Recent content by HeinzR

If your beads are still rounded, they are still ok in my opinion. If they are no longer good then they lose their curvature and become flabby. In my opinion, the stickiness is a sign of advanced age, but as I said, if the shape is correct, everything should still be ok. Two pics showing the...

For your information, regarding the strange feeling in the advert for the SME 3009. I have just received this email from "Kleinanzeigen" (formerly ebay kleinanzeigen): Hello, on 06/12/2023 at 14:29 you had contact with Jens-Peter Piehl regarding the ad "*Tonarm SME 3009*" (ad number...

I have found to like Pana FR and FM. My last post was also about the voltage of the caps and my impression is that a low voltage cap sounds very good in the 34.

He writes: "Very good condition". But I have a very similar mixed impression as you have. Sometimes I have to rely on my gut feeling. I'm also missing a bit of history regarding the tone arm and it’s description. If someone writes, I used the tonearm on my XYZ turntable for 20 years and had it...

Craig, would you say that I should perhaps wait again for another offer with original parts? Or is the AS weight bearable or can it be replaced later with an original one? Perhaps it is not so important as if a counter weight were wrong? I'm not under pressure, I don't really need the cartridge...

In another Quad 34 I have replaced the electrolytic capacitors with Panasonc FM 10V types. I tried the lowest available voltage and I am very pleased with the sound. A bit silkier than the 35V types but at the same time clear and transparent. Perhaps the small voltage electrolytic capacitors can...

The original Tannoy surrounds came from the company Dr Kurt Müller in Germany. They were labelled SR 336. Just scroll down under 1 SR R in the first link from the catalogue. You still can buy them new. http://wp13470711.server-he.de/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/3-RollSurrounds-Sickenringe.xls...

Thank you both for your eloquent answers. I am not so much in the know about market prices, but this current offer makes a good first impression, link below, in condition and also in price, don't you think? He wrote that he had the cartridge revised, I didn't know it. According to my research...

I can't find anything about the total weight of an SME 3009 Series 2 (unimproved). A Series V is specified with 720 grams "weight net" in the manual. I'm asking because I'm thinking of looking for a 3009 series 2 to be able to mount a DL103. I have had a series V mounted on an Oracle Delphi MK4...

I have returned to C18 2.2 uF. It was a good sound using 3.3 uF but too much bass on the long term. The C1 on the MM input is now completely removed for connecting the MC via SUP. Now the treble is really there. The MC has a resistance of 5.4 ohms. But the input of the MC4 with only 10 turns for...

Today I had time to try something out with the Quad 34, replacing C1b and C2b with 47pF 50V ceramic types. As expected, there was little or no difference. I read on this forum that people had successfully swapped C18 and C22 from 2.2 uF to 3.3 uF. The aim for them was to lower the high pass...

Thank you very much for your further explanation, Craig. Perhaps you or others can tell me if the MC module of the Quad 34 is worth a try? Even if it means a new investment and to sacrify the SUT. For some reasons I like the Quad 34 very much especially its overall balanced sound at line level...

Thank you, @Craig B for the detailed explanation. What does that mean in practical terms, sorry I'm just an interested layman. I assume that in relation to the input capacitance of the Quad 34, it means that it is very high for an MM cartridge, but that it doesn't matter to an MC cartridge...not...

My combination of the SUT with the MC cartrige sounds wonderful in the mm input of my MC C22CE. With the Quad 34 in the mm input it sounds a little too muffled. Actually exactly as it was sometimes described here in the forum for mm cartridges before people changed to 47 pF input capacitance on...

This forum offers a wealth of information on how to adapt the Quad 34 to modern mm cartridges, starting with changing to a standard input capacitance of 47 pf or approx. 100 pf, among other possible measures. Does this only apply to mm cartridges? In my case, I have an MC cartridge, Orthofon...