). It's a bit flimsily constructed, but it works smoothly and flawlessly.

indyhawg

Congrats on the score. The Heresies are worth the price you paid alone. I second getting a Spin Clean.

thsmith

Congrats !

I use this method.

If you need a surfactant I have plenty.

http://www.teresaudio.com/haven/cleaner/cleaner.html

SCompRacer

I see you went with it, congrats! mhardy echoed my sentiments via PM. My concern was the proprietary cartridge also. A good deal would offset that.

For dry brush I use one of these carbon fiber brushes. They are rebadged and sold under other brand names. They got a bad rap due to brush fibers falling out. A bad lot or production run, can't recall. Mine has never shed fibers.

~ $20 - $25.


http://www.needledoctor.com/Audioquest-Carbon-Fiber-Brush?sc=2&category=1177


A bit higher priced one I also have is the Hunt EDA. ($30 here). It has a felt pad between the two rows of fibers.



http://www.needledoctor.com/Hunt-EDA-Carbon-Fiber-Brush?sc=2&category=1177


After cleaning the record, insert it in a good rice paper sleeve. I like MFSL, ~ $20 for 50 sleeves, discounts for multiple 50 pack purchases. After play, do a dry brush while the platter spins down and put it back in the sleeve.



http://www.musicdirect.com/p-7291-mobile-fidelity-mfsl-inner-sleeves-pkg-50.aspx

thsmith

^^^^^^+1

mhardy6647

speaking of the b&0 RX and RX-2... there was just a post to this thread at AK; probably worth a look (some potentially useful links therein): http://www.audiokarma.org/forums/showthread.php?t=447114

cnh

You've been busy, busy, busy. Nice pick up! B&O, always interesting, innovative and usually overpriced (very special market there). But I'd believe mhardy on the TTs.

If your needle has not been replaced in two years, then I would agree, you need a new one. The TT guys over at AK use microscopes to check out their needles (some rarefied stuff there!). And almost none of them would run a cartridge over more than 300 hours, if that? That's like 2 hours a day for 6 months or (most probably LESS). And some, only 100 hours before a new stylus goes in?

In any case. Putting a new needle in there shouldn't hurt. I, myself, am guilty, picked up an old LAB TT a while back and haven't changed the needle yet (naughty, naughty!). Sounds OK, but I'm probably ruining the surface of a number of GW LPs. Not a terrible thing since those surfaces are already compromised.

Need to splurge for a 30 dollar needle (standard replacement for the old Shure cart that's on the TT).

Have fun!

cnh

gdb

30 bucks for a needle is cheap !! One of my ATs is $95 or so, IIRC! Which Shure are you running ?

cnh

Yeah I know, it's really not that much. I still have the original Realistic/Shure R47EDT in place (probably replace it later...but it's still seems to be OK for now?). Nothing special, just part of a vintage Realistic system I'm piecing together for nostalgic reasons:


cnh

TNHNDYMAN

^ which Lab have you got cnh? I've got a Lab 440 and a 500 and like them both. (Sorry to derail the thread)

Back on topic to the OP-- I have a B & O RX2 as well. Nice little minimalist design table. Unfortuately my cartridge has a bad left channel so it's in storage for now. They are a unique item for sure. My father had a 4200 model w/ linear tracking arm growing up and it was a thing of beauty and what prompted me to buy the RX. The bad as others have mentioned is that getting replacement needles is quite expensive. For the $ their is better out there with easier to obtain parts, but if its in good working order you should be pleased.

gdb

Have you by any chance got any xtra parts for the 500 ? I can't find the screw in retainer for the counterweight anywhere. Without that piece, the c'weight has to be WAY out at the very end of the tone arm to balance properly. :sad:

cnh

TNHNDYMAN wrote: »

^ which Lab have you got cnh? I've got a Lab 440 and a 500 and like them both. (Sorry to derail the thread)

I have a LAB 395 and a guy on AK is selling me a LAB 440 for $15 if I pick it up. Probably replace the 395 with it.

Now back to the thread!

cnh

boston1450

i have been getting tips on different cleaning and maintaining tips. i have not even loosened the screws from transporting it yet. wife has me busy this weekend. so im excited in cleaning it up (not that its dirty) but i want it to preform to its fullest..i hooked it to the marantz 2252 in our original living room as we walk into our home. i swung into goodwill yesterday and scored 8 more records @ .99 cents and it was kinda cool looking through all the vintage ones to find unscratched/unwarped scores. lol. so im hoping tonight to run my new toy through the marantz..i have not decided on the heresys at this point. there much different then the rta15TL's which were too big for this system.(but what a speaker) and the rti8 i have just werent it also..thank you for all the tips. i enjoy the feedback and will use them....i will update how it works later....

cnh

Klipsch pretty much need tubes. They tend to be bright otherwise. I would suspect that that might be true even on a Marantz?

I've heard those speakers on various SS amps and they just sound "thinner" than they should IMHO. That Jolida FX that was on sale here would be nice, because those speakers are terribly efficient?

cnh

mhardy6647

ahem. "Pretty much" :-P

Actually,it's been oft opined that the "heritage" Klipsch speakers (Heresy, Cornwall, LaScala, Belle, K-horn) work well when powered by the (nominal) 25 wpc, twin powered harman/kardon hk430.



(and I know the hk430 pairs well with vintage Polks...)