Post by jps32016 on Jan 25, 2023 11:53:08 GMT -5
I just thought I'd throw out an interesting story. I acquired a C150 disc phonograph as a teenager in 1965. I had an interest and had already repaired a family Victrola. I eventually got a few more machines of various types but the 150 only a a few records with it and not until I saw discs being sold on the internet did I begin acquiring some more and have a nice collection, especially many of those great 20s fox trots. I thought the sound quality was quite good but I took a chance and got an Edisonic. It was fairly evident early on the diaphragm needed replacing so I had to shell out more $ for that. Still didn't sound any better and realized the diamond wasn't good and later an accidental drop onto a record broke it.
I had invested enough and just went back to the original reproducer. A loupe examination showed the point was fine and the diaphragm felt flexible, but then of all things the tether tore apart. You gotta be kidding! I was in no mood to shell out any more on this so I tried my own repair with a little piece of thin stranded insulated wire. Strong yet very flexible. Using super glue and needle nose pliers I successfully attached it to the tether anchor points. Would it work?
It not only worked I swear it sounded better than before! Louder, cleaner, and to my ear expanded frequency response, especially the highs, as claimed by the Edisonic. Was it just wishful thinking? I actually had some mp3 recordings of one of the better instrumentals to compare it with the Edisonic, but the wire tether seemed to improve on that. The only thing I can attribute this to is perhaps the modern wire has a stronger pull and some elasticity, adding a little of the effect of the Edisonic stylus spring. Any thoughts on this? All I can say is when I play one of these quality trot records friends are astounded at the sound with negligible surface noise.
I had invested enough and just went back to the original reproducer. A loupe examination showed the point was fine and the diaphragm felt flexible, but then of all things the tether tore apart. You gotta be kidding! I was in no mood to shell out any more on this so I tried my own repair with a little piece of thin stranded insulated wire. Strong yet very flexible. Using super glue and needle nose pliers I successfully attached it to the tether anchor points. Would it work?
It not only worked I swear it sounded better than before! Louder, cleaner, and to my ear expanded frequency response, especially the highs, as claimed by the Edisonic. Was it just wishful thinking? I actually had some mp3 recordings of one of the better instrumentals to compare it with the Edisonic, but the wire tether seemed to improve on that. The only thing I can attribute this to is perhaps the modern wire has a stronger pull and some elasticity, adding a little of the effect of the Edisonic stylus spring. Any thoughts on this? All I can say is when I play one of these quality trot records friends are astounded at the sound with negligible surface noise.